List of Nigerian traditional states
There are many traditional states in Nigeria. A partial list follows.

List of Nigerian traditional states

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Table Section Text: There are many traditional states in Nigeria. A partial list follows.

State	Region	Ethnic Group	Capital	Present ruler	Ruler from	Title	Notes

Abeokuta	Southwest	Yoruba	Abeokuta	Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo III	2005	Alake

Abuja	Now the Suleja Emirate

Abureni Kingdom	Southsouth	Ogbia	Iduma	King Collins Ebi Daniel	2008	Olila-Ebhugh

Adamawa	North	Yola	Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa	2010	Lamido

Agaie	North	Nupe	Agaie	Alhaji Yussuf Nuhu	2014	Etsu

Agbor	South	Igbo	Agbor	Benjamin Ikechukwu Kiagborekuzi I	1979	Obi/Dein

Akure	Southwest	Yoruba	Akure	Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi	2015	Deji

Akwa Akpa	Southeast	Efik	Calabar	Bassey Ekpo Bassey II	2008	Edidem

Bade	North	Kanuri	Gashua	Abubakar Umar Suleiman	2005	Mai-Bedde

Bashar State	North	Basharawa	Bashar, Nigeria	Adamu Idris	1963	Sarki

Bauchi	North	Hausa/Fulani	Bauchi	Rilwanu Adamu Jumba	2010	Emir

Benin	Southwest	Edo	Benin City	Ewuare II	2016	Oba

Bida	North	Nupe	Bida	Yahaya Abubakar	2003	Etsu

Biu	North	Biu	Mai Umar Mustafa Aliyu	1989	Emir

Birnin Gwari	North	Gwari/Hausa	Birnin Gwari	Malam Zubairu Jibrin Mai Gwari II	1993	Emir

Rivers	Southsouth	Ekpeye	Ahoada	Robinson Okpoluwon Robinson CON	1978	Eze Ekpeyelogbo

Bonny	Southeast	Ijaw	Bonny	Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple III	1996	Amanyanabo	Also called Okolo-Ama

Borgu	North	Bariba	New Bussa	Muhammad Haliru Dantoro Kitoro IV	2015	Emir	Formed by merging Bussa and Kaiama

Borno	North	Kanuri	Maiduguri	Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi	2009	Shehu

Brass	Southeast	Ijaw	Brass, Nigeria	Alfred Diete-Spiff	Amayanabo	Once part of Nembe

Bussa	See Borgu

Calabar (Old)	see Akwa Akpa|-

Calabar (New)	see Kalabari Kingdom

Damaturu	North	Damaturu	Hashimi II El-Kanemi	Emir

Daura	North	Hausa/Fulani	Daura	Faruk Umar Faruk	2007	Emir

Dikwa	North	Kanuri	Dikwa	Mohammed Masta II Ibn Alamin El-Kanemi	2010	Shehu	Divided into Bama and Dikwa Emirates in 2010

Edo	See Benin

Eko	see Lagos

Eri	South East	Igbo	Aguleri	Eze Chukwuemeka Eri, Ezeora XXXIV	1976	Eze Eri	The Custodian of the Sacred Ovo Eri

Fika	North	Bole	Potiskum	Muhammadu Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idrissa	2009	Moi	Distinct from the Potiskum Emirate, also based in Potiskum

Gobir	North	Hausa/Fulani	Sabon Birni	Sarkin	Hausa city-state

Gombe	North	Hausa/Fulani	Gombe	Abubakar Shehu Abubakar	2014	Modibo

Gujba	North	Gujba	Mai Shettima Muktar Ibn Ali Gangaram	2000	Emir	Formerly part of the Fika Emirate

Gumel	North	Gumel	Ahmad Muhammad Sani dan Maina Muhammad	1981	Emir

Gusau	North	Hausa/Fulani	Gusau	Muhammadu Kabir Danbaba	1997	Emir or Sarkin Katsina	The rulers of Katsina and Maradi also use the title "Sarkin Katsina"

Gwandu	North	Hausa/Fulani	Gwandu	Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar	Emir

