Gwandu, also called
Gando, is a
town and
emirate in
Kebbi State,
Nigeria. The seat of government for the
emirate and district of this name is in
Birnin Kebbi, which is the capital of Kebbi State and was capital of the historical
Kingdom of Kebbi. Originally founded in the sixteenth century by the Kebbawa, a
Hausa-speaking people, Gwandu today acts as one of the four emirates composing Kebbi State.