Kakuri

Kakuri is a residential area in Nigeria. It is a suburb of Kaduna and is under the Kaduna South Local Government. Though it does not have a railway station. It is the centre of Kaduna's industry.

Infrastructure
Below are the infrastructures in kakuri:


 * Saint Gerard's Hospital
 * Dr. Gwamna Awan General Hospital
 * A Government Secondary School, a school of psychiatric nursing, St. Anne's Nursery and Primary School, Victory Academy, Second ECWA secondary school, and Excel College.
 * Nigerian-German Chemicals PLC.
 * Prosan Engineering
 * Peugeot Automobile Nigeria and Chanchangi Motors Ltd.
 * Christ Apostolic Church and St. Paul's Anglican Church.
 * Developmental Association for Renewable Energies.

Geography
Areas surrounding Kakuri include the Nassarawa to the north, Trikania to the west, Barnawa to the east and Gonigora to the south.

Notable People

 * Matthew Kukah, the then-Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Kaduna lived in Kakuri and now bishop of Sokoto.
 * The former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has worked in the Armed forces in Kakuri. Chief Omadachi Egboche former Chairman Licensed Electrical contractor Association of Nigeria (LECAN Kakuri branch) was a Resident.