Hadejia	North	Hausa/Fulani	Hadejia	Adamu Abubakar Maje	2002	Emir

Ibadan	Southwest	Yoruba	Ibadan	Saliu Adetunji	2016	Olubadan

Idah	see Igala

Idoani	Southwest	Yoruba	Idoani	Olufemi Olutoye	2014	Alani

Idoma	Southeast	Idoma	Otukpo	Elias Ikoyi Obekpa Och'Idoma IV	Och'Idoma

Igala	North	Igala	Idah	Idakuwo Ameh Oboni	2012	Ata

Igbirra	Southwest	Igbirra	Okene	Ado Ibrahim	1997	Ohinoyi

Ijebu Kingdom	Southwest	Yoruba	Ijebu Ode	Sikiru Kayode Adetona Ogbagba II	1960	Awujale

Ijebu-Remo	Southwest	Yoruba	Sagamu	Babatunde Adewale Ajayi	2017	Akarigbo	See also Ijebu Kingdom, List of the Lords of Remo

Ijesa	see Ilesa

Ile Ife	Southwest	Yoruba	Ife	Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II	2015	Ooni

Ilesa Kingdom	Southwest	Yoruba	Ilesa	Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran II	Owa

Ilorin	North	Yoruba/Fulani	Ilorin	Ibrahim Sulu Gambari	Emir

Ipokia Kingdom	Southwest	Yoruba	Ipokia	Raufu Oladeinde Adetunji Adeole Onigbaale III	1985	Onipokia

Isedo	Southwest	Yoruba	Ila Orangun	Oyedeji Ajide	Obalumo	Related to the Igbomina state of Oke Ila

Itele	Southwest	Yoruba	Itele, Ijebu-East	Mufutau Adesanya Kasali Iboriaran I	2003	Moyegeso	See also Ijebu Kingdom, Jones Adenola Ogunde Adeyoruwa II reigned until 1996

Itsekiri	see Warri

Iroko	Southwest	Yoruba	Iroko	Olasunkanmi Abioye Opeola,Kurunloju I	2011	Oniroko

Jajere	North	Fulani,Kanuri,Karekare and Ngizim	Tarmuwa	Mai Hamza Mai Buba Ibn Isa Mashio	2000	First Class Emir, Mai, Lamido also use the name Sarkin Jajere. Yobe	divided into Jajere & Ngelzarma Emirates

Jama'are	North	Jama'are	Muhammadu Wabi IV dan Muhammadu Wabi	1975	Emir

Jema'a	North	Jema'a	Muhammadu dan Isa	1999	Emir

Jos	Middle belt	Jos	Jacob Gyang Buba	2009	Gbong Gwon

Jukun	see Wukari

Kaiama	Merged with Bussa into Borgu

Kalabari	Southeast	Ijaw	Buguma	Amakiri XI (Theophilus J.T. Princewill)	2002	Amanyanabo

Kano	North	Hausa/Fulani	Kano	Sanusi Lamido Sanusi	2014	Emir

Katagum	North	fulani/kanuri	Katagum	Umar Muhammadu Kabir Umar	2017	Emir

Katsina	North	Hausa/Fulani	Katsina	Abdulmumini Kabir Usman	2008	Emir or Sarkin Katsina	The rulers of Gusau and Maradi also use the title "Sarkin Katsina"

Kazaure	North	Hausa/Fulani	Kazaure	Najib Husaini Adamu	Emir

Kebbi	North	Hausa/Fulani	Birnin Kebbi	Sama'ila Muhammad Mera	1996	Amir Argungu

Keffi	North	Keffi	Muhammadu Cindo Yamusa II	Emir

Kontagora	North	Hausa/Fulani	Kontagora	Sa`idu Namaska dan Malam	1974	Sarkin Sudan

Koton Karifi	North	Ebira	Koton Karifi	AIhaji Shuaibu Mamman Lafiya	1970	Ohimege

Lafia	North	Lafia	Isa Mustafa Agwa	1978	Emir

Lafiagi	North	Lafiagi	Sa'adu Kawu Haliru	1975	Emir	Fulani jihad state founded 1824

Lagos	Southwest	Yoruba	Lagos	Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I	2003	Oba	Formerly the Eko state

