Katsina jiha ce a shiyyar Arewa Maso Yammacin Najeriya.[1] An kuma ƙirkiri jihar Katsina ne a shekarar 1987, lokacin da aka samar da ita daga jihar Kaduna. A yau, Jihar Katsina ta yi iyaka da Jihohin Zamfara da Kaduna da Kano da Jigawa, har ila yau Kuma Katsina tanada iyaka da Jamhuriyar Nijar. Ana yi mata laƙabi da "Ta Dikko Ɗakin Kara", kuma ana yi wa Katsinawa kirarin "Kunya gareku ba dai tsoro ba".Babban birnin jihar da garin Daura, an bayyana su daga cikin "tsofaffin mazaunun al'adu da Musulunci da kuma ilmantarwa" a Najeriya.
Jihar Katsina, tana da mazauna sama da 5,800,000 a ƙidayar shekarar 2006, Jihar Katsina ce ta biyar mafi girma a Jerin yawan haɓakar jama'a a jihohi biyar mafi girma a cikin ƙasar ta Nijeriya, cikin yawan jama'a, duk da kasancewarta ta bakwai daga cikin Jihohi 17 mafi faɗin ƙasa daga cikin jihohi 36 na tarayyar Nijeriya. Ta fuskar adadin ƙabilu kuwa, jama'a, Fulani sun fi kowace ƙabila yawa a jihar, kuma mafi yawancin mutanen Jihar Katsina suna bin koyarwar addinin Musulunci. A shekarar 2005, [2] A shekarar 2005,[3][4]Katsina ta zama jiha ta biyar a Najeriya da ta yi amfani da tsarin Shari'ar Musulunci.
Galibin mutanen Jihar Katsina musulmai ne,[8][9]Template:Clarify The Church of Nigeria has a Diocese of Katsina.[10] kuma Gobarau Minaret muhimmin gini ne a birnin Katsina (kuma tarihi ya tabbbatar da cewa an ginata ne domin amfanin addinin musulunci). Jihar Katsina, har yanzu tana aiwatar da Shari'a a duk faɗin jihar. Akwai kuma Cocin na Najeriya yana da Diocese na Katsina. Cocin Redeemed Christian Church of God da Cocin Roman Katolika suna nan a cikin jihar.[11]Template:Failed verification[12]
Jihar Katsina cibiya ce ta ilimin boko dana yau da kullum. A halin yanzu tana da Kwalejin Ilimi ta Tarayya ta Katsina,[13] is a public university owned by the state government. Al-Qalam University, the first Islamic university in Nigeria is privately owned. Federal University, Dutsin-Ma[14] is owned by the federal government as well as Federal College of Education, Katsina[15] (affiliated to Bayero University Kano[16]). Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Kwalejin Hassan Usman Katsina, da Kwalejin ilimi ta tarayyar NajeriyaFederal Polytechnic Daura da Jami'ar Tarayya ta Dutsin-Ma, jami'ar gwamnatin tarayya ta jihar katsina, wadda aka sauya mata suna zuwa marigayi Shugaba Umaru Musa Yar'adua, Jami'ar Umaru Musa Yar'adua, Jami'ar Alqalam ta Katsina ; Yusufu Bala Usman College of Legal, and General Studies, Daura da Makarantar Nazarin Karatu da Gyara, Funtua (SBRS / ABU Funtua) da Kwalejin Ilimi ta Isa Kaita Dutsin-Ma, da ke garin Dutsin-ma.
