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Nigeria is a federation of 36 states, each of which is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares power with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Map of Nigerian states by population density The following table presents a listing of Nigeria 's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2006 Census figures, [ 1 ] as well as their 2019 projected populations, which were published by the National Bureau of Statistics .
Bayelsa State: 1 October 1996 Rivers State: Benue State: 3 February 1976 Benue-Plateau State: Borno State: 3 February 1976 North-Eastern State: Cross River State: 27 May 1967 South-Eastern State: Delta State: 27 August 1991 Bendel State: Ebonyi State: 1 October 1996 Enugu State and Abia State: Edo State: 27 August 1991 Bendel State: Ekiti State ...
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Nigerian States by Estimated GDP, 2021 Nigerian States by GDP, 2010 The following table presents a listing of Nigeria 's 36 states ranked in order of their estimated total GDP in 2021 according to a 2022 report by BudgIT .
Nigeria has 36 states that each elect a governor to serve as chief executive of the state government. The sole federal district, the Federal Capital Territory, is headed by a minister appointed by the president to oversee the administration.
Rank State km² 1 Niger State: 74,363 2 Borno State: 70,898 3 Taraba State: 54,473 4 Kaduna State: 46,053 5 Bauchi State: 45,893 6 Yobe State: 45,502 7 Zamfara State
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft. The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was ...