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Nigeria is a Federal Republic with a presidential system. Chief of State, Head of the Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is the president.
Nigeria’s constitution provides the separation of powers from the federal to state and local level. The country political system has three branches (Executive branch, Legislative branch, and Judicial branch).
The bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The country has a mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and traditional law. Sharia has been instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in 9 Muslim-majority and in some parts of 3 Muslim-plurality states since 1999.
Talking about the states level, the constitution limits these Nigerian state governors to only two terms of four-year terms in office. Below is a compiled list of the 36 state governors in Nigeria.
As it stands, APC has more control in majority of the states in Nigeria while PDP won few other states especially in the southern region of the country.
List Of States And Governors In Nigeria (Their Capitals and Parties):
Here is the list of present states and governors in Nigeria with their capitals and political parties:
STATE | CAPITAL | NAME | PARTY | |
1. | ABIA | UMUAHIA | Dr Victor Ikpeazu | PDP |
2 | ADAMAWA | YOLA | JIBRILLA BINDOW | APC |
3. | AKWA IBOM | UYO | EMMANUEL UDOM | PDP |
4. | ANAMBRA | AKWA | WILLIE OBIANO | APGA |
5. | BAUCHI | BAUCHI | Mohammed Abubakar | APC |
6. | BAYELSA | YENEGOA | Douye Diri | PDP |
7. | BENUE | MAKURDI | SAMUEL ORTOM | APC |
8. | BORNO | MAIDUGURI | KASHIM SHETTIMA | APC |
9. | CROSS RIVER | CALABAR | PROF. BEN AYADE | PDP |
10. | DELTA | ASABA | IFEANYI OKOWA | PDP |
11. | EBONYI | ABAKALIKI | ENGR. DAVE UMAHI | PDP |
12. | EDO | BENIN CITY | GODWIN OBASEKI | APC |
13. | EKITI | ADO-EKITI | John OluKayode Fayemi | APC |
14. | ENUGU | ENUGU | IFEANYI UGWUANYI | PDP |
15. | GOMBE | GOMBE | Inuwa Yahaya | APC |
16. | IMO | OWERRI | Hope Uzodinma | APC |
17. | JIGAWA | DUTSE | Alhaji Muhammad Badaru | APC |
18. | KADUNA | KADUNA | MALLAM NASIR EL-RUFAI | APC |
19. | KANO | KANO | DR. UMAR DANGUJE | APC |
20. | KATSINA | KATSINA | Aminu Masari | APC |
21. | KEBBI | BIRNIN KEBBI | ATIKU BAGUDU | APC |
22. | KOGI | LOKOJA | YAHAYA BELLO | APC |
23. | KWARA | ILORIN | Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, | APC |
24. | LAGOS | IKEJA | Babajide Sanwo-Olu | APC |
25. | NASARAWA | LAFIA | Abdullahi Sule | APC |
26. | NIGER | MINNA | Abubakar Sanu-Lulu Bello | APC |
27. | OGUN | ABEOKUTA | Dapo Abiodun, | APC |
28. | ONDO | AKURE | OLUWARONTIMI AKEREDOLU | APC |
29. | OYO | IBADAN | Seyi Makinde, PDP. | APC |
30. | OSUN | OSOGBO | Ademola Adeleke | PDP |
31. | PLATEAU | JOS | RT. HON. SIMON LALONG | APC |
32. | RIVERS | PORT HARCOURT | NYESOM WIKE | PDP |
33. | SOKOTO | SOKOTO | HON. AMINU WAZIRI TAMBUWAL | APC |
34. | TARABA | JALINGO | DR. DARIUS ISHAKU | PDP |
35. | YOBE | DAMATURU | IMai Mala Buni | APC |
36. | ZAMFARA | GUSAU | Bello Matawalle | PDP |