List of mosques in Nigeria

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This is a list of mosques in Nigeria.

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]

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