Katsina State

Daura lies to the north-east of Katsina's capital. It is some 50-minute drive on a road that still has two old single-lane bridges built by then colonial masters, with arid vegetation surrounding vast land as far as the eyes can see. The town is a mixed combination of urban and rural setting; with the latter forming much of the town's environment with a Hausa and Fulani dominated population. It is here that the oldest known kingdom, said to be second only to China, is recorded to have held sway for past 1, 500 years.

The ancient emirate is said to be the first settlement to be founded in North of Nigeria with pioneering centralised system of leadership under an Emir or traditional ruler. Its ancient rulers had migrated from the Middle East with the present emir being a direct blood descendant. It is an emirate that once had women reigning for close to 20 generations before it was changed to patrilineal leadership millennia ago. It has the oldest existing palace built over one and half century ago; it was here that Bayajidda killed the notorious snake called Sarki. It was also in this town that the historic seven Hausa states (Hausa Bakwai) and seven sister states (Banza Bakwai) had their origins from.