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Maiduguri
Capital city of Borno State, Nigeria

Maiduguri

Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, on the continent of Africa.

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The city sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the Firki swamps in the areas around Lake Chad. Maiduguri was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British Empire during the colonial period. As of 2022, Maiduguri is estimated to have a population of approximately two million people, in the metropolitan area.

Get in

Getting to Maiduguri

  1. 01
    Maiduguri International Airport

    It handles domestic flights from Lagos via the capital Abuja, and Yola.

  2. 02
    Maiduguri railway station is north

    Buses are the main form of land transport and ABC Transport amongst others offers overnight from Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and daytime buses from Kano and Jos.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Borno State Museum

    Antiquities, contemporary art works, crafts and other historical artifacts of the people of Borno State.

  2. 02
    Emir Palace Maiduguri

    This realm dates from the early 20th century, but its rulers stem from the Bornu Empire, which was founded in the 1380s.

  3. 03
    Indimi

    Indimi Jummu'at mosque, it's very beautiful place that everyone would like to watch.

  4. 04
    Mai Deribe Palace

    The palace is very richly decorated, including gold in many walls, Louis XV-style furniture and features a lion's skin carpet.

  5. 05
    Central Mosque Maiduguri
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Al-Ansar University Maiduguri

    Damasak Road, Near Baga market,.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Downtown Restaurant

    Lagos st,.

  2. 02
    City Star Restaurant

    The menu with the largest options in the city.

  3. 03
    Al-heri Restaurant

    Opposite University of Maiduguri gate two,.

  4. 04
    Favour Restaurant

    Kashim Ibrahim Rd.

  5. 05
    Unimaid Students Center.

    Bama-Maiduguri Rd,.

How locals move

Getting around Maiduguri the local way

  • Get aroundYou will occasionally see large convoys of military jeeps, passenger vans, and black SUVs driving through the city at high speeds with sirens on.
  • Get aroundYellow kekes (tuk-tuks), blue buses and tricycles are local ways of transportation.

From Wikivoyage: Maiduguri, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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