A takaice dai akwai cibiyoyin bayar da digiri har guda bakwai a cikin jihar mallakar hukumomi daba-d.a. Cn cibiyoyin sune Jami'ar Umaru Musa Yar'adua, mallakar gwamnatin jihar. Jami'ar Alqalam Katsina, jami'ar Musulunci ta farko a Najeriya kuma mallakar ta ce. Jami'ar Tarayya ta Dutsinma, mallakar gwamnatin tarayya. Kwalejin Ilimi ta Tarayya ta Katsina (wacce ke da alaƙa da Jami'ar Bayero ta Kano). National Open University of Nigeria, Isa Kaita College of Education Dutsinma (wacce ke da nasaba da Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya), kwalejin ilimi ce ta jihar. Cibiyar Cherish Batsari, wata jami'a mai zaman kanta ta ba da digiri a kwasa-kwasan kiwon lafiya. [17]
Tasirin annobar COVID-19 a jihar Katsinagyara masomin
Duk da matakan da gwamnatin jihar ta dauka na hana yaduwar cutar COVID-19 a cikin jihar, a ranar 7 ga watan Afrilu 2020, wani likita a karamar hukumar Daura ya mutu sakamakon kamuwa da cutar da ke da alaka da Corona virus kuma an yi wa dangin sa gwaji mai kyau. Daga baya, daya daga cikin majiyyatan likitan shima ya mutu. Don dakile yaduwar cutar, gwamnatin jihar ta bada umarnin kulle a cikin jihar tare da tura 'yan sanda don tabbatar da bin doka. Ko yaya, akwai lokuta da suka saba wa wannan umarni kuma mutane na zargin gwamnati da kulle wuraren ibada kamar su coci-coci da masallatan Juma'a yayin da manyan kasuwanni irin su 'Yar Kutungu, Himata, Greenhouse, Mudassir da sauransu ke aiki. An yi arangama tsakanin ‘yan sanda da matasa a karamar hukumar Kusada wanda ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwa da kame fararen hula.
Habu Daura, kwamishinan ‘yan sanda kuma shi ne mai rikon mukamin mai kula da jihar Bayelsa, daga watan Fabrairu zuwa Yuni 1997
Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad, tsohon shugaban Kwamitin Fasaha kan Bayar da Kasuwanci da Kasuwanci
Hassan Katsina, Gwamnan soja na yankin arewa daga shekara ta 1966 zuwa shekara ta 1967.
Ibrahim Coomassie, Sufeto Janar na ‘yan sanda shekara ta 1993 zuwa shekara ta 1999
Ibrahim M. Ida, Sanata mai wakiltar mazabar Katsina ta Tsakiya ta jihar Katsina, Najeriya, yana kan mulki a ranar 29 ga watan Mayu shekara ta 2007 kuma dan jam'iyyar All Progressive Congress APC
Muhammadu Buhari, Shugaban mulkin soja na shekara ta 1983 zuwa shekara ta 1985, Shugaban PTF kuma Shugaban Najeriya tun daga 29 ga watan Mayu, shekara ta 2015
Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu Sufeto Janar na 'yan sanda daga shekara ta1975 zuwa shekara ta1979
Muhammadu Dikko, Sarkin Katsina a shekara ta 1906 zuwa shekara ta 1944.
Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta, tsohon Babban Alkalin Jihar Katsina daga shekara ta 1991 zuwa shekara ta 2013 da Galadiman Katsina na 11, Hakimin Malumfashi.
Sani Ahmed Daura, kwamishinan ‘yan sanda na Jihar Legas a shekara ta 1990, kuma shi ne Gwamnan Jihar Yobe na farko daga shekara ta 1991 zuwa shekara ta 1991
Sani Zangon Daura, Ministan Noma na Tarayyar da Raya Karkara a shekara ta 1999 zuwa shekara ta 2000, Ministan Muhalli na Tarayya as shekara ta 2000 zuwa shekara ta 2001
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, dan siyasa, babban janar kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa na Soja daga shekara ta 1976 zuwa shekara ta 1979
Sunusi Mamman, mataimakin shugaban jami’ar Umaru Musa Yaradua, Katsina sau biyu.
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, Pan-Africanist, Oxford Rhodes Scholar da Tsohon Mataimakin Darakta na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Millennium Kamfen ga watan Afirka a shekara ta 1961 zuwa shekara ta 2009
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, an yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai a Amurka saboda yunƙurin jefa bam ɗin jirgin sama na Arewa maso gabas a filin jirgi, 253 a ranar Kirsimeti, a shekara ta 2009.
^ Malam Mustapha 7 institutions currently running degree programs in Katsina http://katsinapost.com.ng/2018/05/17/7-institutions-currently-running-degree-programs-in-katsina/