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All Nigeria States

History Of Nigeria States

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The History Of Nigeria States and The F.C.T

History Of Abia State
History Of Adamawa State
History Of Akwa Ibom State
History Of Anambra State
History Of Bauchi State
History Of Bayelsa State
History Of Benue State
History Of Borno State
History Of Cross River State
History Of Delta State
History Of Ebonyi State
History Of Edo State
History Of Ekiti State
History Of Enugu State
History Of Gombe State
History Of Imo State
History Of Jigawa State
History Of Kaduna State
History Of Kano State
History Of Katsina State
History Of Kebbi State
History Of Kogi State
History Of Kwara State
History Of Lagos State
History Of Nasarawa State
History Of Niger State
History Of Ogun State
History Of Ondo State
History Of Osun State
History Of Oyo State
History Of Plateau State
History Of Rivers State
History Of Sokoto State
History Of Taraba State
History Of Yobe State
History Of Zamfara State
History Of FCT

Kebbi State

History Of Kebbi State

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Kebbi is a state in north-western Nigeria with its capital at Birnin Kebbi. The state was created out of a part of Sokoto State in 1991.

Kebbi is traditionally considered by Sarki mythology as the homeland of the Banza bakwai states and Hausa Kingdoms. According to recent research based on local oral traditions, king lists and on the Kebbi chronicle, the state of Kebbi was founded towards 600 BCE by refugees of the Assyrian empire conquered by Babylonian and Median forces in 612 BCE. A major local event was the conquest by Songhai in the second half of the fifteenth century CE.

Kebbi resisted the Fulani jihad of the early 19th-century, but in the later 19th-century the area largely converted to Islam through peaceful means.

History of Zuru

Zuru emirate is divided into five administrative chiefdom: Dabai, Danko, Fakai, Sakaba, and Wasagu. The third class chief who is also member of the Zuru town in Dabai chiefdom, where the emirate headquarters also is located, heads each. Zuru Emirate is located in the southern part of Kebbi State Nigeria, occupying an area of about 9000sq km. It is boarded by Gummi in Zamfara State in the North. To the south is Niger State, this borderline extends also arbitrarily on land to the west to a point where it ends a few kilometers to the west of large tributary of the Dan Zari River. Here a northwest ward protrusion of Yauri Emirate of Kebbi.

In fact, going by history, Zuru people being multi-ethic are grouped into categories. First category is of those that claim long term settlement and the second category is of the much more recent settlers who in fact regard themselves – and are also regarded by the others as recent immigrants or even as temporary strangers. In the first category are the Achifawa, Kambari, Dukkawa Fakkawa,’Dankawa, Worawa, Katsinawa and Lelna (Dakarkari’ such as sindawa’).

It is characteristic to find that some of them lay some claim to origin from Hausa. Zuru as was said, was as a result of upheaval resulting from events such as Kanta’s breakaway from Songhai and Nupe-Kororofa control. Moreover, the Katsinawa, who in fact see themselves as immigrants from the old state of Katsina which had made political in road Zuru region, especially from the 16th century A.D. onward, and had enabled them to settle and to area’s indigenous population

Kogi State

History Of Kogi State

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Kogi is a state in the central region (Middle-Belt) of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State because of the confluence of River Niger and River Benue at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria.

The main ethnic groups are Igala, Ebira, and Okun.

Kogi state was created in 1991 from parts of Kwara State and Benue State. The state as presently constituted, comprises the people of the Kabba Province of Northern Nigeria. One of the first Qadi in the Kogi State was Faruk Imam.

There are three main ethnic groups and languages in Kogi: Igala, Ebira, and Okun (a Yoruba Group) with other such as Bassa-Nge, a people of Nupe extraction in Lokoja and Bassa Local Government Area, Bassa-Komo of Bassa Local Government Area, Gwari, Kakanda, Oworo people(A Yoruba Group), Ogori, Magongo, Idoma and the pure NUPE people of Eggan community under Lokoja Local Government.

The name Nigeria, was coined in Lokoja by Flora Shaw, the future wife of Baron Lugard, a British colonial administrator, while gazing out at the river Niger.

Agriculture is the main part of the state economy with fishing in the riverine areas like Lokoja, Idah, Baji,etc, and the state also has coal, petroleum, steel and other mineral industries.

Kwara State

History Of Kwara State

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Kwara State is a state in Western Nigeria with Ilorin as the capital city. Located within the North Central geopolitical zone, commonly referred to as the Middle Belt, the primary ethnic group is Yoruba, with significant Nupe, Bariba, and Fulani minorities.

Kwara State was created on 27 May 1967, when the Federal Military Government of General Yakubu Gowon broke the four regions that then constituted the Federation of Nigeria into 12 states. At its creation, the state was made up of the former Ilorin and Kabba provinces of the then Northern Region and was initially named the West Central State but later changed to “Kwara”, a local name for the River Niger.

Kwara State has since 1976 reduced considerably in size as a result of further state creation exercises in Nigeria. On 13 February 1976, the Idah/Dekina part of the state was carved out and merged with a part of the then Benue/Plateau State to form Benue State.

