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State list

Nigeria
1992-now

 
 
plate state capital slogan
1 Abia Umuahia God's own state
2 Adamawa Yola Land of beauty
3 Akwa Ibom Uyo The land of promise
4 Anambra Awka Home for all (earlier)
Light of the nation
5 Bauchi Bauchi Pearl of tourism
6 Bayelsa Yenegoa The pride of the nation (earlier)
The glory of all lands
7 Benue Makurdi Food basket of the nation
8 Borno Maiduguri Home of peace
9   Cross River Calabar  
10 Delta Asaba The big heart
11   Ebonyi Abakaliki  
12 Edo Benin City The heartbeat of Nigeria
13   Ekiti Ado-Ekiti  
14 Enugu Enugu Coal city state
15   Gombe Gombe  
16 Imo Owerri The land of hope (earlier)
The eastern heartland
17   Jigawa Dutse  
18 Kaduna Kaduna Liberal state (earlier)
Centre of learning
19 Kano Kano Centre of commerce
20   Katsina Katsina  
21 Kebbi Birnin Kebbi Land of equity
22 Kogi Lokoja The confluence state
23 Kwara Ilorin State of harmony
24 Lagos Ikeja Centre of excellence
25 Nasarawa Lafia Home of solid minerals
26 Niger Minna The power state
27   Ogun Abeokuta  
28   Ondo Akure  
29 Osun Oshogbo State of the living spring (earlier)
Land of virtue
30 Oyo Ibadan Set the pace (earlier)
Pace setter
31 Plateau Jos Home of peace and tourism
32 Rivers Port Harcourt A dedication to God and the nation (earlier)
Treasure base of the nation (1999)
33 Sokoto Sokoto Seat of the caliphate
34   Taraba Jalingo  
35   Yobe Damaturu  
36   Zamfara Gusau  
37
Federal Capital Territory (no state) Abuja Centre of Unity

 

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