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'''Tegina''' is a town in [[Rafi, Nigeria|Rafi]] LGA, [[Niger State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref name="NIPOST">{{cite web|title=Nigeria Postal Code Lookup System|publisher=[[Nigerian Postal Service]] (NIPOST)|url=http://www.nigeriapostcode.com.ng/|website=www.nigeriapostcode.com.ng|date=December 2019}}</ref> Various [[Kainji languages]] are spoken in and around Tegina.<ref name="Blench">{{Cite web|last=Blench|first=Roger|url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Kainji/General/Kainji%20language%20overview.pdf|title=The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2012|location=Cambridge}}</ref>
In 2021 a mass kidnapping of children by gunmen occurred at the end of May, at least 150 students went missing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-05-30 |title=Nigeria school abduction: Gunmen kidnap students in Niger state |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57300643 |access-date=2022-05-18}}</ref>
== Villages ==
Villages in Tegina:<ref name="NIPOST"/>
:Agwai, Ankawa, B. Gona, Bangu, Biito, D. Padama, Dada, G. Abashi, G. Angu, G. Barau, G. Danbiki, G. Dangama, G. Dangoru, G. Danjuma, G. Dijimakert, G. Jada, G. Katina, G. Kushama, G. Maiganga, G. Maikangara, G. Manzo, G. Tanko, G. Wakayi, G. Wani, G. Zubdomgi, Gende, Gini, Gisisi, Godora, Gulangi, Gunugu, Halatayi, Indaki, Inga, Inga Gari, Jambaka, Jiro, K. Madaka, Kagara, Kakuri, Katako, Kuru, Kwana, Luaga, Machinanugu, Madagwa, Mahanga, Natsina, Rubo, Rubu, Sabon Gari, Samboro, Sufawa, T. Ceshi, T. Duste, Tegina, Tunma, U. Alhaji, U. Uban-Dawaki, U. Butsi, Ugu, Ussa, Wayan, Yalwa
== See also ==
* [[Rafi, Nigeria]]
* [[Zungeru]]
== References ==
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{{Niger State}}
[[Category:Populated places in Niger State]]
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