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Located in south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Rivers State was created out of the old South Eastern State in 1976 with its capital in Calabar. The state is

Located in south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Rivers State was created out of the old Eastern Region in 1967 with its capital in Port Harcourt. The state is

Located in south-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Ekiti State was created out of the old Ondo in 1996 with its capital in Ado-Ekiti. The state is divided into

Located in north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Plateau State was created out of the old Benue-Plateau in 1976 with its headquarter is Jos. The state is divided into

Located in north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Benue State was created out of the old Benue-Plateau State in 1976 with its headquarter is Makurdi. The state is divided

Located in north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Jigawa State was created out of the old Kano State in 1991 with its headquarter is Dutse. The state is divided

Located in north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Kebbi State was created out of the old Sokoto State in 1991 with its headquarter is Birnin Kebbi, an ancient town

Located in north-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Yobe State was created out of the old Borno State in 1991 and it is divided into seventeen local government areas

Located in north-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Taraba State was created out of the defunct Gongola State in 1991 and it is divided into sixteen local government areas

Located in north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Kano State was created out of the defunct Northern Region in 1976 and it is divided into forty four local government

Located in north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Katsina State was created out of the old Kaduna State in 1987 and it is divided into thirty four local government

Located in north-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Borno State was created out of the defunct North Eastern Nigeria in 1976 and it is divided into twenty seven local

Located in north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Niger State was created out of the defunct North Western Nigeria in 1976 and it is divided into twenty five

Located in south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Delta State is an oil producing state situated in the region known as the Niger Delta. The state which was created

Located in south-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Ogun State was created in 1976 with Abeokuta as the state capital, comprises the old Abeokuta and Ijebu provinces. The state

Located in south-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Imo State, which derives its name from Imo River, was created in 1976 and it is nicknamed "eastern heartland". The state

Located in south-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Ebonyi State was created in 1996 and it is called "the salt of the nation" for its huge salt deposit at

Located in south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Edo State was created in 1991 when the old Bendel State was split into two in a state creation exercise that

Located in south-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Ondo State was created in 1976 out of the defunct Western State and it has 19 local government areas which include

Located in north-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Gome State was created in 1996 out of the former Bauchi State. The state is situated right within the expansive savannah

Located in north-central geopolitical zone (also called middle-belt region) of Nigeria, Kogi State was created out of the former Kwara and Benue States in 1991 covering the area

Located in north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Nasarawa State was created in 1996 out of neighbouring Plateau state. The state known as the 'Home of Solid Mineral' has

Located in the south-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Oyo State was one of the three states carved out of the former Western state of Nigeria in 1976. Oyo

Located in North-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Kaduna State is one of the 36 states of the in Nigeria with its capital in Kaduna city. The old Kaduna