NIGERIAN HISTORY AND STATE DATA
HISTORY!!! How the 36🇳🇬states got their names. 1. Abia Abia is an acronym from the four main groups of people in the state as at the time it was formed in 1991: Aba Bende Isuikwuato Afikpo. 2. Adamawa Adamawa was named after a warrior, Modibbo Adama Bin Ardo Hassan, that conquered the region in the beginning of the 19th century. 3. Akwa-Ibom Akwa Ibom is named after the Qua Iboe (or Kwa Iboe) River. 4. Anambra The state got its name from the corrupted version of Oma Mbala (Ànyịm Ọma Mbala), a popular river in the area. 5. Bauchi There are three versions of how Bauchi got its name are: ‘Bauchi’ is Hausa word meaning the southern flanks of Hausaland. Tribes living in the southern parts of the Hausaland were referred to as "kasashen bauchi" and the area they lived in later came to be known simply as Bauchi. The second version the state was named for Baushe, a famous hunter who settled there before the 19th century. The third states that ‘bauchi’ is Hausa word for s...