Northern Nigeria is a geographical region of Nigeria. It occupies about two-third land mass of Nigeria. The region includes Kogi, Kwara, Benue and Taraba State towards the south. The people are largely Muslim, and many are Hausa. Much of the north was once politically united in the Northern Region, a federal division disbanded in 1967.
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“Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Aegaean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)