In this post, Platinum Times Nigeria enlists the states in Nigeria and their different Governors in 2024.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is found in West African and boast a large population of about 182 million people.
It is also Africa’s second-largest economy, the 39th-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the sixth most populous country globally.
It borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west.
It is home to over 250 ethnic groups who speak over 500 languages, including Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, Hausa, Edo, Ibibio, Tiv, Efik, Ijaw, Kanuri, Itsekiri, Idoma and English as the country’s official language.
The country is splitted in between Muslims, who live mostly in the north, Christians, who live mostly in the south and traditionalists who are found in the various ethnic groups.
Nigeria is blessed with a diverse geography, with climates ranging from arid to humid equatorial, coastal swamps in the south, tropical forests, woodlands, grasslands, and semi-desert in the north and abundant natural resources, including large deposits of petroleum, coal, limestone, natural gas etc.
36 states makes up the federation of Nigeria with the Federal Capital Territory, located at Abuja and Lagos serving as the Nation’s commercial capital and largest city.
Following its independence from the British on 1st October, 1960 and the dissolution of the first to third republic, Nigeria operates a federal Presidential system where the President is the head of State and is elected after every four years alongside his league of governors who guide the affairs of the state’s across the country.
As of 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sits as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, listed below are the Governors of the 36 states of Nigeria.
States Governors
1. Abia Alex Otti
2. Adamawa Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
3. Akwa Ibom Umo Bassey Eno
4. Anambra Charles Soludo
5. Bauchi Bala Muhammed
6. Bayelsa Douye Diri
7. Benue Hyacinth Alia
8. Borno Babagana Zulum
9. Cross River Bassey Edet Otu
10. Delta Sheriff Oborevwori
11. Ebonyi Francis Nwifuru
12. Edo Godwin Obaseki
13. Ekiti Biodun Oyebanji
14. Enugu Peter Mbah
15. Gombe Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya
16. Imo Hope Uzodinma
17. Jigawa Umar Namadi
18. Kaduna Uba Sani
19. Kano Abba Kabir Yusuf
20. Katsina Dikko Umaru Radda
21. Kebbi Nasir Idris
22. Kogi Ahmed Usman Ododo
23. Kwara AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq
24. Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu
25. Nasarawa Abdullahi Sule
26. Niger Mohammed Umar Bago
27. Ogun Dapo Abiodun
28. Ondo Lucky Aiyedatiwa
29. Osun Ademola Adeleke
30. Oyo Seyi Makinde
31. Plateau Caleb Mutfwang
32. Rivers Siminalayi Fubara
33. Sokoto Ahmad Aliyu
34. Taraba Agbu Kefas
35. Yobe Mai Mala Buni
36. Zamfara Dauda Lawal
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike