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Jump to: navigation, search There are many traditional states in Nigeria. A partial list follows. Although the traditional rulers no longer officially have political power, they still have considerable status in Nigeria and the power of patronage.[1] Except where otherwise noted, names of traditional rulers are based on the World Statesmen.org list.[2] State Region Ethnic Group Present Ruler Title ruler from Adedotun Abeokuta Aremu 2005 Alake Gbadebo III Capital Notes

Abeokuta Southwest Yoruba

Abuja Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa Muhammadu Kudu Abubakar Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida Afunbiowo II Bassey Ekpo Bassey II Abubakar Umar Suleiman Rilwanu Adamu Jumba Erediauwa

Now the Suleja Emirate Yola 2010 Lamido

Middle Adamawa belt Middle belt

Agaie

Nupe

Agaie

2004

Etsu

Akure

Southwest Yoruba

Akure

2010

Deji

Akwa Akpa Bade

Southeast Efik Northeast Kanuri

Calabar Gashua

2008 2005

Edidem Mai-Bedde

Bauchi Benin Bida

Northeast

Hausa/Fulan Bauchi i Benin City Bida

2010 1979

sarki Oba Etsu

Southwest Edo Middle belt Northeast Nupe

Biu

Biu

Rivers

Southsout Ekpeye h

Ahoada

Yahaya 2003 Abubakar Maidalla Mustafa dan 1959 Muhammad `Aliyu Robinson Okpoluwon 1978 Robinson

Emir Eze Ekpeyelogb o

State

Region

Ethnic Group

Bonny

Southeast Ijaw

Borgu

Middle belt

Bariba

Borno

Northeast Kanuri

Present ruler CON Edward Asimini Bonny William Dappa Pepple III Haliru Dantoro New Kitoro III Bussa dan Muhammadu Sani Abubakar Ibn Umar Maiduguri Garbai ElKanemi Capital Brass, Nigeria Alfred DieteSpiff

Ruler from

Title

Notes

1996

Also Amanyanab called o OkoloAma Formed by merging Bussa and Kaiama

2002

Emir

2009

Shehu Once Amayanabo part of Nembe See Borgu see Akwa Akpa see Kalabari Kingdom Shehu Sarkin Divided into Bama and Dikwa Emirates in 2010 See Benin see Lagos Distinct from the

Brass Bussa Calabar (Old) Calabar (New)

Southeast Ijaw

Damaturu Northeast Kanuri Daura

Hashimi II Damaturu Ibn Umar El- 1973 Kanemi Hausa/Fulan Umar Farouk Northwest Daura 2007 i dan Umar Mohammed Masta II Ibn 2010 Alamin El[3] Kanemi

Dikwa

Northeast Kanuri

Dikwa

Shehu

Edo Eko Fika Northeast Bole Potiskum Muhammadu 2009 Abali Ibn Moi

State

Region

Ethnic Group

Capital

Present Ruler ruler from Muhammadu Idrissa

Title

Notes Potiskum Emirate, also based in Potiskum Hausa city-state

Gobir Gombe

Northwest Northeast

Hausa/Fulan Sabon i Birni Hausa/Fulan Gombe i

Gujba

Northeast

Gujba

Gumel

North

Gumel

Gwandu

Northwest

Hausa/Fulan Gwandu i Hausa/Fulan Hadejia i Ibadan

Hadejia

Northeast

Ibadan Idah Idoani

Southwest Yoruba

Muhammadu 1975 Bawa Shehu Usman 1984 Abubakar Mai Shettima Muktar Ibn 2000 Ali Gangaram Ahmad Muhammad Sani dan 1981 Maina Muhammad Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar Adamu Abubakar 2002 Maje Samuel Odulana 2007 Odugade I

Sarkin Modibo

Emir

Formerly part of the Fika Emirate

Emir

Emir

Emir

Olubadan see Igala

Southwest Yoruba

Idoma

Southeast Idoma Middle Igala belt Southwest

Igala Igbirra

Ijebu Southwest Yoruba Kingdom IjebuRemo

Southwest Yoruba

Aderemi Atewogboye Elias Ikoyi Obekpa Otukpo Och'Idoma IV Idakuwo Idah Ameh Oboni Okene Ado Ibrahim Sikiru Ijebu Ode Adetonwa Ogbagba II Michael Adeniyi Sagamu Sonariwo Erinjugbo II Idoani

Alani

Och'Idoma

2012 1997 1960

Ata Ohinoyi Awujale See also Ijebu Kingdom , List of

1990

Akarigbo

State

Region

Ethnic Group

Capital

Present ruler

Ruler from

Title

Notes the Lords of Remo see Ilesa Adesoji Aderemi was ruler until 1980

Ijesa Okunade Sijuade Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran II Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Oyedeji Ajide

Ile Ife

Southwest Yoruba

Ife

1980

Ooni

Ilesa Southwest Yoruba Kingdom Ilorin Southwest Yoruba

Ilesa

Owa

Ilorin

Emir Related to the Igbomina state of Oke Ila See also Ijebu Kingdom see Warri

Isedo

Southwest Yoruba

Ila Orangun

Obalumo

Itele Itsekiri Iwo

Southwest Yoruba

Adesanya Itele, AdoMufutau Odo/Ota Kasali Asiru Olatunbosun Tadese Muhammadu Wabi IV dan Muhammadu Wabi Muhammadu dan Isa Jacob Gyang Buba

Moyegeso

Southwest Yoruba

Iwo

1992

Oluwo

Jama'are

Northeast

Jama'are

1975

Emir

Jema'a Jos Jukun

North Middle belt

Jema'a Jos

1999 2009

Emir Gbong Gwon see Wukari Merged with Bussa into Borgu

Kaiama

Kalabari

Southeast Ijaw

Buguma

Amakiri XI (Theophilus 2002 J.T. Princewill)

Amanyanab o

State Kano

Region North

Katagum Northeast Katsina Northwest

Kazaure

North

Kebbi

Northwest

Keffi

Middle belt

Kontagora Northwest

Koton Karifi Lafia

Middle belt Middle belt

Ethnic Present Ruler Capital Group ruler from Hausa/Fulan Kano Ado Bayero 1963 i Muhammadu Katagum Kabir `Umar Abdulmumin Hausa/Fulan Katsina i Kabir 2008 i Usman Najib Hausa/Fulan Kazaure Husaini i Adamu Muhammadu Mera Muza Hausa/Fulan Birnin dan 1960 i Kebbi Muhammadu Sani Muhammadu Keffi Cindo Yamusa II Sa`idu Hausa/Fulan Kontagora Namaska dan 1974 i Malam AIhaji Koton Shuaibu Ebira 1970 Karifi Mamman Lafiya[4] Isa Mustafa Lafia 1978 Agwa Sa'adu Kawu Haliru Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale 2003 Aremu Akiolu I Umaru Bago 2002 Tafida Umaru Mohammed Sani Alhaji Bashir Albishir Bukar[5]

Title Emir Emir Emir

Notes

Emir

Amir Argungu

Emir

Emir

Ohimege

Emir Fulani jihad state founded 1824 Formerly the Eko state

Lagiagi

Southwest

Lafiagi

Emir

Lagos

Southwest Yoruba

Lagos

Oba

Lapai Lere

Middle belt North

Nupe

Lapai Lere

Emir Emir

Machina

North

Machina

Emir

Present ruler Muhammadu Misau Northeast Misau Manga III Abu Bakar Mubi Northeast Mubi `Isa Ahmadu Alhaji Abbas Muri North East Muri Tafida[6] Ibrahim Middle Nasarawa Lafia Ramalan belt Abubakar Edmund Maduabebe Nembe Southeast Ijaw Nembe Daukoru, Mingi XII Ralph Nembe Bassambir Michael Bassambir Southeast Ijaw i Iwowari, i Mein VII Yunusa Hausa/Fulan Ningi North Ningi Muhammad i Danyaya Igwe Kenneth Nnewi Southeast Igbo Nnewi Onyeneke Orizu III Ekpo Eyo Obioko Southeast Obioko Abassi Eyo III State Region Capital Olufemi Oladapo Babalola

