Here are the states in Nigeria, the dates they were created and the states they were created from
Abia State - 27 August 1991
Created from Imo State
Adamawa State - 27 August 1991
Created from Gongola State
Akwa Ibom State - 23 September 1987
Created from Cross River State
Anambra State - 27 August 1991
Created from old Anambra State
Bauchi State - 3 February 1976
Created from North-Eastern State
Bayelsa State - 1 October 1996
Created from Rivers State
Benue State - 3 February 1976
Created from Benue-Plateau State
Borno State - 3 February 1976
Created from North-Eastern State
Cross River State - 27 May 1967
Created from Eastern Region
Delta State - 27 August 1991
Created from Bendel State
Ebonyi State - 1 October 1996
Created from Enugu State and Abia State
Edo State - 27 August 1991
Created from Bendel State
Ekiti State - 1 October 1996
Created from Ondo State
Enugu State - 27 August 1991
Created from Old Anambra State
Gombe State - 1 October 1996
Created from Bauchi State
Imo State - 3 February 1976
Created from East Central State
Jigawa State - 27 August 1991
Created from Kano State
Kaduna State - 27 May 1967
Created from Northern Region; known as North-Central State
Kano State - 27 May 1967
Created from Northern Region
Katsina State - 23 September 1987
Created from Kaduna State
Kebbi State - 27 August 1991
Created from Sokoto State
Kogi State - 27 August 1991
Created from Kwara State; Benue State
Kwara State - 27 May 1967
Created from Northern Region; known as West Central State
Lagos State - 27 May 1967
Created from Federal Territory of Lagos and Colony Province
Nasarawa State - 1 October 1996
Created from Plateau State
Niger State - 3 February 1976
Created from North-Western State
Ogun State - 3 February 1976
Created from Western State
Ondo State - 3 February 1976
Created from Western State
Osun State - 27 August 1991
Created from Oyo State
Oyo State - 3 February 1976
Created from Western State
Plateau State - 3 February 1976
Created from Benue-Plateau State
Rivers State - 27 May 1967
Created from Eastern Region
Sokoto State - 3 February 1976
Created from North-Western State
Taraba State - 27 August 1991
Created from Gongola State
Yobe State - 27 August 1991
Created from Borno State
Zamfara State - 1 October 1996
Created from Sokoto State
Abuja Federal Capital Territory - 3 February 1976
Created from Benue-Plateau, North-Central and North-Western States
Edaki Aaron Odion
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