His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto and Amirul Mu’minin Sheikh as-Sultan Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III CFR, Mni Visits Government House Borno State With Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba Al Amin El-Kanemi Shehu of Borno and Emir of Fika, Emir of Fika, Alhaji Muhammad Ibn Abali Muhammad Idrissa CON recently.

Borno is the second largest in area of the 36 states, only behind Niger State. It is the central fragment of the old Bornu empire of the Kanuri people. Its name is said to mean “Home of the Berbers.” Borno, for the records, is 1000 years old. It was one of the oldest and longest surviving empire in Africa. At the peak of its growth, its political influence was all over Africa, particularly the corridor that extends from West and Central Africa down to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.