List of Nigerian states by date of statehood

Nkee bu ndi states no na Naigeria, ma mgbe amere ya, na ebee a nwetere ya.

State Mgbe amere ya Preceding Entity
Abia State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Imo State
Adamawa State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Gongola State
Akwa Ibom State 23 Septemba 1987 Cross River State
Anambra State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 (old) Anambra State
Bauchi State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 North-Eastern State
Bayelsa State 1 Ọktoba 1996 Rivers State
Benue State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 Benue-Plateau State
Borno State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 North-Eastern State
Cross River State 27 Mee 1967 Eastern Region, Nigeria; akpowa ya South-Eastern State site 1967 ruru 1976.
Delta State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Bendel State
Ebonyi State 1 Ọktoba 1996 Enugu State na Abia State
Edo State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Bendel State
Ekiti State 1 Ọktoba 1996 Ondo State
Enugu State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 (old) Anambra State
Gombe State 1 Ọktoba 1996 Bauchi State
Imo State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 East Central State
Jigawa State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Kano State
Kaduna State 27 Mee 1967 Northern Region, Nigeria; akpowa ya North-Central State site 1967 ruru 1976.
Kano State 27 Mee 1967 Northern Region, Nigeria
Katsina State 23 Septemba 1987 Kaduna State
Kebbi State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Sokoto State
Kogi State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Kwara State; Benue State
Kwara State 27 Mee 1967 Northern Region, Nigeria; akpowa ya West Central State site 1967 ruru 1976.
Lagos State 27 Mee 1967 Federal Territory of Lagos and Colony Province
Nasarawa State 1 Ọktoba 1996 Plateau State
Niger State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 North-Western State
Ogun State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 Western State
Ondo State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 Western State
Osun State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Oyo State
Oyo State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 Western State
Plateau State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 Benue-Plateau State
Rivers State 27 Mee 1967 Eastern Region, Nigeria
Sokoto State 3 Febrụwarị 1976 North-Western State
Taraba State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Gongola State
Yobe State 27 Ọgọọst 1991 Borno State
Zamfara State 1 Ọktoba 1996 Sokoto State
Abuja Federal Capital Territory 3 Febrụwarị 1976 Benue-Plateau, North-Central, na North-Western States