1. Niger State 76,363KM²
2. Borno State 70,898KM²
3. Taraba State 54,473KM²
4. Kaduna State 46,053KM²
5. Bauchi State 45,837KM²
6. Yobe State 45,502KM²
7. Zamfara State 39,762KM²
8. Adamawa State 36,917KM²
9. Kwara State 36,825KM²
10. Kebbi State 36,800KM²
11. Benue State 34,059KM²
12. Plateau State 30,913KM²
13. Kogi State 29,833KM²
14. Oyo State 28,454KM²
15. Nasarawa State 27,117KM²
16. Sokoto State 25,973KM²
17. Katsina State 24,192KM²
18. Jigawa State 23,154KM²
19. Cross River State 20,156KM²
20. Kano State 20,131KM²
21. Gombe State 18,768KM²
22. Edo State 17,802KM²
23. Delta State 17,698KM²
24. Ogun State 16,762KM²
25. Ondo State 15,500KM²
26. Rivers State 11,077KM²
27. Bayelsa State 10,773KM²
28. Osun State 9,251KM²
29. Federal Capital Territory 7,315KM²
30. Enugu State 7,161KM²
31. Akwa Ibom State 7,081KM²
32. Ekiti State 6,353KM²
33. Abia State 6,320KM²
34. Ebonyi State 5,670KM²
35. Imo State 5,530KM²
36. Anambra State 4,844KM²
37. Lagos State 3,345KM²

Anambra + Enugu + Abia + Imo + Ebonyi = 29,525KM²

Kogi = 29,833KM²

Ogun + Oyo + Osun + Ondo + Ekiti = 76,320KM²
Lagos = 3,345KM²

Niger alone = 76,363KM²

Niger State = Entire Southwest States - Lagos

The entire Southeast is a little less than Kogi State only

The question is why do the FGN under PMB and Northern Turks have such interest in grabbing lands from South West, South South and South Eastern States for Ruga policy implementation?

Powerful info. Kudos.

This cannot be correct...

1) How come Kano with a land mass of just 20,131KMsq have 44 LGAs?

2) The North makes up approximately 79% of the country's land mass yet they still the want to RUGArize the South?

3) How come Kogi is bigger the the South-East put together? This I'm not sure of...

4) If the North has approximately 80% of the country's land mass and the South-South with 9.5% total land replete with over 50% of water. What then does the Fulanis need grazing land for when they have almost all the land mass?

And your source is?

willyo:
This cannot be correct...

1) How come Kano with a land mass of just 20,131KMsq have 44 LGAs?

2) The North makes up approximately 79% of the country's land mass yet they still the want to RUGArize the South?

3) How come Kogi is bigger the the South-East put together? This I'm not sure of...

4) If the North has approximately 80% of the country's land mass and the South-South with 9.5% total land replete with over 50% of water. What then does the Fulanis need grazing land for when they have almost all the land mass?

The kogi point is likely true, that state shares boundary with 10 States

stinflame:


The kogi point is likely true, that state shares boundary with 10 States

Boundaried 10 states and it's a quarter of Nigeria's state...

That's not a yardstick

willyo:


Boundaried 10 states and it's a quarter of Nigeria's state...

That's not a yardstick

It is, those boundaries are spread toward various zones, thereby occupying vast amounts of land. Lands and ancient people of kwara were added to kogi, same as benue. They also have settlements close to Enugu and anambra including Niger

where do igbos want to create another state when all their landmass isn't bigger than kogi state? Igbos shd seek to amalgamate benue state to themselves so that north n south can b a bit balanced

stinflame:

It is, those boundaries are spread toward various zones, thereby occupying vast amounts of land. Lands and ancient people of kwara were added to kogi, same as benue. They also have settlements close to Enugu and anambra including Niger

Have been to the South-East before?
I find it hard still to believe Kogi is as big as all SE states put together

Op pls add source and lalasticlala pls do the needful