The Six Geopolitical Zones In Nigeria With Their States
Nigeria is divided into six geopolitical zones which consist of states with close geographical location, similar history, cultures and political ideologies.
The six geopolitical zones in Nigeria were created during the military regime of President Ibrahim Babangida. Nigeria’s economic, political and educational resources are often shared across the zones. Below is a list of the zones and the states that fall under each of them.
1. NORTH CENTRAL (7 States)
Niger State, Kogi State, Benue State, Plateau State, Nassarawa State, Kwara State and the Federal Capital Territory.
2. NORTH EAST (6 States)
Bauchi State, Borno State, Taraba State, Adamawa State, Gombe State and Yobe State.
3. NORTH WEST (7 States)
Zamfara State, Sokoto State, Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Katsina State, Kano State and Jigawa State.
4. SOUTH EAST (5 States)
Enugu State, Imo State, Ebonyi State, Abia State and Anambra State.
5. SOUTH SOUTH (6 States)
Bayelsa State, Akwa Ibom State, Edo State, Rivers State, Cross River State and Delta State.
6. SOUTH WEST (6 States)
Oyo State, Ekiti State, Osun State, Ondo State, Lagos State and Ogun State.
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Good job
NO Kwara should be under South west not under North central
No sir. It’s under North Central. Thank you, Mr. Ajulo Olukayode Tanimola.
It’s really a good job
Thanks Mrs./Miss Tonia.
FCT is not as state and south west has 6 states, you omitted Ekiti state, please take note, regards
shine your eye well u will see ekiti Mr shinkafa or has the shinkafa block your view
i like that sense of humour
Thanks for noting Mr. Usman Shinkafi, we’ll make the corrections right away. But on the issue of the FCT, it is included in the North Central geopolitical zone although it is not fully taken as a state.
Thanks once again!
This really helped,sure I can ask a question?pls we have the north,East,West and South,what is the name of the countries or 0ceans closer to each of them?thank u
Thanks for your question, Mrs/Miss Chidinma. We will surely give you an answer.
* North- Niger Republic and Chad
* East- Cameroon
* West- Benin Republic
* South- Atlantic Ocean
You can also check this out: https://oldnaija.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/boundaries-borders-of-nigeria/
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welldone job, pls what aout the rivers
Thank you, Vero. Rivers is in the South South. Check no. 6 in the list.
Really, I like this; though it seems the Past teaches that it teaches nothing especially to the present Nigeria.Meanwhile, there is an attach ‘President Ibrahim Badamsi’ to your discussion. Is it actually BADAMSI …? Yup!
Thank you for observing, Hanghung. It was a typo and has been corrected. It’s actually BADAMASI.
Thumps up, this is visionary trail-blazing will impact on nigerian education for the better if applied properly with the right government contacts which i have and am very willing to be part of this vision and contribute to it’s progress in the small ways i can. My contact-08120103326 kip it up, my question- All natural resources found in nigeria and the states and local governments (the natural resources differentiated into solid,liquid & gas)
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Hello…. I have been reading your blog for a while now and I must say I am impressed. A little correction though, Check the spelling of Katsina again. Guess you missed it.
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am highly impressed with dis blog an its really educated me, but in regard to the comments I have gone through some do comments that the poster made a mistake especially who said he has omitted Ekiti from South west I think Ekiti is included take a look carefully, secondly some one has just said there is an error in spelling Katsina which is not he spelt it correctly and that’s how it suppose to be, glance it once more. thank you
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thanks a lot u just help me to do an assignment to my young sis. I would have fall my hands has an elder broda. thanks.
Please can you help me get the list of north Western States and East Central state?
Honestly I love this, I just had a challenging argument with my boss even though I know it but not all until I visited this site.KUDOS!
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bro Ekiti is there check well
thank u
Good
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Good job. Pls which is the largest geopolitical zone?
North Central. Thanks for your visit, Ossyna. Please visit often.
Bro, i have no words to say apart from thanks,i really appreciate your effort.i need to be infacted with more knowledge, please for each zone which state is best interms of weather&cities?
