title: Shinkafi (disambiguation)
text: # Shinkafi (disambiguation)
  
  Shinkafi is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
  
  It is also a surname and may refer to:
  
  * Mahmud Shinkafi, Nigerian politician, governor of Zamfara state, Nigeria from 2007 to 2011
  * Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi, Nigerian politician, governor of Zamfara State in 2007
  * Umaru Shinkafi (1937–2016), Nigerian politician, intelligence chief, and Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs
  