Local government areas of Nigeria

Local government areas of Nigeria

Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs).

Each local government area is administered by a Local Government Council consisting of a chairman who is the Chief Executive of the LGA, and other elected members who are referred to as Councillors.

The functions of Local Governments are detailed in the Nigerian Constitution and include:

• Economic recommendations to the State;
• Collection of taxes and fees;
• Establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm;
• Licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheel barrows and carts;
• Establishment, maintenance and regulation of markets, motor parks and public conveniences;
• Construction and maintenance of roads, streets, drains and other public highways, parks, and open spaces;
• Naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
• Provision and maintenance of public transportation and refuse disposal;
• Registration of births, deaths and marriages;
• Assessment of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of levying such rates as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly of a State; and,
• Control and regulation of out-door advertising, movement and keeping of pets of all descriptions, shops and kiosks, restaurants and other places for sale of food to the public, and laundries.

Each of the areas is further subdivided into wards with a minimum of ten and a maximum of fifteen for each area.

List of LGAs

LGA contact	State	Website
Abadam	Borno State
Abaji	FCT
Abak	Akwa Ibom State
Abakaliki	Ebonyi State
Aba North	Abia State
Aba South	Abia State
Abeokuta North	Ogun State
Abeokuta South	Ogun State
Abi	Cross River State	[1]
Aboh Mbaise	Imo State
Abua/Odual	Rivers State
Adavi	Kogi State
Ado Ekiti	Ekiti State
Ado-Odo/Ota	Ogun State
Afijio	Oyo State
Afikpo North	Ebonyi State
Afikpo South (Edda)	Ebonyi State
Agaie	Niger State
Agatu	Benue State
Agwara	Niger State
Agege	Lagos State
Aguata	Anambra State
Ahiazu Mbaise	Imo State
Ahoada East	Rivers State
Ahoada West	Rivers State
Ajaokuta	Kogi State
Ajeromi-Ifelodun	Lagos State
Ajingi	Kano State
Akamkpa	Cross River State	[1]
Akinyele	Oyo State
Akko	Gombe State
Akoko-Edo	Edo State
Akoko North-East	Ondo State
Akoko North-West	Ondo State
Akoko South-West	Ondo State
Akoko South-East	Ondo State
Akpabuyo	Cross River State	[1]
Akuku-Toru	Rivers State
Akure North	Ondo State
Akure South	Ondo State
Akwanga	Nasarawa State
Albasu	Kano State
Aleiro	Kebbi State
Alimosho	Lagos State
Alkaleri	Bauchi State
Amuwo-Odofin	Lagos State
Anambra East	Anambra State
Anambra West	Anambra State
Anaocha	Anambra State
Andoni	Rivers State
Aninri	Enugu State
Aniocha North	Delta State
Aniocha South	Delta State
Anka	Zamfara State
Ankpa	Kogi State
Apa	Benue State
Apapa	Lagos State
Ado	Benue State
Ardo Kola	Taraba State
Arewa Dandi	Kebbi State
Argungu	Kebbi State
Arochukwu	Abia State
Asa	Kwara State
Asari-Toru	Rivers State
Askira/Uba	Borno State
Atakunmosa East	Osun State
Atakunmosa West	Osun State
Atiba	Oyo State
Atisbo	Oyo State
Augie	Kebbi State
Auyo	Jigawa State
Awe	Nasarawa State
Awgu	Enugu State
Awka North	Anambra State
Awka South	Anambra State
Ayamelum	Anambra State
Aiyedaade	Osun State
Aiyedire	Osun State
Babura	Jigawa State
Badagry	Lagos State
Bagudo	Kebbi State
Bagwai	Kano State
Bakassi	Cross River State	[1]
Bokkos	Plateau State
Bakori	Katsina State
Bakura	Zamfara State
Balanga	Gombe State
Bali	Taraba State
Bama	Borno State
Bade	Yobe State
Barkin Ladi	Plateau State
Baruten	Kwara State
Bassa	Kogi State
Bassa	Plateau State
Batagarawa	Katsina State
Batsari	Katsina State
Bauchi	Bauchi State
Baure	Katsina State
Bayo	Borno State
Bebeji	Kano State
Bekwarra	Cross River State	[1]
Bende	Abia State
Biase	Cross River State	[1]
Bichi	Kano State
Bida	Niger State
Billiri	Gombe State
Bindawa	Katsina State
Binji	Sokoto State
Biriniwa	Jigawa State
Birnin Gwari	Kaduna State
Birnin Kebbi	Kebbi State
Birnin Kudu	Jigawa State
Birnin Magaji/Kiyaw	Zamfara State
Biu	Borno State
Bodinga	Sokoto State
Bogoro	Bauchi State
Boki	Cross River State	[1]
Boluwaduro	Osun State
Bomadi	Delta State
Bonny	Rivers State
Borgu	Niger State
Boripe	Osun State
Bursari	Yobe State
Bosso	Niger State
Brass	Bayelsa State
Buji	Jigawa State
Bukkuyum	Zamfara State
Buruku	Benue State
Bungudu	Zamfara State
Bunkure	Kano State
Bunza	Kebbi State
Burutu	Delta State
Bwari	FCT
Calabar Municipal	Cross River State	[1]
Calabar South	Cross River State	[1]
Chanchaga	Niger State
Charanchi	Katsina State
Chibok	Borno State
Chikun	Kaduna State
Dala	Kano State
Damaturu	Yobe State
Damban	Bauchi State
Dambatta	Kano State
Damboa	Borno State
Dandi	Kebbi State
Dandume	Katsina State
Dange Shuni	Sokoto State
Danja	Katsina State
Dan Musa	Katsina State
Darazo	Bauchi State
Dass	Bauchi State
Daura	Katsina State
Dawakin Kudu	Kano State
Dawakin Tofa	Kano State
Degema	Rivers State
Dekina	Kogi State
Demsa	Adamawa State
Dikwa	Borno State
Doguwa	Kano State
Doma	Nasarawa State
Donga	Taraba State
Dukku	Gombe State
Dunukofia	Anambra State
Dutse	Jigawa State
Dutsi	Katsina State
Dutsin Ma	Katsina State
Eastern Obolo	Akwa Ibom State
Ebonyi	Ebonyi State
Edati	Niger State
Ede North	Osun State
Ede South	Osun State
Edu	Kwara State
Ife Central	Osun State
Ife East	Osun State
Ife North	Osun State
Ife South	Osun State
Efon	Ekiti State
Yewa North	Ogun State
Yewa South	Ogun State
Egbeda	Oyo State
Egbedore	Osun State
Egor	Edo State
Ehime Mbano	Imo State
Ejigbo	Osun State
Ekeremor	Bayelsa State
Eket	Akwa Ibom State
Ekiti	Kwara State
Ekiti East	Ekiti State
Ekiti South-West	Ekiti State
Ekiti West	Ekiti State
Ekwusigo	Anambra State
Eleme	Rivers State
Emuoha	Rivers State
Emure	Ekiti State
Enugu East	Enugu State
Enugu North	Enugu State
Enugu South	Enugu State
Epe	Lagos State
Esan Central	Edo State
Esan North-East	Edo State
Esan South-East	Edo State
Esan West	Edo State
Ese Odo	Ondo State
Esit Eket	Akwa Ibom State
Essien Udim	Akwa Ibom State
Etche	Rivers State
Ethiope East	Delta State
Ethiope West	Delta State
Etim Ekpo	Akwa Ibom State
Etinan	Akwa Ibom State