On 27 August 1991, five local government areas, namely Oyi, Yagba, Okene, Okehi and Kogi were also excised to form part of the new Kogi State, while a sixth, Borgu Local Government Area, was merged with Niger State.

Kwara state has numerous mineral resources such as tamaline, tantalite, and lots of mineral deposit in the northern part Ndeji and Lema Community. Cocoa and Kolanut in the Southern parts Oke – Ero, Ekiti and Isin LGA.

Lagos State

History Of Lagos State

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Lagos State is a state in the southwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Lagos State is the most economically important state of the country. It is a major financial centre and would be the fifth largest economy in Africa, if it were a country.

Early history

Before the Portuguese name of Lagos had been adopted, Lagos’ initial name was Eko which referred mainly to the Island. The first to settle in Eko were the Aworis. The Awori hunters and fishermen had originally come from Ile-Ife to the coast. The name “Eko” comes from the bini word means (war camp). Over 650 years ago, the Oba of Bini sent warriors to the region and the Awori people were conquered. The Bini Prince, Ado, who led the war was asked by the Oba of Benin to become their leader. From that point on, Eko, modern day Lagos belongs to Benin Empire.

Postcolonial era

Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967, which restructured Nigeria into a Federation of 12 states. Before the issuance of this Decree, Lagos city, which was the country’s capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs. However, Ikeja, Agege, Mushin, Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry were administered by the then Western Region Government. Lagos, the city, along with these other towns were captured to create the state of Lagos, with the state becoming fully recognized as a semi-autonomous administrative division on 11 April 1968. Lagos served the dual role of being the State and Federal Capital until 1976, when the capital of the State was moved to Ikeja. After the full establishment of the Federal Capital Territory, the seat of the Federal Government was also formally relocated to Abuja on 12 December 1991. Nevertheless, Lagos still remains the financial centre of the country, and also grew to become the most populous city in the state and the country.

Nasarawa State

History Of Nasarawa State

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Nasarawa is a state in north central zone of Nigeria. Its capital is Lafia. Nasarawa state was created on 1 October 1996 by the Abacha government from the (today neighboring) Plateau State.

Nasarawa State is bounded in the north by Kaduna State, in the west by the Abuja Federal Capital Territory, in the south by Kogi and Benue States and in the east by Taraba and Plateau States.

Niger State

History Of Niger State

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Niger State is a state in Central Nigeria and the largest state in the country. The state capital is Minna, and other major cities are Bida, Kontagora, Lapai, Zungeru and Suleja. It was formed in 1976 when the then North-Western State was bifurcated into Niger State and Sokoto State. The Nupe, Gbagyi, Kamuku, Kambari, Dukawa, and Hausa form the majority of numerous indigenous tribes of Niger State.

The Federal university: Federal university of technology is located in Minna which is the state capital, while the Federal polytechnic is located in Bida. The state university, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida university is located in Lapai while the sate Polytechnic is located in Zungeru. Niger state also has a federal secondary school( federal government Girls college) and medical centre (federal Medical centre) in Bida and a state hospital in minna.

The widely recognized and respected royal father, His Execellency Estsu nupe also resides in Bida.

The state is named after the River Niger. Two of Nigeria’s major hydroelectric power stations, the Kainji Dam and the Shiroro Dam, are located in Niger State, The famous Gurara Falls is in Niger State, and Gurara Local Government Area is named after the Gurara River, on whose course the fall is situated. Also situated there is Kainji National Park, the largest National Park of Nigeria, which contains Kainji Lake, the Borgu Game Reserve and the Zugurma Game Reserve.

Ogun State

History Of Ogun State

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Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created in 1976, with Abeokuta as it’s capital and largest city, the state’s appellation is “Gateway to Nigeria”.

It borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo and Osun states to the north, Ondo to the east and the Republic of Benin to the west. It was created in February 1976 from the former Western State.

Cultural Events

The Ake Festival of Arts and Books takes place in Abeokuta every November.

Ojude Oba Festival takes place in Ijebu Ode, three days after Eid kabir.

Yewa Festival held every two years in Yewa land. Oronna Festival takes place in Ilaro-Yewa every November.

Ita Oba day, celebration at OTA palace square,a day after il-dlikabir sallah.

Lafose Day, celebration at ODE REMO every first Saturday in August.

Ishanbi Day, celebration at Ilishan every first Saturday in October.

Agemo Festival.

Ondo State

History Of Ondo State

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Ondo State is a state in Nigeria created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It originally included what is now Ekiti State, which was split off in 1996. Akure is the state capital.

Ondo state borders Ekiti state to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to the southeast, Ogun State to the southwest, and Osun State to the northwest.

The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the Yoruba subgroups of the Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Irele, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo peoples. Ijaw such as Apoi and Arogbo populations inhabit the coastal areas, and a sizable number of the Ondo State people who speak a variant of the Yoruba language similar to Ife dialect reside in Oke-Igbo.