Nigeria House of Representatives panel gets 46 fresh proposals for new states across zones, reflecting renewed agitation for ...

It's official, Nigeria could have 18 new states following the July 3rd recommendation of the delegates of the National Confab if approved by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Outsider Peter Obi came up short in Nigeria’s presidential race, but his upstart campaign has redrawn the political map in Africa’s biggest democracy. Under Obi, the Labour Party — whose ...

Creating a new state in Nigeria requires much more than drawing new boundaries on the map.Experts estimate that it would cost between ?50 billion to ?100 billion just to establish the basic ...

While these 10 states may be the smallest in Nigeria by land area, they punch well above their weight in terms of culture, economy, and influence.

The income map reveals a clear regional divide in how wealthy Nigerians are, with the north being much poorer than the south of the country. President Buhari's home state, Katsina in northern ...