Maiduguri (nga)

Maiduguri

Maiduguri ranks 22,026th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Guagua, San Luis, Pampanga, and Kibawe. Memorable people born in Maiduguri include Frank Onyeka. Memorable people who died in Maiduguri include Mohammed Yusuf. Maiduguri has been the birth place of many soccer players and the death place of many politicians. Maiduguri is located in Nigeria.

Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, on the continent of Africa. The city sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the Firki swamps in the areas around Lake Chad. Maiduguri was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British Empire during the colonial period. As of 2022, Maiduguri is estimated to have a population of approximately two million in the metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia