NIGERIAN STATES/CAPITALS AND THEIR APPELLATIONS

S/N	STATE	CAPITAL	APPELLATION
1.	ABIA	UMUAHIA	GOD’S OWN STATE
2.	ADAMAWA	YOLA	LAND OF BEAUTY
3.	AKWA IBOM	OYU	LAND OF FULFILMENT
4.	ANAMBRA	AWKA	THE LIGHT OF NATION
5.	BAUCHI	BAUCHI	PEARL OF TOURISM
6.	BAYELSA	YENOGOA	THE GLORY OF ALL LANDS
7.	BENUE	MAKURDI	FOOD BASKET OF THE NATION
8.	BORNO	MAIDUGURI	HOME OF PEACE
9.	CROSS RIVER	CALABAR	THE PEOPLE’S PARADISE
10.	DELTA	ASABA	THE BIG HEART
11.	EBONYI	ABAKALIKI	SALT OF THE NATION
12.	EDO	BENIN CITY	THE HEART BEAT OF THE NATION
13.	EKITI	ADO EKITI	FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE
14.	ENUGU	ENUGU	COAL CITY STATE
15.	GOMBE	GOMBE	JEWEL OF THE SAVANNAH
16.	IMO	OWERRI	EASTERN HEART LAND
17.	JIGAWA	DUTSE	NEW WORLD
18.	KADUNA	KADUNA	LIBERAL STATE
19.	KANO	KANO	CENTRE OF COMMERCE
20.	KATSINA	KATSINA	STATE OF HOSPITALITY
21.	KEBBI	BENIN KEBBI	LAND OF EQUITY
22.	KOGI	LOKOJA	THE CONFLUENCE STATE
23.	KWARA	ILORIN	STATE OF HARMONY
24.	LAGOS	IKEJA	CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
25.	NASSARAWA	LAFIA	HOME OF SOLID MINERALS
26.	NIGER	MINNA	THE POWER STATE
27.	OGUN	ABEOKUTA	THE GATEWAY STATE
28.	ONDO	AKURE	THE SUNSHINE STATE
29.	OSUN	OSHOGBO	STATE OF THE LIVING SPRING
30.	OYO	IBADAN	PEACE SETTER STATE
31.	PLATEAU	JOS	HOME OF PEACE AND TOURISM
32.	RIVERS	PORT-HACOURT	TREASURE BASE OF THE NATION
33.	SOKOTO	SOKOTO	SEAT OF CALIPHATE
34.	TARABA	JALINGO	NATURE’S GIFT TO THE NATION
35.	YOBE	DAMATURU	THE YOUNG SHALL GROW
36.	ZAMFARA	GUSAU	FARMING IS OUR PRIDE
	F.C.T	ABUJA	CENTRE OF UNITY