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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 British originally divided ...
Nigeria is a federation of thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory, which are divided into 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in total. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A clickable map of Nigeria showing its 36 states and the federal capital territory.
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. 1963–1967: In 1963, a new region, the Mid-Western Region, was created from the Western Region ...
The position was abolished in 2022, when the province was split into Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur. List ... Esmael G. Mangudadatu: 2010–2019 11:
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. [2]
Nigeria Congress; Online Nigeria; Sustainable Urban Development and Good Governance in Nigeria; Thomas Brinkhoff: NIGERIA: Administrative Division (interactive map), in www.citypopulation.de; Local Government Areas In Nigeria By State: A comprehensive list of all local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria and their respective states.
This table ranks Nigeria's 36 states in order of their surface areas. Rank State km² 1 Niger State: 74,363 2 Borno State: 70,898 3 Taraba State: 54,473 4 Kaduna State:
The House of Representatives (also called Green Chamber) is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. [1] The Green Chamber has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or first-past-the-post) system, most recently in 2023. Members serve four-year terms.