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The North Central (often hyphenated to the North-Central) is one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing the majority of the country's Middle Belt. It comprises six states – Benue , Kogi , Kwara , Nasarawa , Niger , and Plateau — in addition to the Federal Capital Territory .
Many groups and individuals in Nigeria including the Afenifere Renewal Movement through its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, Ohaneze Ndigbo, its late Secretary General, Chief Ralph Uwechue and Ijaw National Congress through its National President, Mr. Joshua Benameisigha have canvassed that the current six zonal divisions be recognized in Nigeria's constitution and be ...
At the time of independence in 1960, Nigeria was a federal state of three regions: Northern, Western, and Eastern. Additionally, provinces , which were a legacy of colonial and protectorate times , remained extant until they were abolished in 1976.
The North West (often hyphenated to the North-West) is the one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing both a geographic and political region of the country's northwest. It comprises seven states – Jigawa , Kaduna , Kano , Katsina , Kebbi , Sokoto , and Zamfara .
Kogi is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, [5] [6] bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, [7] [8] [9] to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the southwest by Edo and Ondo states, to the southeast by the states of Anambra and Enugu, and to the east by Benue State.
Nasarawa is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba and Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states of Benue and Kogi, and to the west by the Federal Capital Territory.
Northern Nigeria though an ethnically and religiously diverse region, is an overwhelmingly majority Muslim region. The Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri dominate much of the North Western and Eastern part of the country while the Yoruba, Nupe, Tiv, Igala and Idoma are dominant in the North Central. Hausa, Fulani, Nupe and the Kanuri people are chiefly ...
North-Central State: Katsina State: 23 September 1987 Kaduna State: Kebbi State: 27 August 1991 Sokoto State: Kogi State: 27 August 1991 Kwara State and Benue State: Kwara State: 27 May 1967 West Central State: Lagos State: 27 May 1967 Federal Territory of Lagos: Nasarawa State: 1 October 1996 Plateau State: Niger State: 3 February 1976 North ...