Katsina State is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It was created in 1987, when it split from Kaduna State. It had over 5,800,000 residents as at 2006. Katsina became the fifth state in Nigeria to adopt Sharia law in 2005. It the fifth largest state in the country by population, despite […]
Jigawa State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991, under the General Ibrahim Babangida regime. The state is situated in the northwestern part of the country between latitudes 11.00°N to 13.00°N and longitudes 8.00°E to 10.15°E. Jigawa State […]
Jigawa State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991, under the General Ibrahim Babangida regime, which announced the creation of nine additional states in the country, bringing the total number of states then to thirty. The state is […]
Imo State is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state takes its name from the Imo River which flows along the state’s eastern border. The state capital is Owerri, and the state nickname is “Eastern Heartland.” Modern-day Imo State has been inhabited for almost a thousand years by the Igbo people […]
Imo State is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state takes its name from the Imo River which flows along the state’s eastern border. The state capital is Owerri, and the state nickname is “Eastern Heartland.” Imo State shares boundaries with Abia State to the East, River Niger and Delta State […]
Gombe State is a state in northeastern Nigeria formed from a part of Bauchi State on 1 October 1996 by the Abacha military government, with Gombe as the state capital. Gombe state is bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Borno for 93 km in the vicinity of Gongola River and Lake […]
Gombe State is a state in northeastern Nigeria. It was formed from a part of Bauchi State on 1 October 1996 by the Abacha military government, with Gombe as the state capital. Of the 36 states in Nigeria, Gombe is the 21st largest in area and the 32nd most populous, with an estimated population of […]