Across the world, some voices are deliberately painting Nigeria’s complex security challenges as a “religious war” between ...

A fifth group, the Ijaw, has been growing in population and influence and currently makes up another 10 percent. Muslim Hausa and Fulani are the predominant ethnic groups in Nigeria’s northern region.

Spread across many regions in Africa, Hausas are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, though the largest concentration of the tribe are found in Nigeria and Niger republic. Hauawa or Hausa ...

Nigerians have a chance to hear a Voice of America Hausa-language service radio show. The 30-minute program, called “Tattauna” in the Hausa language (‘Dialogue’ in English), includes the latest news ...

The Hausa communities in Makurdi, Gboko and Katsina - Ala present, in total, some 416 years of continuous Hausa presence in the area now known as Benue State. "Makurdi began as a Hausa town. The name ...

The population of Hausa speakers in Nigeria has reached about 120 million, a colloquium has said. This was contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday at the end of a one-day colloquium organised by ...

Nigeria has 400 ethnic groups and 450 languages, many people are grouped under three broad groups, Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba, even though they aren't from those ethnic groups. In 1993, General Sani ...

The incident happened on Saturday at Jimjimi, in the Gudu Local Government Area, near Nigeria/Niger Republic border, according to the council chairman, Umma Maikano. Four persons have been confirmed ...

Advocates for inclusive education are calling on the Federal Ministry of Education and state governments to introduce Hausa language into the curriculum of Deaf and Special Schools in Northern Nigeria ...

According to PSI Nigeria, the videos reflect the real stories and voices of girls and women, serving as powerful tools for ...

BBC Hausa has secured an exclusive phone-in with Nuhu Ribadu, Head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in Nigeria, for the BBC's Who Runs Your World? season of programming. The phone-in ...