Eti Osa	Lagos State
Etsako Central	Edo State
Etsako East	Edo State
Etsako West	Edo State
Etung	Cross River State	[1]
Ewekoro	Ogun State
Ezeagu	Enugu State
Ezinihitte	Imo State
Ezza North	Ebonyi State
Ezza South	Ebonyi State
Fagge	Kano State
Fakai	Kebbi State
Faskari	Katsina State
Fika	Yobe State
Fufure	Adamawa State
Funakaye	Gombe State
Fune	Yobe State
Funtua	Katsina State
Gabasawa	Kano State
Gada	Sokoto State
Gagarawa	Jigawa State
Gamawa	Bauchi State
Ganjuwa	Bauchi State
Ganye	Adamawa State
Garki	Jigawa State
Garko	Kano State
Garun Mallam	Kano State
Gashaka	Taraba State
Gassol	Taraba State
Gaya	Kano State
Gayuk	Adamawa State
Gezawa	Kano State
Gbako	Niger State
Gboko	Benue State
Gbonyin	Ekiti State
Geidam	Yobe State
Giade	Bauchi State
Giwa	Kaduna State
Gokana	Rivers State
Gombe	Gombe State
Gombi	Adamawa State
Goronyo	Sokoto State
Grie	Adamawa State
Gubio	Borno State
Gudu	Sokoto State
Gujba	Yobe State
Gulani	Yobe State
Guma	Benue State
Gumel	Jigawa State
Gummi	Zamfara State
Gurara	Niger State
Guri	Jigawa State
Gusau	Zamfara State
Guzamala	Borno State
Gwadabawa	Sokoto State
Gwagwalada	FCT
Gwale	Kano State
Gwandu	Kebbi State
Gwaram	Jigawa State
Gwarzo	Kano State
Gwer East	Benue State
Gwer West	Benue State
Gwiwa	Jigawa State
Gwoza	Borno State
Hadejia	Jigawa State
Hawul	Borno State
Hong	Adamawa State
Ibadan North	Oyo State
Ibadan North-East	Oyo State
Ibadan North-West	Oyo State
Ibadan South-East	Oyo State
Ibadan South-West	Oyo State
Ibaji	Kogi State
Ibarapa Central	Oyo State
Ibarapa East	Oyo State
Ibarapa North	Oyo State
Ibeju-Lekki	Lagos State
Ibeno	Akwa Ibom State
Ibesikpo Asutan	Akwa Ibom State
Ibi	Taraba State
Ibiono-Ibom	Akwa Ibom State
Idah	Kogi State
Idanre	Ondo State
Ideato North	Imo State
Ideato South	Imo State
Idemili North	Anambra State
Idemili South	Anambra State
Ido	Oyo State
Ido Osi	Ekiti State
Ifako-Ijaiye	Lagos State
Ifedayo	Osun State
Ifedore	Ondo State
Ifelodun	Kwara State
Ifelodun	Osun State
Ifo	Ogun State
Igabi	Kaduna State
Igalamela Odolu	Kogi State
Igbo Etiti	Enugu State
Igbo Eze North	Enugu State
Igbo Eze South	Enugu State
Igueben	Edo State
Ihiala	Anambra State
Ihitte/Uboma	Imo State
Ilaje	Ondo State
Ijebu East	Ogun State
Ijebu North	Ogun State
Ijebu North East	Ogun State
Ijebu Ode	Ogun State
Ijero	Ekiti State
Ijumu	Kogi State
Ika	Akwa Ibom State
Ika North East	Delta State
Ikara	Kaduna State
Ika South	Delta State
Ikeduru	Imo State
Ikeja	Lagos State
Ikenne	Ogun State
Ikere	Ekiti State
Ikole	Ekiti State
Ikom	Cross River State	[1]
Ikono	Akwa Ibom State
Ikorodu	Lagos State
Ikot Abasi	Akwa Ibom State
Ikot Ekpene	Akwa Ibom State
Ikpoba Okha	Edo State
Ikwerre	Rivers State
Ikwo	Ebonyi State
Ikwuano	Abia State
Ila	Osun State
Ilejemeje	Ekiti State
Ile Oluji/Okeigbo	Ondo State
Ilesa East	Osun State
Ilesa West	Osun State
Illela	Sokoto State
Ilorin East	Kwara State
Ilorin South	Kwara State
Ilorin West	Kwara State
Imeko Afon	Ogun State
Ingawa	Katsina State
Ini	Akwa Ibom State
Ipokia	Ogun State
Irele	Ondo State
Irepo	Oyo State
Irepodun	Kwara State
Irepodun	Osun State
