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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • BAYELSA STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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      State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Bayelsa was created in 1996 with three local governments carved out from the old Rivers State during the military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha. Its capital is Yenagoa, the traditional centre of the Ijaw people, one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups.   Bayelsa State…

  • BENUE STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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      State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries Benue state, with capital at Makurdi, was named after the famous River Benue, the second largest river in Nigeria, behind the River Niger. It was created out of the defunct Benue-Plateau State on 13, February 1976. Added to the emergent State was the enclave of…

  • BORNO STATE LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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      State Laws Attorney-General State Website Law Firms & Notaries   Borno state, with capital at Maiduguri, was created on the 3rd of February 1976 as one of the emergent states out of the defunct North-eastern State. Later in August 1991, the State State was on its own divided to yield Yobe State.   Located in…

  • ABIA STATE – LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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    Abia Laws State Profile State Website Law Firms & Notaries    Abia was created on 27th August, 1991, out of the old Imo state by the military dictatorship of General Ibrahim Babangida. Its capital is in Umuahia.   Abia state is geographically located in the southeast region of Nigeria. It lies within approximate latitudes 4o 40’ and…

  • FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY – LEGAL SYSTEM AND PROFILE

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    FCT Laws State Profile State Website Law Firms & Notaries   On August 1975 the then Federal Military Government under late General Murtala Muhammed convened a panel of experts to study, advise or recommend on the desirability of retaining Lagos as the Federal Capital of Nigeria. The outcome of that panel was the recommendation of…