List of the 36 States of Nigeria and their Dates of Creation

The list of the 36 states of Nigeria (plus the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja.) and the dates of their creation is summarised in the table below.

 

The first set of stated created in Nigeria n 1967 were:

1. Cross River State
2. Kaduna State
3. Kano State
4. Kwara State
5. Lagos State
6. Rivers State

 

The last set of states to be created in Nigeria in 1996 are:

1. Ekiti State
2. Ebonyi State
3. Bayalsa State
4. Nassarawa State
5. Zamfara State and
6. Gombe State.

State	Date created
Abia State	27 August 1991
Adamawa State	27 August 1991
Akwa Ibom State	23 September 1987
Anambra State	3 February 1976
Bauchi State	3 February 1976
Bayelsa State	1 October 1996
Benue State	3 February 1976
Borno State	3 February 1976
Cross River State	27 May 1967
Delta State	27 August 1991
Ebonyi State	1 October 1996
Edo State	27 August 1991
Ekiti State	1 October 1996
Enugu State	27 August 1991
Gombe State	1 October 1996
Imo State	3 February 1976
Jigawa State	27 August 1991
Kaduna State	27 May 1967
Kano State	27 May 1967
Katsina State	23 September 1987
Kebbi State	27 August 1991
Kogi State	27 August 1991
Kwara State	27 May 1967
Lagos State	27 May 1967
Nasarawa State	1 October 1996
Niger State	3 February 1976
Ogun State	3 February 1976
Ondo State	3 February 1976
Osun State	27 August 1991
Oyo State	3 February 1976
Plateau State	3 February 1976
Rivers State	27 May 1967
Sokoto State	3 February 1976
Taraba State	27 August 1991
Yobe State	27 August 1991
Zamfara State	1 October 1996
Federal Capital Territory	3 February 1976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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