As citizens of Nigeria, we are supposed to know the number of states and their capital in Nigeria. There are a total of 36 states and one federal capital territory in Nigeria. It was around 1960 and 1963 when Nigeria was divided into 3 regions. These regions are eastern region, western region and northern region.
If you are familiar with the history of Nigeria, we were made to understand that from 1963 to 1967, the mid-western region was carved out of the old western region.
It was the government of General Yakubu Gowon in 1967 and 1975 that created the first 12 states in Nigeria. These states are Rivers, Cross Rivers, East Central State, Bendel, Western State and Lagos, Benue-Plateau, Kaduna, Kwara, Kano, Northwestern State and North-Eastern State.
As at today, the number of states in Nigeria stands at 36, below is the list of the states in Nigeria.
| S. No | State | Capital | Current Governor |
| 1 | Abia State | Umuahia | Okezie Ikpeazu |
| 2 | Adamawa State | Yola | Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri |
| 3 | Akwa Ibom State | Uyo | Udom Gabriel Emmanuel |
| 4 | Anambra State | Awka | Willie Obiano |
| 5 | Bauchi State | Bauchi | Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed |
| 6 | Bayelsa State | Yenagoa | Henry Seriake Dickson |
| 7 | Benue State | Makurdi | Samuel Ortom |
| 8 | Borno State | Maiduguri | Babagana Umara Zulum |
| 9 | Cross River State | Calabar | Benedict Ayade |
| 10 | Delta State | Asaba | Ifeanyi Okowa |
| 11 | Ebonyi State | Abakaliki | Dave Umahi |
| 12 | Edo State | Benin City | Godwin Obaseki |
| 13 | Ekiti State | Ado – Ekiti | John Olukayode Fayemi |
| 14 | Enugu State | Enugu | Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi |
| 15 | Gombe State | Gombe | Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya |
| 16 | Imo State | Owerri | Chukwuemeka Ihedioha |
| 17 | Jigawa State | Dutse | Badaru Abubakar |
| 18 | Kaduna State | Kaduna | Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai |
| 19 | Kano State | Kano | Abdullahi Umar Ganduje |
| 20 | Katsina State | Katsina | Aminu Bello Masari |
| 21 | Kebbi State | Birnin Kebbi | Abubakar Atiku Bagudu |
| 22 | Kogi State | Lokoja | Idris Wada |
| 23 | Kwara State | Ilorin | Abdul Rahman Abdul Razaq |
| 24 | Lagos State | Ikeja | Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu |
| 25 | Nasarawa State | Lafia | Abdullahi Sule |
| 26 | Niger State | Minna | Abubakar Sani Bello |
| 27 | Ogun State | Abeokuta | Dapo Abiodun |
| 28 | Ondo State | Akure | Rotimi Akeredolu |
| 29 | Osun State | Oshogbo | Isiaka Adegboyega Oyetola |
| 30 | Oyo State | Ibadan | Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde |
| 31 | Plateau State | Jos | Simon Lalong |
| 32 | Rivers State | Port Harcourt | Ezenwo Nyesom Wike |
| 33 | Sokoto State | Sokoto | Aminu Waziri Tambuwal |
| 34 | Taraba State | Jalingo | Darius Ishaku |
| 35 | Yobe State | Damaturu | Mai Mala Buni |
| 36 | Zamfara State | Gusau | Dr Bello Muhammad Mutawalle |
Abuja is the seat of power and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)