Abia state is in southeast Nigeria. The capital is Umuahia. The state was created in 1991 from a part of Imo state. The state is bounded on the north and northeast ...

Adamawa is a northeastern state in Nigeria. It was carved out of the then Gongola state in 1991. The state capital is Yola. Adamawa is one of the largest states ...

Akwa Ibom is located in the coastal southern part of the country; one of the states in the South-South geopolitical zone. It is bordered on the east by Cross River ...

Anambra is in southeastern Nigeria; its capital is Awka. Onitsha is one of its commercial cities as well as Nnewi. The state is bounded by Delta State to the west, ...

Bauchi State is in northern Nigeria. Its capital is the city of Bauchi. The state was formed in 1976 as part of the former North-Eastern State. The state is bordered ...

Bayelsa is a southern Nigeria state with its capital as Yenagoa. The state was formed in 1996 from part of Rivers State. It is bordered by Delta and Rivers State. ...

Benue state is in the north-central of Nigeria. Its capital is Makurdi. It is bounded by Nasarawa state in the north, Taraba state to the east, Cross River state to ...

Borno is a northeastern state with its capital as Maiduguri. Borno borders the Republic of Niger to the north, Lake Chad and the Republic of Chad to the northeast and ...

Cross River is a state in South-South Nigeria. Its capital is Calabar, and its name is derived from the Cross River (Oyono), which passes through the state. It shares boundaries with ...

Delta State is an oil and agricultural producing state of Nigeria, situated in the region known as the South-South geopolitical zone. The state was carved out of the then Bendel ...

Ebonyi is a state in southeastern Nigeria. Its capital and largest city is Abakaliki. Other major towns include Afikpo, Unwana, Onueke, Edda, Onicha, etc. It was created in 1996. The ...

Edo is a state in the south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria; Benin City is the capital. Edo State was created in 1991. It is bounded by the states of Kogi to ...

Ekiti is a state in Southwest Nigeria. One of the last few states to be created, it was carved out of Ondo state in 1996. Ondo state borders Ekiti state ...

Located in southeastern Nigeria, its capital is Enugu where the state derives its name. It shares boundaries with Anambra on the West, Abia State on the South, Kogi on the ...

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of the country as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It is bordered by the states of Niger ...

Gombe is located in the northeastern part of Nigeria; its capital is Gombe City. The State was formed in October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State. The state shares a ...

Imo is a state in the south-east of Nigeria. Owerri is its capital and largest city. Its other major cities are Orlu and Okigwe. Imo State is bordered by Abia State ...

If you are looking for the largest livestock market in Africa, look no further. Jigawa, whose capital is Dutse, boasts of the Maigatari livestock market as the largest of such. ...

Kaduna is a state in Northwest Nigeria. Its capital is Kaduna City. Kaduna is bordered by the states of Zamfara, Katsina, and Kano to the north; Bauchi and Plateau to the ...

Kano State is a state located in Northern Nigeria. Its capital is Kano City. Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, Bauchi State to the ...

Katsina is a state in north-central Nigeria, whose name is derived from Katsina city. It was formed from the northern half of Kaduna state in 1987. It is bordered by ...

Kebbi is a state in north-western Nigeria. Its capital is Birnin Kebbi. The state was created out of a part of Sokoto State in 1991. Kebbi State is bordered by Sokoto ...

Kogi is a state in the central region of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State. Its capital is Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria. Though ...

Kwara is a state in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Its capital is Ilorin. It is bounded by the Republic of Benin to the west and by the ...

Lagos is a state in the southwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Its capital is Ikeja. It is the smallest in the area of Nigeria's 36 states. Lagos State is arguably ...

Nasarawa is a state in north central Nigeria. The state was created in 1996, out of the western half of the then Plateau state. Its capital is Lafia. It shares borders ...

Niger State is a state in Central Nigeria; the state capital is Minna and it is the largest state in the country. It is bordered on to the south by the ...

Ogun State is a state in south western Nigeria. Abeokuta is the capital and largest city in the state. It borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo and Osun states ...

Ondo State is a southwestern state whose capital is AkureOndo state borders Ekiti state to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to ...

Osun is a state in south-western Nigeria. Its capital is Osogbo. Osun state is bounded in the north by Kwara State, in the east partly by both Ekiti and Ondo ...

Oyo is a south-western state in Nigeria, with its capital is Ibadan. It is bounded in the north by Kwara State, in the east by Osun State, in the south ...

Plateau state is located in the north-western geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Its capital is Jos. It is bounded by the states of Kaduna and Bauchi on the north, Taraba on ...

Located in south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria, Rivers State was created out of the old Eastern Region in 1967. Its capital is Port Harcourt. It is bordered by the states of ...

Sokoto state is located in the north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Its capital is the City of Sokoto. Bordering the Republic of Niger to the north, it also shares boundaries ...

Taraba state is located in the north-eastern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Its capital is Jalingo. The State was created out of the defunct Gongola State in 1991 and has 16 ...

Yobe state is located in the north-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The capital is Damaturu. It State was created out of the old Borno State in 1991. It borders the Republic ...

Zamfara State is located in the northwestern part of Nigeria. Gusau is the state capital. It borders Niger Republic, Katsina State, Kebbi State and Sokoto State in the north, east, ...