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