Is educating
Well done job, but does each political zones have its headquarters? if yes, what are the names. thx
I love ds update. Well done to d initiator. God bless u.
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wch state is da headquarter of each zone
I love this.
Cantral nigeria not northen nigeria
Cantral nigeria not northen cantral nigeria
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great job it educated students a lot ,God bless you keep it up
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Is interesting bt Zone like South East has five states why?
The issue lies with the problem of state creation in Nigeria. But we believe that the south west states will increase in the nearest future. Thank you for your visit and comment, Enyinnaya.
Well done. Plenty of patience and humility. Keep up this good work. Please include more research materials on our dear country. Thank you
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great work
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AMAZING!!!!!!!!
THANKS PHEEBIE
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Thanks for helping me with my assignment
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Thank you so much for all information you’ve provided here but are you sure we can find Iron Ore at Ajaokuta or ikptape
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Thank’s all, you are making it intresting.
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More grease to your elbow. for we are benefiting from the candle you burned during your studies. thanks once again!
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good job ,I wish to suggest you could do more by adding what each state(zone) is worth.
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Very good job it helped me alot
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Thank u 4 ur contribution
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SIR THANK YOU VERY MUTCH
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That’s a very good job,keep it up and thanks once again for sharing us more light based on our different geopolitical zones,within and outside…..
Quite educative. Thanks.
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There was never justice in the creation of this geopolital zone. This was done to remove some people from oil rich areas and there by bringing division among them.
Hmmmmm. Everything has its good and ugly side. The division might not be proper, but still I think it’s helping this country a lot. Thank you for your visit and wonderful comment, Miss/Mrs Onyinye. Kindly do check back.
Nigeria a country that other countries look upon. Our contribution to its development can make it great again. let have a change of attitude and mind failure. that great change begins with me… what about you.
On the side of the geopolitical zone division. we should not be sentimental, it will give room for more and proper development of some state and the will be a checkmate to some who believe they are grater than others. let leave it this way and face next development.
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Very interesting and educative write up, honestly,I don’t know some of this geopolitical zones and the states under them as such, now I know, thanks.
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God bless Nigeria
Zombie STFU! how will God bless Nigeria when there is injustices in every where in the country,
may God helf us to be the patriot people, like buhari and others.
Is Buhari a patriotic Nigerian or President?
We should tell ourself the truth, Buhari is not and he can never be a patriot.
How many times has he went outside the country to take a laon for building and rebuilding Northern region.
A President of 97 and 5% for those who voted and didn’t voted for him respectively, is such a person patriotic?
Is that how a Country grow/ develop or unite with divers ethnic groups?
yes buhari is patrotic, weather you like or not, because he is the one that always he trying to see naij progress unlike your previous leader ebele jonathan
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Thanks So much.. Was relevant on my blog
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Nice job, keep it up but, fairness in structuring should be considered in next division.
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it’s interesting and very Educative.
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how i wish i can do what u did
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God bless NIGERIA
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The more of geographical divisions, the more fragmented we find ourselves.
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So Educative
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very educative,thank u 4 posting dis.It’s useful even 4 my younger ones in school.
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very useful
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Nice one
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Great job quite exciting, keep it up.
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it quite great to have u as enlightenings
Good information but it’s interesting to know that South East one of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria is having the least five (5) Isn’t that a big food for thought?
The five States
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quite explicit and informative,a very big thanks to you.
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I think it’s a wonderful idea I love the write up on the division. Pls keep it up also if possible add their different histories and cultures. Tanx
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This is informative. Thank you.
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It is so educative. Nice one
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well.
am api to see a site which share and at the same time educate someone positively.
God bless.
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good work keep it up
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This is awesome and educating. Thanks!
So Infrued, So Well Appreciates. Well Intake,,
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It’s relevant but I feel there should be much clearer maps on each geopolitical zones, which will make it easy for users. Anyway thanks for the information.????????
thanks for this information
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Tnks
Helped me do my homework
Thanks For This Information. It Is Educating And Useful.
