Hausa Super Eagles Footballers, their states and meaning of their Names

1. Umar Sadiq
   State: Kaduna State
Meaning: “Umar” means “flourishing” or “long-lived”; “Sadiq” means “truthful” or “honest.”

2. Ahmed Musa
   – State: Kano State
   – Meaning: “Ahmed” means “most praiseworthy”; “Musa” is the Arabic form of Moses, meaning “drawn out of water.”

3. Shehu Abdullahi
   -State: Sokoto State
   – Meaning: “Shehu” means “leader” or “scholar”; “Abdullahi” means “servant of God.”

4. Rabiu Ibrahim
   – State: Kano State
   – Meaning: “Rabiu” means “born in the fourth month” in the Hausa calendar; “Ibrahim” is the Arabic form of Abraham, meaning “father of many.”

5. Aliyu Mohammed
   – State: Bauchi State
   – Meaning: “Aliyu” means “exalted” or “noble”; “Mohammed” means “praised one.”

6. Tijani Babangida
   – State: Kaduna State
   – Meaning: “Tijani” refers to the followers of the Tijaniyya Islamic sect; “Babangida” means “father of the house.”

7. Ibrahim Babangida
   – State: Niger State
   – Meaning: “Ibrahim” means “father of many”; “Babangida” means “father of the house.”

8. Musa Yahaya
   – State: Kaduna State
   – Meaning: “Musa” means “drawn out of water”; “Yahaya” means “God lives.”

Which of these HAUSA _ Super Eagles’ players was your best ? Which of them do you want to see back in the national team ? Which of them have I omitted ?

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