States and and Regional Creation in Nigeria

STATES AND REGIONS CREATION IN NIGERIA Lord Lugard Year 1952 4 Regions: Northern, Western, Mid West and North Central Gen. Yakubu Gowan, Year 1967 12 States: North East, South East, Benue, Plateau, East Central, kano, Lagos mid West, North West, North Central, Rivers and South Western State. Gen. Muritala Muhammed. Year 1976 19 States: sokoto, Niger, ondo, oyo, kaduna, bauchi, imo, kwara, rivers, cross river, gongola, Anambra, borno, bendel, benue, ogun, plateau and Lagos. Gen. Ibrahim Babginda. year 1987 2 States: kastina and awka ibom. Gen. Ibrahim babginda. year 1991 10 states: yobe, osun, taraba, jigawa, kigi, abia, delta, Enugu edo and nasarawa. Gen. Sani Abacha year 1996 6 states: zamfara, bayelsa, gombe, ekiti, ebonyi and nasarawa.. these are States and Regional Creations in Nigeria after the Nigerian independent