Irepodun/Ifelodun	Ekiti State
Irewole	Osun State
Isa	Sokoto State
Ise/Orun	Ekiti State
Iseyin	Oyo State
Ishielu	Ebonyi State
Isiala Mbano	Imo State
Isiala Ngwa North	Abia State
Isiala Ngwa South	Abia State
Isin	Kwara State
Isi Uzo	Enugu State
Isokan	Osun State
Isoko North	Delta State
Isoko South	Delta State
Isu	Imo State
Isuikwuato	Abia State
Itas/Gadau	Bauchi State
Itesiwaju	Oyo State
Itu	Akwa Ibom State
Ivo	Ebonyi State
Iwajowa	Oyo State
Iwo	Osun State
Izzi	Ebonyi State
Jaba	Kaduna State
Jada	Adamawa State
Jahun	Jigawa State
Jakusko	Yobe State
Jalingo	Taraba State
Jama'are	Bauchi State
Jega	Kebbi State
Jema'a	Kaduna State
Jere	Borno State
Jibia	Katsina State
Jos East	Plateau State
Jos North	Plateau State
Jos South	Plateau State
Kabba/Bunu	Kogi State
Kabo	Kano State
Kachia	Kaduna State
Kaduna North	Kaduna State
Kaduna South	Kaduna State
Kafin Hausa	Jigawa State
Kafur	Katsina State
Kaga	Borno State
Kagarko	Kaduna State
Kaiama	Kwara State
Kaita	Katsina State
Kajola	Oyo State
Kajuru	Kaduna State
Kala/Balge	Borno State
Kalgo	Kebbi State
Kaltungo	Gombe State
Kanam	Plateau State
Kankara	Katsina State
Kanke	Plateau State
Kankia	Katsina State
Kano Municipal	Kano State
Karasuwa	Yobe State
Karaye	Kano State
Karim Lamido	Taraba State
Karu	Nasarawa State
Katagum	Bauchi State
Katcha	Niger State
Katsina	Katsina State
Katsina-Ala	Benue State
Kaura	Kaduna State
Kaura Namoda	Zamfara State
Kauru	Kaduna State
Kazaure	Jigawa State
Keana	Nasarawa State
Kebbe	Sokoto State
Keffi	Nasarawa State
Khana	Rivers State
Kibiya	Kano State
Kirfi	Bauchi State
Kiri Kasama	Jigawa State
Kiru	Kano State
Kiyawa	Jigawa State
Kogi	Kogi State
Koko/Besse	Kebbi State
Kokona	Nasarawa State
Kolokuma/Opokuma	Bayelsa State
Konduga	Borno State
Konshisha	Benue State
Kontagora	Niger State
Kosofe	Lagos State
Kaugama	Jigawa State
Kubau	Kaduna State
Kudan	Kaduna State
Kuje	FCT
Kukawa	Borno State
Kumbotso	Kano State
Kumi	Taraba State
Kunchi	Kano State
Kura	Kano State
Kurfi	Katsina State
Kusada	Katsina State
Kwali	FCT
Kwande	Benue State
Kwami	Gombe State
Kware	Sokoto State
Kwaya Kusar	Borno State
Lafia	Nasarawa State
Lagelu	Oyo State
Lagos Island	Lagos State
Lagos Mainland	Lagos State
Langtang South	Plateau State
Langtang North	Plateau State
Lapai	Niger State
Lamurde	Adamawa State
Lau	Taraba State
Lavun	Niger State
Lere	Kaduna State
Logo	Benue State
Lokoja	Kogi State
Machina	Yobe State
Madagali	Adamawa State
Madobi	Kano State
Mafa	Borno State
Magama	Niger State
Magumeri	Borno State
Mai'Adua	Katsina State
Maiduguri	Borno State
Maigatari	Jigawa State
Maiha	Adamawa State
Maiyama	Kebbi State
Makarfi	Kaduna State
Makoda	Kano State
Malam Madori	Jigawa State
Malumfashi	Katsina State
Mangu	Plateau State
Mani	Katsina State
Maradun	Zamfara State
Mariga	Niger State
Makurdi	Benue State
Marte	Borno State
Maru	Zamfara State
Mashegu	Niger State
Mashi	Katsina State
Matazu	Katsina State
Mayo Belwa	Adamawa State
Mbaitoli	Imo State
Mbo	Akwa Ibom State
Michika	Adamawa State
Miga	Jigawa State
Mikang	Plateau State
Minjibir	Kano State
Misau	Bauchi State
