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Administrative divisions Nigeria, in 36 editions.
The entry for Nigeria published Administrative divisions in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 11 editions. Each is shown as published. Administrative divisions in every entry.
- editions changed the text
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- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Administrative divisions” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
21 states and 1 territory*;
- Abuja Capital Territory*,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Bendel,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Gongola,
- Imo,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto
21 states and 1 territory*; Abuja Capital Territory*, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bendel, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Gongola, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto
30 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Abuja Capital Territory*,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Edo,
- Enugu,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe
21 30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa
Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bendel, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Gongola, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo,
Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo,
Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe
30 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Abuja Capital Territory*,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa,
- Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe
30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja Capital Territory*, Adamawa, AkwaAkwa, Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo,
Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo,
Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe
30 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Abuja Capital Territory*,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Edo,
- Enugu,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe
30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa,
Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo,
Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos,
Niger, Ogun, Ondo,
30 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Abuja Capital Territory*,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Edo,
- Enugu,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe
30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja
Capital Territory*, Adamawa,
Cross River, Delta, Edo,
Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos,
Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe
- 30 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia, Abuja Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe;
- note - some new administrative units may have been created
30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja
Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Borno,
Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina,
Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau,
Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe Yobe; note - some new
administrative units may have been created
30 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Abuja Capital Territory*,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Edo,
- Enugu,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe
note: the government has announced the creation of six additional states named Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nassarawa, and Zamfara as part of the process of transition to a civilian government
30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja
Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue,
Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano,
Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo,
Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe; note - some new Yobeadministrative units may have been created note: the government has announced the creation of six additional
states named Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nassarawa, and Zamfara as
part of the process of transition to a civilian government
30 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Abuja Federal Capital Territory*,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Edo,
- Enugu,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe
note: the government has announced the creation of six additional states named Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nassarawa, and Zamfara as part of the process of transition to a civilian government
30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja
Federal Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi,
Benue, Borno,
Kano, Katsina,
Oyo, Plateau,
note: the government has announced the creation of six additional
states named Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nassarawa, and Zamfara as
part of the process of transition to a civilian government
30 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Abuja Federal Capital Territory*,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Edo,
- Enugu,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe
note: the government has announced the creation of six additional states named Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nassarawa, and Zamfara as part of the process of transition to a civilian government
30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja
Federal Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi,
Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna,
Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun,
Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe
note: the government has announced the creation of six additional
states named Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nassarawa, and Zamfara as
as part of the process of transition to a civilian government
The same text in 4 editions, 2000 to 2003.
36 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Abuja Federal Capital Territory*,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Bayelsa,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Ebonyi,
- Edo,
- Ekiti,
- Enugu,
- Gombe,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Nassarawa,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe,
- Zamfara
30 36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, AbujaYobe Yobe, Zamfara
note: the government has announced the creation of six additional
states named Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nassarawa, and
as part of the process of transition to a civilian government
The same text in 10 editions, 2004 to 2013.
36 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Bayelsa,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Ebonyi,
- Edo,
- Ekiti,
- Enugu,
- Federal Capital Territory*,
- Gombe,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Nassarawa,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe,
- Zamfara
36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja Federal Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
The same text in 12 editions, 2014 to 2025.
36 states and 1 territory*;
- Abia,
- Adamawa,
- Akwa Ibom,
- Anambra,
- Bauchi,
- Bayelsa,
- Benue,
- Borno,
- Cross River,
- Delta,
- Ebonyi,
- Edo,
- Ekiti,
- Enugu,
- Federal Capital Territory*,
- Gombe,
- Imo,
- Jigawa,
- Kaduna,
- Kano,
- Katsina,
- Kebbi,
- Kogi,
- Kwara,
- Lagos,
- Nasarawa,
- Niger,
- Ogun,
- Ondo,
- Osun,
- Oyo,
- Plateau,
- Rivers,
- Sokoto,
- Taraba,
- Yobe,
- Zamfara
36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory*, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
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