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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.
Northern Nigeria (or Arewancin Nijeriya) was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962, it acquired the territory of the British Northern Cameroons, which voted to become a province within Northern Nigeria. [2]
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.
Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria were also sometimes known as the Northern Provinces or Southern Provinces respectively. Currently, Nigeria is a federation of 36 states . The first use of provinces was in Northern Nigeria after Britain took over administration of the area from the Royal Niger Company in 1900.
The following table presents a listing of the nicknames of Nigerian states. [1] State Nickname Abia State: God's Own State Adamawa State: Land of Beauty Akwa Ibom State:
State Date created Preceding Entity Abia State: 27 August 1991 Imo State: Adamawa State: 27 August 1991 Gongola State: Akwa Ibom State: 23 September 1987
List of Nigerian states by poverty rate; T. List of Nigerian traditional states This page was last edited on 1 February 2021, at 13:23 (UTC). ...