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Nigeria is currently divided into 36 states and Abuja, the federal capital territory. The states are further divided into 774 Local Government Areas.[1]
Before and after independence in 1960, Nigeria was a federation of three Regions: Northern, Western, and Eastern. Provinces were also used in colonial times. In 1963, two provinces were detached from the Western Region to form the new Mid-Western Region. In 1967, the regions were replaced by 12 states due to a military decree; only the former Mid-Western Region escaped division, and formed a single state following the restructuring. From 1967 to 1970 the areas of Mid-Western State and the Eastern Region attempted to secede, as Biafra. In 1976, seven new states were created, making 19 altogether;[2] the Federal Capital Territory (now called Abuja) was formally established in 1991. In 1987 two new states were established, followed by another nine in 1991, bringing the total to 30.[2] The latest change, in 1996, resulted in the present number of 36 states.
Federal Capital Territory: Abuja
Nigeria’s States, Capital, Slogan and Website
| Capital | Website | Slogan | |||
| Abia | Umuahia | Web | “God’s Own State” |
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| Abuja – FCT* | ( Federal Capital Territory ) | Web | “Centre of Unity” | ||
| Adamawa | Yola | Web | “Land of Beauty, Sunshine and Hospitality” | ||
| Akwa Ibom | Uyo | Web | “Promised Land” | ||
| Anambra | Awka | Web | “Home For All”/ Light of the nation | ||
| Bauchi | Bauchi | Web | “Pearl of Tourism” | ||
| Bayelsa | Yenagoa | Web | “Glory of all Lands” | ||
| Benue | Makurdi | Web | “The Nigeria’s Food Basket” | ||
| Borno | Maiduguri | Web | “Home of Peace” | ||
| Cross River | Calabar | Web | “The Nation’s Paradise” | ||
| Delta | Asaba | Web | “The Big Heart” | ||
| Ebonyi | Abakaliki | Web | “Salt of the Nation” | ||
| Edo | Benin | Web | “The Heartbeat of the Nation” | ||
| Ekiti | Ado-Ekiti | Web | “Fountain of Knowledge” | ||
| Enugu | Enugu | Web | “Coal City State” | ||
| Gombe | Gombe | Web | “Jewel in the Savannah” | ||
| Imo | Owerri | Web | “The Eastern Heartland” | ||
| Jigawa | Dutse | Web | “The New World” | ||
| Kaduna | Kaduna | Web | “Centre of Education” | ||
| Kano | Kano | Web, Web2 | “Centre of Commerce” | ||
| Katsina | Katsina | Web | “Home of Hospitality” | ||
| Kebbi | Birnin Kebbi | Web | “Land of Equity” | ||
| Kogi | Lokoja | Web, web1 | “The Influence State” | ||
| Kwara | Ilorin | Web | “The Place of Harmony” | ||
| Lagos | Ikeja | Web | “Centre of Excellence” | ||
| Nassarawa | Lafia | Web, Web2 | “Nigeria’s Home of Solid Minerals” | ||
| Niger | Minna | Web | “The Power State” | ||
| Ogun | Abeokuta | Web | “Gateway State” | ||
| Ondo | Akure | Web | “Sunshine State” | ||
| Osun | Osogbo | Web | “State of the Living Spring” | ||
| Oyo | Ibadan | Web | “Pace Setter” | ||
| Plateau | Jos | Web | “Home of Peace & Tourism” | ||
| Rivers | Port Harcourt | Web | “Treasure Base” | ||
| Sokoto | Sokoto | Web | “The Seat of the Caliphate” | ||
| Taraba | Jalingo | Web | “Nature’s Gift to the Nation” | ||
| Yobe | Damaturu | Web | “The Young Shall Grow” | ||
| Zamfara | Gusau | Web | “Home of Agricultural Products” |