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

The list of the 36 states of Nigeria and the dates of their creation is summarised in the table below.

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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