List of Nigerian state governors

article provides a list of all governors or administrators of states in Nigeria.

Abia State

This is a list of the administrators and Governors of Abia State, Nigeria, which was created on 1991-08-27, when it was split from Imo State.

* Military administrators appointed by the ruling dictators of their respective times.

Adamawa State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Adamawa State, Nigeria, which was formed on 1991-08-27 when Gongola State was divided into Adamawa and Taraba states.

Akwa Ibom State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Akwa Ibom State. Akwa Ibom State was formed in 1987 when it was split from Cross River State.

Anambra State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Anambra State. Anambra State, Nigeria, was formed on 3 February 1976 when East-Central State was divided into Anambra and Imo (Owerri) states.

Bauchi State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Bauchi State was formed in 1976-02-03 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states.

Bayelsa State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Bayelsa State was formed in 1996 from part of Rivers State.

Bendel State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Bendel State, Nigeria. Mid-Western region was created in June 1963 from the Benin and Delta provinces. The status of the region was changed to a state on 27 May 1967, and the state was renamed Bendel State on 17 March 1976. Bendel State was divided into Delta State and Edo State on 27 August 1991.

Benue State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Benue State. Benue State was formed on 1976-02-03 when Benue-Plateau State was divided into Benue and Plateau states.

Borno State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Borno State, Nigeria. Borno State was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states.

Cross River State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Cross River State, Nigeria, including leaders of South-Eastern State. South-Eastern State was formed on 1967-05-27 when Eastern Region was split into East-Central, Rivers and South-Eastern states. The state was renamed Cross River State in 1976.

Delta State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Delta State, Nigeria, which was formed on 27 August 1991, when the old Bendel State was split into Edo State and Delta State.

Ebonyi State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Ebonyi State was created in October 1996 from the old Abakaliki division of Enugu State and old Afikpo division of Abia State.

Edo State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Edo State, Nigeria, which was formed in 27 August 1991 when the former Bendel State was divided into Edo State and Delta State.

Ekiti State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Ekiti State. Ekiti State was created on October 1, 1996 from territory of Ondo State.

See also

• States of Nigeria
• List of Nigerian state governors

References

Enugu State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Enugu State. Enugu State was formed on 27 August 1991 when it was split from Anambra State.

Gombe State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Gombe State, Nigeria. Gombe State was formed on 1 October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State by the Sani Abacha military government.

Gongola State

Imo State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Imo State, Nigeria. Imo State was created on 17 March 1976 from part of East Central State.

Jigawa State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Jigawa State. Jigawa State was formed in 1991-08-27 when it was split from Kano State.

Kaduna State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Kaduna State. Kaduna State was created on 27 May 1967 as North Central State and on 17 Mar 1976 was renamed Kaduna State.

Kano State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Kano state. Kano State was formed in 1967-05-27 when the Northern region was split into Benue-Plateau, Kano, Kwara, North-Central, North-Eastern and North-Western states.

Katsina State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Katsina State. Katsina State was formed in 1987 when it was split from Kaduna State.

Kebbi State

This is a list of Kebbi State administrators and Governors of Kebbi State. Kebbi State was formed on 27 August 1991, when it was split off from Sokoto State.

Kogi State

This is a list of Kogi State administrators and governors. Kogi State was formed in 1991-08-27 from parts of Benue State and Kwara State.

Kwara State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Kwara State. Kwara State, Nigeria was formed in 1967-05-27 when the Northern region was split into Benue-Plateau, Kano, Kwara , North-Central, North-Eastern and North-Western states;

Lagos State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Lagos State. Lagos State was formed in 1967-05-27 from Colony province and Lagos federal territory.

Nasarawa State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Nasarawa State. Nasarawa State, Nigeria was created on October 1st, 1996 when it was split from Plateau State.

Niger State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Niger State. Niger State was formed on 1976-02-03 when it was split out from Sokoto State.

See also

• States of Nigeria
• List of state governors of Nigeria

References

Ogun State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Ogun State, Nigeria. Ogun State was formed in 1976-02-03 when Western State divided into Ogun, Ondo, and Oyo states.

Ondo State

This is a List of Governors and Administrators of Ondo State. Ondo State was created from part of Western State on 17 Mar 1976.

Osun State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Osun State. Osun State was formed on 1991-08-27 when it was split from Oyo State.

Oyo State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Oyo State, Nigeria. Oyo State was formed on 1976-02-03 when Western State was divided into Ogun, Ondo, and Oyo states.

Plateau State

Administrators and governors of Plateau State, Nigeria.

Rivers State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Rivers State, Nigeria. Rivers State was created in 1967 with the split of the Eastern Region of Nigeria.

Sokoto State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Sokoto State, Nigeria, which was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Western State was split into Niger and Sokoto states.

Taraba State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Taraba State, Nigeria. Taraba State was created out of the former Gongola State on 27 August 1991 by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Western State

This is a list of Premiers, Administrators and Governors of Western State, Nigeria, including the former Western Region. In 1976-02-03, Western State was divided into Ogun, Ondo, and Oyo states.

Yobe State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Yobe State, Nigeria. Yobe State was formed in 1991-08-27 when it was split out from Borno State.

Zamfara State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Zamfara State, Nigeria. Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State.

Abuja Federal Capital Territory

This is a list of ministers of the Abuja Federal Capital Territory. The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria was formed in 1976 from parts of former Nasarawa, Niger, and Kogi States.

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