Degel is a town in northern Nigeria. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Once a part of the Hausa city-state of Gobir, Degel is particularly noted for being the home of Fulani Islamic reformer Usman dan Fodio from 1774 to 1804. The Hausa are a Sahelian people chiefly located in the West African regions of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger. Gobir was a city-state in what is now Nigeria. Founded by the Hausa in the eleventh century Gobir was one of the seven original kingdoms of Hausaland, The Fula or Fulbe or Fulani (the latter being an Anglicisation of the word in their language Fulɓe) are an ethnic group of For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Shaihu Usman dan Fodio (عثمان بن فودي ، عثمان دان فوديو (also referred to as Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio, Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye or Shehu Usman dan Fodio Dan Fodio built a large following in the area until, fearing his growing power, Yunfa of Gobir ordered him and his followers into exile, triggering the Fulani War. Yunfa (r 1801 - 1808 was a king of the Hausa city-state of Gobir in what is now Nigeria. The Fulani War of 1804 - 1810, also known as the Fulani Jihad or Jihad of Usman dan Fodio, was a military conquest in present day Nigeria