Jibia, is a town and Local Government Area

Local Government Areas in Nigeria

||Nigeria has 774 Local Government Areas .Each local government area is administered by a Local Government Council consisting of a chairman who is the Chief Executive of the LGA, and other elected members who are referred to as Councillors....

 (LGA) in Katsina State

Katsina State

Katsina State is a state in northern Nigeria. Its capital is Katsina, and its governor is Ibrahim Shema, a member of the People's Democratic Party...

, northern Nigeria

Nigeria

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. The population of the LGA was approximately 125,000 as of 2003, and the area is 1037 km².

The postal code

Postal code

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 of the area is 822.

Jibia sits along on the Nigerian border with Niger

Niger

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, and the border post was burnt down by a mob in 2005. According to the Daily Triumph newspaper, the mob was "hired" by smugglers

Smuggling

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 angry about the Katsina Custom Command's crackdown on contraband

Contraband

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 goods.

Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières

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 (Doctors Without Borders) operates an ambulatory center in Jibia.

History

Abu Kassim, a researcher on the history of Jibiya, wrote that the origins of Jibiya date back to the wars of conquest between the rulers of Maradi and Katsina over territoriality and religion, especially after the jihad of Usman Bin Fodiyo.