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Educative
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This is fantastic and educative and wise one up nigeria
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The information here is greatly appreciated
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I’m educated today about this. Thanks.
I see it useful to those that want to learn about other countries. I do that a lot! Thanks for your response. Stay blessed!
You’re doing a great job here, especially those old tales from grandmas and grandpas. Thanks for doing justice to them, so that they don’t die in order to preserve our cultures.
It’s really my pleasure. Thanks for being here Mr. Peter Adewunmi. I’m highly honoured. Thanks for your comment too. Have a wonderful night. Cheers!
Wishing you the best of just everything.
it’s indeed educating
Very useful information.
Thank you, Theresa.
Why is that South East is been cheated all the time
This is just what the doctor ordered. Thank you.
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why south-east has only five States
is it not cheating
Thanks so much for the information.
Thank you very much, this is very useful. But please can the map be a little clearer?
This is so cool
As a secondary school student i find this very useful
Tnxs to you Mr Opemipo am gonna get a 100% in my assignment
Tnxs once again and more grease to your elbows
Also cudos to you
Fantastic indeed, so useful thank u for the thought.
VERY USEFUL INFORMATION FOR MY RESEARCH
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Infact, Very Useful Nd Educating. Am So Glad!
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I FIND THIS INFORMATION MOST USEFUL. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY RESEACH SO EASY….
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This shows how the north has been raping the south with their military dictators. Originally it was northern region and the south was western region, eastern region and mid-western region so out of one the northern region we have 20 (including FCT) states and out of four southern regions we have only 17 – what a daylight robbery. Now you know what they mean by Python Dance because the python disables its victim before swallowing it. The south should wake up.
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Vary useful
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It very Good and educating
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love it so much very simple to understand, keep it up. Thanks so much
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If it would be possible, I wish Nigeria is divided into six country with each geopolitical zone, a country. I think that will end the killings and cheatings in Nigeria. Nigeria is called one Nigeria only in words and never In deeds. For how long shall we continue deceiving ourselves?.
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Thanks, it was quite helpful
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Awesome! It was really helpful
Totally cool for a project.
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Thanks and more greeze to your elbow for sharing this educative information.
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Very good, not this alone but other oldnaija handout so to say has helped me a lot, the sky is your starting point.
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let us forget how they creat but what we need is love,dispine fearnest, tolerant & fear of God to move our country great.
so educating. You’ve helped me out. More breeze to your elbow
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We sure need restructuring in this country,I never had an insight of why some elder states men from a specific geopolitical region clamour for restructuring bit now I see.I stand for restructuring….
Nice one it is so exiting for the giographical way of life “”””””
It. Very educated for current stair to the young onces.
Thanks.
omojola
Great and very rich for knowledge seekers like me. Weldon
Nice to see this. Well-done for the work and if their is way you can create the map it will be much better. Thanks
RUFFY@all
I salute your effort sir.
My question is: if S/W is 6, S/S is 6 but S/E is 5. Why do we see S/S as minority despite it six sub-units but refer to the S/E as majority?
I am Temidire Coker
We really appreciate, for your contribution to the development of nigerian student.Nigeria is a one country and no body can devide it except almighty God,why can’t we come and cooperate our selves to remove anything has to do with partialism,selectionism and tribalism.So also to castigate any body find with one of each.This is the only way that we may have a very sustainable development in this country.
Thank u once again nd God bless u.
thanks for this info.
Thank you Mr Teslim, why did you say North central is the largest Zone? Remember that both North central and North West has the same number of state. I need an answer please
thanks, it was helpful.. our lawmakers shoukd come read and digest this, most of them dont even know what they represent.. smushhhhhhh
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A Job Well Done!So Educative,In Spite Of This Division In Zones, We Should Not Forget That We Are All One.God Bless You….
thak u all
very usefull.. thanks
Thank you, Chimere.
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Point of correction; The six geopolitical zones were not created by the Ibrahim Babangida regime; it was under the regime of Gen. SANI Abacha in 1994.