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The Orlu State bill, was a proposed bill sponsored by Ikenga Ugochinyere and 15 other legislators from the South-east region of Nigeria.The bill, which passed its 1st reading at the Nigerian House of Representatives on 5 June 2024, sought to carve out parts of Imo, Abia, and Anambra states to create a new state officially to be known as Orlu.
The movement for the creation of Tiga State has been active for over 40 years, with proponents arguing that splitting Kano State would accelerate development due to its large size and population. [1] The proposed state is part of a broader initiative to create additional states in Nigeria, with various groups advocating for new states across ...
Warri State is a proposed state intended to be formed for the Itsekiri people, who inhabit the regions of Warri South, Warri South West, Warri North, and itsekiri parts of Edo State in Nigeria. The movement for the creation of Warri State stems from concerns regarding the marginalization of the Itsekiri people by the Delta State Government and ...
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 ...
The military and the Nigerian state, 1966–1993: a study of the strategies of political power control. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. ISBN 978-1-59221-568-3. Solomon Akhere Benjamin (1999). The 1996 state and local government reorganizations in Nigeria. Ibadan: Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research. ISBN 978-181-238-9.
The State is known as farming is our pride because Agriculture provides foodstuffs, raw materials and employment opportunities for young people in the State. [5] The state is one of the poorest in Nigeria and has one of the highest incidences of extreme poverty (over 60% of the population) according to World Bank data from 2018. [16]
Bayelsa state is regarded as the least populous state in Nigeria with an estimated population of over 2,530,000 [15] as at 2022. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] [ 16 ] Being in the Niger Delta, Bayelsa State has a riverine and estuarine setting, with bodies of water within the state making the development of significant road infrastructure, quite difficult.
Ekiti was an independent state prior to the British conquest. It was one of the many Yoruba states in what is today Nigeria.The Ekiti people as a nation and districts of the Yoruba race trace some of her progeny to Oduduwa, the father and progenitor of the Yoruba race even though good reason appears to establish the existence of aboriginal people in Ekiti region prior to the influx of royalty ...