Lapai	North	Nupe	Lapai	Umaru Bago Tafida	2002	Emir

Lere	North	Lere	Umaru Mohammed Sani	Emir

Machina	North	Machina	Alhaji Bashir Albishir Bukar	Emir

Misau	North	Misau	Ahmed Suleiman	2015	Emir

Mubi	North	Mubi	Abu Bakar `Isa Ahmadu	Emir

Muri Taraba	North	Hausa/Fulani	Muri Taraba	Alhaji Abbas Tafida	1988	Emir

Nasarawa	North	Lafia	Ibrahim Ramalan Abubakar	1992	Emir

Nembe	Southeast	Ijaw	Nembe	Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru, Mingi XII	2008	Amanyanabo

Nembe Bassambiri	Southeast	Ijaw	Bassambiri	Amanyanabo

Ningi	North	Hausa/Fulani	Ningi	Yunusa Muhammad Danyaya	Chief

Nnewi	Southeast	Igbo	Nnewi	Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III	1963	Igwe

Nri	Southeast	Igbo	Igbo-Ukwu	Eze Nri Ènweleána II Obidiegwu Onyeso	1988	Eze Nri

Obioko	Southeast	Obioko	Ekpo Eyo Abassi Eyo III	2008	Obong

Oke Ila	Southwest	Yoruba	Oke Ila	Olufemi Oladapo Babalola	Obalumo	Related to the Igbomina state of Isedo

Oke-Ona Egba	Southwest	Yoruba	Abeokuta	Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso Karunwi III	1989	Oshile

Okolo-Ama	Southeast	Ijaw	Bonny	Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple III	1996	Amanyanabo	Known as Bonny in colonial times

Okpe	South-South	Urhobo	Orerokpe	Orhue I	2006	Orodje

Okrika	Southeast	Okrika	Alfred Semenitari Abam Ado IX	2002	Amanyanabo

Igbomina Kingdom	North Central	Igbomina/Yoruba	Omu-Aran	Oba Charles Oladele Ibitoye Adogbajale bi ileke II	1993	Olomu	Related to the Igbomina state in general

Owu	Southwest	Yoruba	Ogun	Dr. Olusanya Adegboyega Dosunmu II	2005	Olowu

Ondo	Southwest	Yoruba	Ondo	Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo	2006	Osemawe

Onitsha	Southeast	Igbo	Onitsha	Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe	2002	Obi

Opobo	Southeast	Ijaw	Ikot-Abasi	Daneson Douglas Jaja V	2002	Amanyanabo

Oshogbo	Southwest	Yoruba	Oshogbo	Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun	2010	Ataoja

Owerri	Southeast	Igbo	Owerri	Eze Emmanuel E. Njemanze	1989	Ozuruigbo

Owo	Southwest	Yoruba	Owo	Owo

Oyo Empire	Southwest	Yoruba	Oyo	Lamidi Adeyemi III	1970	Alaafin

Pategi	North	Nupe	Pategi	Haliru Ibrahim Chatta	Etsu

Potiskum	North	Ngizim	Potiskum	Umar Bubaram	Emir	Not to be confused with the Fika Emirate, based in the same town

Sokoto	North	Hausa/Fulani	Sokoto	Sa’adu Abubakar	2006	Sultan	See also List of Sultans of Sokoto

Suleja	North	Hausa/Fulani	Suleja	Awwal Ibrahim	2000	Sarkin Zazzau	Formerly Abuja Emirate

Tiv	Middle belt	Tiv	Gboko	Prof James Ayatse	2016	Tor Tiv

Tula Chiefdom	North	Tula	Kaltungo, Gombe	Abubakar Buba Atare II	2009	Mai

Ubani	see Okolo-Ama

Warri	Southwest	Itsekiri	Warri	Ogiame Ikenwoli I	2015	Olu	Formerly Olu of Itsekiri. See also Warri Crisis

Wase	North	Fulani	Wase	Dr Muhammadu Sambo Haruna	October 2010	Emir	Fulani Emirate

Wukari	Middle belt	Jukun	Wukari	Shekarau Angyu Masa Ibi Kuvyon II	Aku Uka

Yauri	North	Hausa/Fulani	Yauri	Muhammad Zayyanu	Sarkin

Zamfara	North	Hausa/Fulani	Gusau	Muhammad Attahiru Ahmad	Sarkin

Zaria	Alternate name for Zazzau Emirate

Zazzau	North	Hausa/Fulani	Zaria	Shehu Idris	1975	Sarkin	Ruler of Suleja Emirate also uses the title "Sarkin Zazzau"

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