Minna

Ƙasar da Minna take a yau an san cewa mutane suna rayuwa a can tun kusan shekaru 47,000–37,000 da suka wuce, bisa ga shaidun kayan tarihi. Farkon, yankin ya kasance gidan mutanen Gbagyi, wadanda suke asalin mazaunan wannan ƙasa, wadanda suka rayu a cikin ƙauyuka da suka bazu a cikin filayen savanna. Tarihin Minna na zamani ya fara ne a shekara ta 1902, lokacin da masu mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya suka zaɓi ta a matsayin wuri mai muhimmanci don gina hanyar jirgin ƙasa.
Kammala layin jirgin ƙasa na Kano-Baro a shekara ta 1911 da haɗin shi da layin Lagos-Jebba a shekara ta 1915, sun canza Minna zuwa cibiyar sadarwa mai muhimmanci don kayayyakin noma irin su auduga, gyada, da ginger. A shekara ta 1923, ta zama cibiyar gudanarwa na yanki, kuma a shekara ta 1976 an ayyana ta a matsayin babban birnin sabon Jihar Niger. Kafa Jami'ar Fasaha ta Tarayya ta Minna (FUTMINNA) a shekara ta 1983 ya ƙarfafa matsayinta na cibiyar ilimi.

Minna kuma ta shahara ne a matsayin garin da aka haifi tsohon shugabannin Najeriya biyu — Ibrahim Babangida da Abdulsalami Abubakar. A yau, tare da yawan jama'a da ke ƙaruwa da sauri (kusan dubu 532,000 a shekara ta 2025), Minna tana aiki ne a matsayin injiniyar siyasa, ilimi, da tattalin arziki na Jihar Niger, tare da yankin kilomita murabba'i 6,789.