Muhammadu Dikko Stadium is an all-seater
association football and
athletics stadium in
Katsina,
Katsina State, Nigeria. The stadium is owned and maintained by the Katsina State Government. Construction started in the early 1990s, during the military Governorship of
John Madaki, but was later abandoned. The project was resurrected and completed by Governor
Ibrahim Shehu Shema, and was opened in 2013 as Karkanda Stadium. In 2016, it was renamed after Katsina's 20th Century
Emir Muhammadu Dikko.
El-Kanemi Warriors F.C of
Maiduguri played their home games at the stadium from 2015 to 2016 while the
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...
insurgency raged. It is currently home to the Katsina State-owned
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club
Katsina United
Katsina United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in the town of Katsina, Katsina State.
History
Founded in 1994, they were promoted to the Nigerian Premier League in 1997, placing 12th in their debut season but were disbanded after ...
.
There is also a gymnasium and fitness club located within the stadium.
References
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Football venues in Nigeria
Athletics (track and field) venues in Nigeria
Sport in Katsina State