Askira uba is one of the biggest Local Government Areas of Borno State

Borno State

Borno State is a state in north-eastern Nigeria. Its capital is Maiduguri. The state was formed in 1976 from the split of the North-Eastern State...

.It has an area of 2,362 km² and a population of 138,091 at the 2006 census. It is dominated by Mostly the Marghi Tribe, although different dielects and some Fulani in the upland areas. It is one of the settlement areas of the Christian Missionaries in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. The main areas in this area include Uba

UBA

-Abbreviations:* "Underwater Breathing Apparatus", some types of rebreather scuba set. For early British UBA's see Siebe Gorman CDBA.* Union Belge De L'Automatique, the Belgian branch of EUROMAT* Unit of Binding Atoms...

, Askira, Wamdeo

Wamdeo

Wamdeo is a town in the Askira/Uba local government area of Borno State in Nigeria. It shares borders with Uba to the east, Uvu to the south, Mussa to the north, Mishara to the north-east and Rumirgo to the west. The town's name was originally pronounced "Wandi" but later metamorphosed to "Wamdeo"...

, Lassa

Lassa

Lassa may refer to:*The town of Lassa, in Borno State, Nigeria*Lassa fever, first described in the Nigerian town.*Lassa, Togo*Lhasa, Tibet...

, Uvu, Musa

Muša

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 and Husara.. It is the only Local Government in Borno State with two emirates. The emir of the Uba, Til Samaila Mamza died on the 4th of April, 2010 after months of protracted illness.