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  • KADUNA LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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    State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Kaduna State, with capital in Kaduna, is the home of one of the well-established ancient cultures of Nigeria – the Nok Culture.   As a State in independent Nigeria, Kaduna State was first created in 1976, as a replacement for the defunct North Central State…

  • JIGAWA STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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    State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Jigawa State, with capital at Dutse, was created in Tuesday 27 August 1991 under the military dictatorship of General Ibrahim Babangida out of the former Kano State.   The State lies between latitudes 11oN to 13oN and longitudes 8oE and 10o35lE and covers a total…

  • IMO STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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      State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Imo State, with capital at Owerri, was one of the seven States created by the General Murtala Muhammed led military dictatorship on the 3rd of February, 1976.   Its 5,100km2 landmass was until then  part of the defunct East Central State, one of the 12 geo-political sub-units…

  • GOMBE STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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    State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Gombe State, with capital at Gombe State, was created on 1 October 1996 under the military dictatorship of General Sanni Abacha out of the former Bauchi State.   Lying between latitude 9o30lN and longitudes 8o45l and 11o45lE of the Greenwich Meridian, the State’s 18,768km2 land mass is…

  • EKITI STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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    State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Ekiti state, with capital at Ekiti State, was created on 1 October 1996 by the military dictatorship led by the late General, Sani Abacha. It was carved out of the old Ondo State, which came out, itself, from the defunct Western State.   The State…

  • ENUGU STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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      State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries     Enugu once referred to the capital of the defunct East Central State of Nigeria until it was adopted as the name of a new State created on 27 August 1991 out of the old Anambra State  by the General Ibrahim Babangida led military dictatorship.…

  • EDO STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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      State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries     Edo State, with capital at Benin city, is one of the two states that was created out of the defunct Bendel State on 27 August 1991 under the General Ibrahim Babangida led military dictatorship. The other State is Delta State. The State lies…

  • EBONYI STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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    State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Ebonyi State lies approximately within longitude 7o30l and 7o30lE and latitude 5o40I and 6o45lN. The total land area of the State is 5,530km2. It is bounded to the north by Benue State, to the west by Enugu State, to the east by Cross River State and to…

  • DELTA STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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      State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Delta State, with capital at Asaba, was created on 27th August, 1991 out of the defunct Bendel State under the military dictatorship led by General Ibrahim Babangida. Bendel State, itself, was an offshoot of the defunct Mid-Western state which existed between 1963 to 1976.…

  • CROSS RIVERS STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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      State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Cross River, with capital at Calabar, is one of the oldest geopolitical sub-units in Nigeria. Its history dates back to the period of Old Calabar when it was the second most important port, behind Lagos before and during the British colonial era. As a…