Ethnic Group

Ruler from

Title Emir Emir

Notes

2003 1992

Emir Emir

2008

Amanyanab o

Amanyanab o

Chief

1963

Igwe

2008

Obong Related to the Igbomina state of Isedo

Oke Ila

Southwest Yoruba

Oke Ila

Obalumo

Oke-Ona Southwest Yoruba Egba

OkoloAma Okpe Okrika

Southeast Ijaw

Southeast Edo Southeast

Adedapo Adewale Abeokuta Tejuoso Karunwi III Edward Asimini Bonny William Dappa Pepple III Orerokpe Orhue I Alfred Okrika Semenitari Abam Ado

1989

Oshile Known as Bonny Amanyanab in o colonial times Orodje Amanyanab o

1996

2006 2002

State

Region

Ethnic Group

Capital

Present ruler

Ruler from

Title

Notes

Owu

Southwest Yoruba

Ondo

Southwest Yoruba

Onitsha

Southeast Igbo

Opobo Oshogbo Owo Oyo Empire Pategi

Southeast Ijaw Southwest Yoruba Southwest Yoruba Southwest Yoruba Middle belt Nupe

IX Dr. Olusanya Ogun Adegboyega Dosunmu II Adesimbo Ondo Victor Kiladejo Nnayelugo Alfred Onitsha Nnaemeka Achebe Daneson Ikot-Abasi Douglas Jaja V Oshogbo Folagbade Owo Olateru Olagbegi III Lamidi Oyo Adeyemi III Haliru Pategi Ibrahim Chatta

2005

Olowu

2006

Osemawe

2002

Obi

2002

Amanyanab o Ataoja

1999 1970

Owo Alaafin Etsu Not to be confused with the Fika Emirate, based in the same town See also List of Sultans of Sokoto Formerly Abuja Emirate

Potiskum Northeast Ngizim

Potiskum

Umar Bubaram[7]

Emir

Sokoto

Northwest

Hausa/Fulan Sokoto i

Saadu Abubakar

2006

Sultan

Suleja

Middle belt Middle belt

Hausa/Fulan Suleja i Tiv Gboko

Awwal Ibrahim

2000

Sarkin Zazzau Tor Tiv

Tiv

Tula Northeast Tula Chiefdom

Alfred Akawe Torkula Abubakar Kaltungo, Buba Atare Gombe II

1991

2009

Mai

State Ubani

Region

Ethnic Group

Capital

Present ruler

Ruler from

Title

Notes see OkoloAma Formerly Olu of Itsekiri. See also Warri Crisis Fulani Emirate

Warri

Southeast Itsekiri

Warri

Ogiame Atuwatse II[8]

1987

Olu

Wase

Middle belt

Fulani

Wase

Wukari

Middle belt Northwest Northwest

Jukun

Wukari

Yauri Zamfara

Hausa/Fulan Yauri i Hausa/Fulan Gusau i

Dr Muhammadu Octobe Emir Sambo r 2010 Haruna Shekarau Angyu Masa Aku Uka Ibi Kuvyon II Muhammad Sarkin Zayyanu Muhammad Attahiru Sarkin Ahmad

Zaria

Zazzau

Northern

Hausa/Fulan Zaria i

Shehu Idris

1975

Sarkin

Alternate name for Zazzau Emirate Ruler of Suleja Emirate also uses the title "Sarkin Zazzau"

[edit] See also

Nigerian traditional rulers

Town:Ado Odo,Name:Oba Abdul Lateef Akanni Adeniran,Title:Olofin Adimula,LGA:Ado Odo/Ota,Region:Southwest,Capital:Ota,Year 2009 till date

[edit] References
1. ^ Chris Ewokor (1 August 2007). "Nigerians go crazy for a title". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6924870.stm. Retrieved 2010-09-01.