Katsina

/ kætˈsiːnə /

noun

1. a state of N Nigeria. Capital: Katsina. Pop: 5 792 578 (2006). Area: 24 192 sq km (9341 sq miles)
2. a city in N Nigeria, in Katsina state: a major intellectual and cultural centre of the Hausa people (16th–18th centuries). Pop: 530 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Katsina's government said "miscreants" had "hijacked the protests" there.

From BBC

In Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state, the border’s closure and restricted traffic on nearby roads left dozens of trucks stranded for days, most of them loaded with food items and other perishable goods.

From Seattle Times

Mr Ahmadu, originally from the president's home state of Katsina, abandoned his land and fled to neighbouring Kano alongside thousands of others because of the activities of armed groups in the region.

From BBC

Mr Yakubu said that armed men had attacked some polling units in the southern state of Delta and the northern state of Katsina, where voter card verification machines were carted away.

From BBC

"We only just started hearing of him but nobody knows him in our village," said one woman in Bakiyawwa, a rural community in the northern Katsina state.

From BBC