THIS IS WHAT STATES IN NIGERIA ARE KNOWN AS..!

 
                            
             SLOGANS USED FOR STATES IN NIGERIA


   STATES          CAPITAL              SLOGAN

 1. Abia                 Umuahia      "God's Own State"
2. Adamawa          Yola          "Land of Beauty, Sunshine and Hospitality"
3. Akwa Ibom        Uyo          "Promised Land"
4. Anambra            Awka         "Home For All"/  Light of the nation
5. Bauchi              Bauchi        "Pearl of Tourism"
6. Bayelsa            Yenagoa      "Glory of all Lands"
7. Benue              Makurdi       "The Nigeria's Food Basket"
8. Borno              Maiduguri    "Home of Peace"
9. Cross River      Calabar        "The Nation's Paradise"
10. Delta             Asaba            "The Big Heart"
11. Ebonyi           Abakaliki       "Salt of the Nation"
12. Edo              Benin           "The Heartbeat of the Nation"
13. Ekiti            Ado-Ekiti        "Fountain of Knowledge"
14. Enugu            Enugu           "Coal City State"
15. Gombe         Gombe          "Jewel in the Savannah"
16. Imo              Owerri          "The Eastern Heartland"
17 Jigawa            Dutse         "The New World"
18. Kaduna         Kaduna          "Centre of Education"
19.. Kano            Kano             "Centre of Commerce"
20 Katsina           Katsina          "Home of Hospitality"
21. Kebbi           Birnin Kebbi    "Land of Equity"  
22. Kogi              Lokoja           "The Influence State"
23. Kwara           Ilorin            "The Place of Harmony"  
24. Lagos           Ikeja             "Centre of  Excellence"
25. Nassarawa      Lafia            "Nigeria's Home of  Solid Minerals"  
26. Niger             Minna          "The Power State"
27. Ogun             Abeokuta       "Gateway State"  
28. Ondo            Akure           "Sunshine State"
29. Osun             Osogbo          "State of the Living Spring"  
30.. Oyo           Ibadan            "Pace Setter"
31. Plateau         Jos               "Home of Peace & Tourism"  
32. Rivers          Port Harcourt "Treasure Base"
33. Sokoto         Sokoto          "The Seat of the Caliphate"  
34.. Taraba        Jalingo         "Nature's Gift to the Nation"
35. Yobe           Damaturu       "The Young Shall Grow"  
36. Zamfara      Gusau             "Home of Agricultural Products"
    Abuja -          FCT*             "Centre of Unity"

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