A primarily Hausa populated region, it is bordered to the south by Katsina State, Nigeria.
Its capital is Katsina, and its Governor is Ibrahim Shema, a member of the People's Democratic Party.
He was hanged in a prison in Katsina State on January 3, 2002, for the 2001 fatal stabbing of a woman and her two children; however, he did not have legal representation at his trial (opting for self-defense), and had pleaded not guilty at his initial hearing, but had changed to a guilty plea at a later hearing, after which he was sentenced to death by hanging.
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In the summer of 2009 the farmers of Katsina state suffered an invasion of Quelea Bird, which threatened to destroy their crops.
Jodoma was banished from Katsina, and he settled at Guga, a village in present day Bakori Local government in Katsina state, where he died.
John Madaki, former military governor of Katsina State, Nigeria
Zango, Nigeria, a local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria