Learn the state capitals of Nigeria
The plan: 8 batches of five
How the pieces are shared out, five at a time and by area of the map (in brackets, the capital when its name differs). Each batch starts next to the last one.
- Batch 1: Sokoto (Sokoto State), Gusau (Zamfara State), Birnin Kebbi (Kebbi State), Minna (Niger State), Kaduna (Kaduna State)
- Batch 2: Abuja (Federal Capital Territory), Lafia (Nasarawa), Lokoja (Kogi State), Makurdi (Benue State), Enugu (Enugu State)
- Batch 3: Abakaliki (Ebonyi State), Calabar (Cross River State), Umuahia (Abia State), Uyo (Akwa Ibom State), Owerri (Imo State)
- Batch 4: Port Harcourt (Rivers State), Yenagoa (Bayelsa State), Asaba (Delta State), Awka (Anambra State), Benin City (Edo State)
- Batch 5: Akure (Ondo State), Ado-Ekiti (Ekiti State), Osogbo (Osun State), Abeokuta (Ogun State), Ibadan (Oyo State)
- Batch 6: Ilorin (Kwara State), Ikeja (Lagos), Jos (Plateau State), Kano, Katsina (Katsina State)
- Batch 7: Dutse (Jigawa State), Bauchi (Bauchi State), Damaturu (Yobe State), Gombe (Gombe State), Maiduguri (Borno State)
- Batch 8: Jalingo (Taraba State), Yola (Adamawa State)
Learn the state capitals of Nigeria at your own pace: we show you 37 capitals five at a time, each in its place on the map, and you go over the ones you miss until you know them. Free, no sign-up.
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What are the state capitals of Nigeria?
Abia State: Umuahia; Adamawa State: Yola; Akwa Ibom State: Uyo; Anambra State: Awka; Bauchi State: Bauchi; Bayelsa State: Yenagoa; Benue State: Makurdi; Borno State: Maiduguri; Cross River State: Calabar; Delta State: Asaba; Ebonyi State: Abakaliki; Edo State: Benin City; Ekiti State: Ado-Ekiti; Enugu State: Enugu; Federal Capital Territory: Abuja; Gombe State: Gombe; Imo State: Owerri; Jigawa State: Dutse; Kaduna State: Kaduna; Kano: Kano; Katsina State: Katsina; Kebbi State: Birnin Kebbi; Kogi State: Lokoja; Kwara State: Ilorin; Lagos: Ikeja; Nasarawa: Lafia; Niger State: Minna; Ogun State: Abeokuta; Ondo State: Akure; Osun State: Osogbo; Oyo State: Ibadan; Plateau State: Jos; Rivers State: Port Harcourt; Sokoto State: Sokoto; Taraba State: Jalingo; Yobe State: Damaturu; Zamfara State: Gusau.
What is the easiest way to learn the state capitals of Nigeria?
By area and in small groups: learn five neighbouring pieces, find them on the map with no rush, and go over the ones you miss a little later, then the next day. Reviewing just before you would forget is what makes them stick.
How long does it take to learn the state capitals of Nigeria?
There are 37 pieces in 8 batches of five: about a minute per batch to see them all, then short reviews over a few days so you don't forget them.