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Nigeria is a federation of 36 states. Each of the 36 states is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares powers with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is the capital territory of Nigeria, and it is in this territory that the capital city of Abuja is located.[1] The FCT is not a state. It is a territory of the Federal Government, administered by Ministers of Government appointed by the President who supervises by the administration of the territory. Each state is subdivided into local government areas (LGAs). There are 774 local governments in Nigeria.[2] Under the constitution, the 36 states are co-equal but not supreme because sovereignty resides with the federal government. The constitution can be amended by the National Assembly, but each amendment must be ratified by two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation.
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Nigeria is a federation of 36 states. Each of the 36 states is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares powers with the federal government as enumerated...
a list ofNigerian state capitals. Olatunji, Jessica (2018-06-01). "Do you know all the states and capitals ofNigeria?". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved...
There are many traditional states in Nigeria. A partial list follows. Although the traditional rulers no longer officially have political power, they...
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and the states, and protection of various individual liberties of the nation's citizens. Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal...
spoken in Nigeria. The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin –...
The following table presents a listing ofNigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their estimated total GDP in 2021 according to a 2022 report by BudgIT...
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This is a list ofNigerianstates by poverty rate as of 2019. The international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following list. The...
Federalism in Nigeria refers to the devolution of self-governance by the West African nation ofNigeria to its federated states, who share sovereignty...
The following table presents a listing ofNigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on the 2006 Census figures, as well as their...
table presents a listing ofNigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory ranked by their literacy rate Literacy rate of the population over 6 according...
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic ofNigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea...
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens ofNigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running...
Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. Britain annexed Lagos...
The culture ofNigeria is shaped by Nigeria's multiple ethnic groups. The country has 527 languages, seven of which are extinct. Nigeria also has over...
The Nigeria Police Force is the principal law enforcement and the lead security agency in Nigeria. Designated by the 1999 constitution as the national...
state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger State, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western...
The history ofNigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose remains date from at least 13,000 BC through early civilizations such as the Nok...
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States, 75,000 are from Lebanon, 60,000 are from China and 16,000 are from the United Kingdom. Nigeria has a young population overall, with 42.54% of...
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