Moba	Ekiti State
Mobbar	Borno State
Mubi North	Adamawa State
Mubi South	Adamawa State
Mokwa	Niger State
Monguno	Borno State
Mopa Muro	Kogi State
Moro	Kwara State
Moya	Niger State
Mkpat-Enin	Akwa Ibom State
Municipal Area Council	FCT
Musawa	Katsina State
Mushin	Lagos State
Nafada	Gombe State
Nangere	Yobe State
Nasarawa	Kano State
Nasarawa	Nasarawa State
Nasarawa Egon	Nasarawa State
Ndokwa East	Delta State
Ndokwa West	Delta State
Nembe	Bayelsa State
Ngala	Borno State
Nganzai	Borno State
Ngaski	Kebbi State
Ngor Okpala	Imo State
Nguru	Yobe State
Ningi	Bauchi State
Njaba	Imo State
Njikoka	Anambra State
Nkanu East	Enugu State
Nkanu West	Enugu State
Nkwerre	Imo State
Nnewi North	Anambra State
Nnewi South	Anambra State
Nsit-Atai	Akwa Ibom State
Nsit-Ibom	Akwa Ibom State
Nsit-Ubium	Akwa Ibom State
Nsukka	Enugu State
Numan	Adamawa State
Nwangele	Imo State
Obafemi Owode	Ogun State
Obanliku	Cross River State	[1]
Obi	Benue State
Obi	Nasarawa State
Obi Ngwa	Abia State
Obio/Akpor	Rivers State
Obokun	Osun State
Obot Akara	Akwa Ibom State
Obowo	Imo State
Obubra	Cross River State	[1]
Obudu	Cross River State	[1]
Odeda	Ogun State
Odigbo	Ondo State
Odogbolu	Ogun State
Odo Otin	Osun State
Odukpani	Cross River State	[1]
Offa	Kwara State
Ofu	Kogi State
Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni	Rivers State
Ogbadibo	Benue State
Ogbaru	Anambra State
Ogbia	Bayelsa State
Ogbomosho North	Oyo State
Ogbomosho South	Oyo State
Ogu/Bolo	Rivers State
Ogoja	Cross River State	[1]
Ogo Oluwa	Oyo State
Ogori/Magongo	Kogi State
Ogun Waterside	Ogun State
Oguta	Imo State
Ohafia	Abia State
Ohaji/Egbema	Imo State
Ohaozara	Ebonyi State
Ohaukwu	Ebonyi State
Ohimini	Benue State
Orhionmwon	Edo State
Oji River	Enugu State
Ojo	Lagos State
Oju	Benue State
Okehi	Kogi State
Okene	Kogi State
Oke Ero	Kwara State
Okigwe	Imo State
Okitipupa	Ondo State
Okobo	Akwa Ibom State
Okpe	Delta State
Okrika	Rivers State
Olamaboro	Kogi State
Ola Oluwa	Osun State
Olorunda	Osun State
Olorunsogo	Oyo State
Oluyole	Oyo State
Omala	Kogi State
Omuma	Rivers State
Ona Ara	Oyo State
Ondo East	Ondo State
Ondo West	Ondo State
Onicha	Ebonyi State
Onitsha North	Anambra State
Onitsha South	Anambra State
Onna	Akwa Ibom State
Okpokwu	Benue State
Opobo/Nkoro	Rivers State
Oredo	Edo State
Orelope	Oyo State
Oriade	Osun State
Ori Ire	Oyo State
Orlu	Imo State
Orolu	Osun State
Oron	Akwa Ibom State
Orsu	Imo State
Oru East	Imo State
Oruk Anam	Akwa Ibom State
Orumba North	Anambra State
Orumba South	Anambra State
Oru West	Imo State
Ose	Ondo State
Oshimili North	Delta State
Oshimili South	Delta State
Oshodi-Isolo	Lagos State
Osisioma	Abia State
Osogbo	Osun State
Oturkpo	Benue State
Ovia North-East	Edo State
Ovia South-West	Edo State
Owan East	Edo State
Owan West	Edo State
Owerri Municipal	Imo State
Owerri North	Imo State
Owerri West	Imo State
Owo	Ondo State
Oye	Ekiti State
Oyi	Anambra State
Oyigbo	Rivers State
Oyo	Oyo State
Oyo East	Oyo State
Oyun	Kwara State
Paikoro	Niger State
Pankshin	Plateau State
Patani	Delta State
Pategi	Kwara State
Port Harcourt	Rivers State
