Category: States of Nigeria
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OSUN STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Osun State with capital at Osgogbo was created on 27 August, 1991 out of the old Oyo State by the military dictatorship of General Ibrahim Babangida. Geographically, Osun State is situated in the south-western corner of Nigeria. Its land area of 9,241km2 is bounded on…
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OYO STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Oyo State, with Ibadan as capital, was created alongside Ogun and Ondo States on 3 February, 1976 out of the old Western State by the military dictatorship of General Murtala Mohammed. In 1991, Osun State was created out of a part of it. …
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PLATEAU STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Plateau State, with capital at Jos, was created out of the defunct Benue-Plateau State on 3 February, 1976 by the military dictatorship of General Murtala Mohammed. The State is located almost at the heart of the country in the area more commonly known as…
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KEBBI STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Kebbi State, with capital at Birnin-Kebbi, was created on 27 August, 1991 under the military dictatorship of General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.) out of the old Sokoto State. The State derived its name from the 14th century “Kebbi Kingdom” which was then a province of the former…
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KOGI STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Kogi State was created out of the old Kwara and Benue States on 27 August 1991 by the military dictatorship of General Ibrahim Babangida. Its capital, Lokoja, is the confluence point for two of West Africa’s largest Rivers, Benue and Niger leading to Kogi…
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KWARA STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Kwara State, with capital at Illorin, was created on 27th May 1967 by the military dictatorship of General Yakubu Gowon when the four regions that constituted the Nigerian Federation were broken up into twlve States. The State is located in the north western region of…
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NIGER STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Niger State, with capital at Minna, was created on the 3rdof February, 1976 out of the defunct North Western State by the military dictatorship of General Murtala Mohammed. The State took its name from the River Niger. Niger State is located in Middle Belt…
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LAGOS STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Lagos State, with capital at Ikeja, was formed on May 27, 1967 by virtue of State Creation and transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967, which restructured Nigeria’s Federation into 12 states under the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon. Before this time, Lagos Municipality…
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KATSINA STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Katsina State, with capital at Katsina, was created on 23 September, 1987 out of the old Kaduna State by the military dictatorship of General Ibrahim Babangida. The State is located in the north western part of Nigeria between latitudes 11o08’N and 13o22’N and longitudes…
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KANO STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE
State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Kano State, with capital at the ancient city of Kano, was created on May 27, 1967 out of the defunct Northern region as one of the emergent 12 States of Nigeria created by the military dictatorship of General Yakubu Gowon. On August 27, the old Kano…