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The following is a list of Nigerian state capitals.
State
Capital
Abia State
Umuahia
Adamawa
Yola
Akwa Ibom
Uyo
Anambra
Awka
Bauchi
Bauchi
Bayelsa
Yenagoa
Benue
Makurdi
Borno
Maiduguri
Cross River
Calabar
Delta
Asaba
Ebonyi
Abakaliki
Edo
Benin City
Ekiti
Ado Ekiti
Enugu
Enugu
Gombe
Gombe
Imo
Owerri
Jigawa
Dutse
Kaduna
Kaduna
Kano
Kano
Katsina
Katsina
Kebbi
Birnin Kebbi
Kogi
Lokoja
Kwara
Ilorin
Lagos
Ikeja
Nasarawa
Lafia
Niger
Minna
Ogun
Abeokuta
Ondo
Akure
Osun
Oshogbo
Oyo
Ibadan
Plateau
Jos
Rivers
Port Harcourt
Sokoto
Sokoto
Taraba
Jalingo
Yobe
Damaturu
Zamfara
Gusau
Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Abuja
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