List of mosques in Nigeria

This is a list of mosques in Nigeria.

List

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Gobarau Mosque
(only minaret remains) 		Katsina 15th century The mosque was demolished in the 19th century. 15-metre-tall (50 ft) minaret remains.[1][2]
Great Mosque of Kano Kano 15th century Su Rebuilt in the mid-19th century; destroyed in the 1950s; subsequently rebuilt.[3][4]
Gurin Central Mosque Gurin, Fufore, Adamawa State 1806
Yola Central Mosque Yola, Yola, Adamawa State 1841 [5]
Shitta-Bey Mosque Lagos Island, Lagos 1892 National Monument of Nigeria[6]
Juma'a mosque of Zaria Zaria 19th century
Maiduguri Central Mosque Maiduguri, Borno State 1918 Su [7][8]
Ikorodu Central Mosque Ikorodu 1930s
Sultan Bello Mosque Kaduna 1962 Su [9][10]
Abuja National Mosque Abuja 1984 Su National mosque[11]
Lagos Central Mosque Lagos 1988 Serves as the home of the Chief Imam of Lagos; current structured replaced an earlier mosque building between 1908 and 1913.[12]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Gobarau: Story of the 664-year old Minaret". Trust Radio: Nigeria. November 11, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  3. ^ "Great Mosque of Kano". ArchNet. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. n.d. Archived from the original on May 14, 2005. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
  4. ^ Walker, Bethany J.; Insoll, Timothy; Fenwick, Corisande (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology. Oxford University Press. p. 498.
  5. ^ Abubakar, Uthman (2016). "Mythical Modibbo Adama Mosque". Daily Trust. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "Shitta Bey Mosque: Visiting a historic masterpiece". Daily Trust. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  7. ^ "The Nigerian Mosque: Maiduguri Central Mosque". The Muslim Voice, Nigeria. November 2, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  8. ^ Sawab, Ibrahim (February 9, 2019). "Maiduguri Central Mosque commissioned after 33 years". Daily Trust.
  9. ^ "Sultan Bello Mosque Expansion". ArchNet. n.d.
  10. ^ "El-Rufai ya sasanta rikicin masallacin Sultan Bello". BBS Hausa. November 2, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "Abuja National Mosque". ArchNet. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on March 26, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  12. ^ Abbas, Femi (May 27, 1988). "Lagos Central Mosque Opens Tomorrow". National Concord.
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