State and capital of Nigeria

Answer 1

The capital city of Nigeria is Abuja. At the same time, Nigeria has 36 states that have their individual capitals. For instance, the state of Delta has Asaba, Lagos has Ikeja and Niger has Minna.

Answer 2

List of Nigerian states and their capital

State

Capital

Abia State

Umuahia

Adamawa State

Yola

Akwa Ibom State

Uyo

Anambra State

Awka

Bauchi State

Bauchi

Bayelsa State

Yenagoa

Benue State

Makurdi

Borno State

Maiduguri

Cross River State

Calabar

Delta State

Asaba

Ebonyi State

Abakaliki

Edo State

Benin City

Ekiti State

Ado-Ekiti

Enugu State

Enugu

Federal Capital Territory

Abuja

Gombe State

Gombe

Imo State

Owerri

Jigawa State

Dutse

Kaduna State

Kaduna

Kano State

Kano

Katsina State

Katsina

Kebbi State

Birnin Kebbi

Kogi State

Lokoja

Kwara State

Ilorin

Lagos State

Ikeja

Nasarawa State

Lafia

Niger State

Minna

Ogun State

Abeokuta

Ondo State

Akure

Osun State

Oshogbo

Oyo State

Ibadan

Plateau State

Jos

Rivers State

Port Harcourt

Sokoto State

Sokoto

Taraba State

Jalingo

Yobe State

Damaturu

Zamfara State

Gusau

Answer 3

In the link below you'll find a Wikipedia article with a list of Nigerian states and their capitals.

Answer 4

Abuja, in the interior, became the new capital of Nigeria in 1991, replacing Lagos (still the largest city by far) which was also the colonial capital from 1914 to 1960.

Answer 5

The capital of Nigeria is Abuja, it is located in Federal Capital Territory which is central Nigeria

Answer 6

Lagos was the colonial capital, from 1914 to 1991, when the capital was moved inland to the new city at Abuja.

Answer 7

Abuja is the capital of nigeria