Potiskum	Yobe State
Qua'an Pan	Plateau State
Rabah	Sokoto State
Rafi	Niger State
Rano	Kano State
Remo North	Ogun State
Rijau	Niger State
Rimi	Katsina State
Rimin Gado	Kano State
Ringim	Jigawa State
Riyom	Plateau State
Rogo	Kano State
Roni	Jigawa State
Sabon Birni	Sokoto State
Sabon Gari	Kaduna State
Sabuwa	Katsina State
Safana	Katsina State
Sagbama	Bayelsa State
Sakaba	Kebbi State
Saki East	Oyo State
Saki West	Oyo State
Sandamu	Katsina State
Sanga	Kaduna State
Sapele	Delta State
Sardauna	Taraba State
Shagamu	Ogun State
Shagari	Sokoto State
Shanga	Kebbi State
Shani	Borno State
Shanono	Kano State
Shelleng	Adamawa State
Shendam	Plateau State
Shinkafi	Zamfara State
Shira	Bauchi State
Shiroro	Niger State
Shongom	Gombe State
Shomolu	Lagos State
Silame	Sokoto State
Soba	Kaduna State
Sokoto North	Sokoto State
Sokoto South	Sokoto State
Song	Adamawa State
Southern Ijaw	Bayelsa State
Suleja	Niger State
Sule Tankarkar	Jigawa State
Sumaila	Kano State
Suru	Kebbi State
Surulere	Oyo State
Surulere	Lagos State
Tafa	Niger State
Tafawa Balewa	Bauchi State
Tai	Rivers State
Takai	Kano State
Takum	Taraba State
Talata Mafara	Zamfara State
Tambuwal	Sokoto State
Tangaza	Sokoto State
Tarauni	Kano State
Tarka	Benue State
Tarmuwa	Yobe State
Taura	Jigawa State
Toungo	Adamawa State
Tofa	Kano State
Toro	Bauchi State
Toto	Nasarawa State
Chafe	Zamfara State
Tsanyawa	Kano State
Tudun Wada	Kano State
Tureta	Sokoto State
Udenu	Enugu State
Udi	Enugu State
Udu	Delta State
Udung-Uko	Akwa Ibom State
Ughelli North	Delta State
Ughelli South	Delta State
Ugwunagbo	Abia State
Uhunmwonde	Edo State
Ukanafun	Akwa Ibom State
Ukum	Benue State
Ukwa East	Abia State
Ukwa West	Abia State
Ukwuani	Delta State
Umuahia North	Abia State
Umuahia South	Abia State
Umu Nneochi	Abia State
Ungogo	Kano State
Unuimo	Imo State
Uruan	Akwa Ibom State
Urue-Offong/Oruko	Akwa Ibom State
Ushongo	Benue State
Ussa	Taraba State
Uvwie	Delta State
Uyo	Akwa Ibom State
Uzo Uwani	Enugu State
Vandeikya	Benue State
Wamako	Sokoto State
Wamba	Nasarawa State
Warawa	Kano State
Warji	Bauchi State
Warri North	Delta State
Warri South	Delta State
Warri South West	Delta State
Wasagu/Danko	Kebbi State
Wase	Plateau State
Wudil	Kano State
Wukari	Taraba State
Wurno	Sokoto State
Wushishi	Niger State
Yabo	Sokoto State
Yagba East	Kogi State
Yagba West	Kogi State
Yakuur	Cross River State	[1]
Yala	Cross River State	[1]
Yamaltu/Deba	Gombe State
Yankwashi	Jigawa State
Yauri	Kebbi State
Yenagoa	Bayelsa State
Yola North	Adamawa State
Yola South	Adamawa State
Yorro	Taraba State
Yunusari	Yobe State
Yusufari	Yobe State
Zaki	Bauchi State
Zango	Katsina State
Zangon Kataf	Kaduna State
Zaria	Kaduna State
Zing	Taraba State
Zurmi	Zamfara State
Zuru	Kebbi State

References

1. "List of Local Government Areas in Cross River State". Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.

• Nigeria Congress
• On Line Nigeria
• Sustainable Urban Development and Good Governance in Nigeria
• Thomas Brinkhoff: NIGERIA: Administrative Division (interactive map), in www.citypopulation.de