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Ever wondered how many hours of road time stand between you and the capital?
Whether you’re planning a business trip or a cross-country move, knowing the distance to Abuja is key. From the long haul of Damaturu to the quick drive from Minna, the gap is massive!
How many kilometers do you have to cover to reach the FCT? Find your city below! 👇

Distance from state capitals to and from Abuja

1. Damaturu: 957km
2. Maiduguri: 918km
3. Yola: 855km
4. Ikeja: 761km
5. Sokoto: 748km
6. Abeokuta: 740km
7. Calabar: 729km
8. Jalingo: 691km
9. Yenagoa: 647km
10. Ibadan: 645km
11. Port Harcourt: 616km
12. Gombe: 606km
13. Uyo: 593km
14. Birnin Kebbi: 573km
15. Katsina: 570km
16. Owerri: 533km
17. Umuahia: 513km
18. Dutse: 512km
19. Gusau: 490km
20. Ilorin: 482km
21. Ado Ekiti: 480km
22. Abakaliki: 477km
23. Benin City: 450km
24. Bauchi: 445km
25. Awka: 440km
26. Oshogbo: 428km
27. Akure: 420km
28. Asaba: 404km
29. Kano: 396km
30. Enugu: 393km
31. Jos: 313km
32. Makurdi: 280km
33. Lokoja: 193km
34. Kaduna: 186km
35. Lafia: 180km
36. Minna: 156km

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Southern States are even closer as a matter of fact

How can Asaba be closer to Abuja than Benin when you must go through Benin to reach Asaba? Maybe it is line-of-sight distance then or rail is involved.

CodeTemplarr:
How can Asaba be closer to Abuja than Benin when you must go through Benin to reach Asaba? Maybe it is line-of-sight distance then or rail is involved.

Study the map of Nigeria properly, you will understand. The post is comparing the capital of each state to the FCT and not the nearest point of the state or the state as a whole

Wetin we won use this information do? will it reduce the cost of transportation? Abeg since yesterday i never see Christmas chicken chop

DSS1335:
Study the map of Nigeria properly, you will understand. The post is comparing the capital of each state to the FCT and not the nearest point of the state or the state as a whole

Did you read his question at all.
Did you understand it

CodeTemplarr:
How can Asaba be closer to Abuja than Benin when you must go through Benin to reach Asaba? Maybe it is line-of-sight distance then or rail is involved.

From the photo of the map on the OP, Asaba is indeed closer to Abuja than Benin

So Damaturu to Abuja is farther than Maiduguri to Abuja?

Who measured this nonsense? Damaturu to Maiduguri is 120 kilometers. If you are traveling from Abuja to Maiduguri you’ll pass through Damaturu. Maiduguri is the farthest of any state capital to Abuja.

You also did not read the comment you replied very well. A valid comment was made.

Proudlyngwa:
Did you read his question at all.
Did you understand it

How is Akure closer to Abuja than Ado Ekiti?
And Ilorin and Ado Ekiti are about the same distance to Abuja?

Nigeria is a big country oooooo

DSS1335:
Study the map of Nigeria properly, you will understand. The post is comparing the capital of each state to the FCT and not the nearest point of the state or the state as a whole

Did you read his question at all.
Did you understand it

CodeTemplarr:
How can Asaba be closer to Abuja than Benin when you must go through Benin to reach Asaba? Maybe it is line-of-sight distance then or rail is involved.

Why do you need to go through benin from asaba to get to Abuja

Doing 44km from Oyo to Ibadan, 645km from Ibadan to Abuja and 313km to Jos from Abuja no be child's play o. This is what I used to cover since about 16 years back. I have to be looking for flight fare anytime I want to go there again o.

Is it not where there is access road you will go through. By flight you have no business with Benin

Proudlyngwa:
Why do you need to go through benin from asaba to get to Abuja

DSS1335:
Study the map of Nigeria properly, you will understand. The post is comparing the capital of each state to the FCT and not the nearest point of the state or the state as a whole

Irredeemable complicity shall not be our portion in Jesus name. Asaba and Benin are state capitals and not any random nearest point. Topics says capitals

This is educational, I see

Onlinetutor7:
You also did not read the comment you replied very well. A valid comment was made.

No you are the one , who did not understand, read what was quoted, he asked why should Asaba be closer when you have to go through benin,
That is the question, it is about journey from state capitals , it was not talking about state, the response is to explain to him why a journey that passed through benin becomes shorter than the benin itself , and make him understand that the benin route is not the only route,
It might be safer, more motorable , but not the only route.

Onlinetutor7:
Is it not where there is access road you will go through. By flight you have no business with Benin

Asaba, onitsha, Enugu, nightmile, obolo eke, Ayangba, lokoja, Abuja

If memory serves me right

Why do you need to go through Benin

dominique:
From the photo of the map on the OP, Asaba is indeed closer to Abuja than Benin

but benin connects asaba to abuja via lokoja? Yes or No?
The other option i see is asaba to SE(enugu) to makurdi to abuja which looks even longer.

I doubt if you ever did geography. When distance is talked about in this regard what matters is from point A to point B, not route followed.

Route may make a journey longer. But distance is constant. And the thread is about distance.

Proudlyngwa:
No you are the one , who did not understand, read what was quoted, he asked why should Asaba be closer when you have to go through benin,
That is the question, it is about journey from state capitals , it was not talking about state, the response is to explain to him why a journey that passed through benin becomes shorter than the benin itself , and make him understand that the benin route is not the only route,
It might be safer, more motorable , but not the only route.

CodeTemplarr:
How can Asaba be closer to Abuja than Benin when you must go through Benin to reach Asaba? Maybe it is line-of-sight distance then or rail is involved.

The post emphasises how many hours of road time stand between state capitals and the federal capital. Since Road is emphasised here, we should also take into cognisance the route; Asaba will easily connect Onitsha —> Enugu —> Lokoja and Abuja, whereas Benin may need to connect Auchi —> Okene —> Lokoja, then Abuja, or the Ondo route, which is longer.

Distance has nothing to do with route. We are talking of how far point A is from point B. The route may make distance longer. But distance is constant.

CodeTemplarr:
but benin connects asaba to abuja via lokoja? Yes or No?
The other option i see is asaba to SE(enugu) to makurdi to abuja which looks even longer.

Onlinetutor7:
Distance has nothing to do with route. We are talking of how far point A is from point B. The route may make distance longer. But distance is constant.

That was my original concern too. Line of sight distance or federal road distance?

Kalaba:
The post emphasises how many hours of road time stand between state capitals and the federal capital. Since Road is emphasised here, we should also take into cognisance the route; Asaba will easily connect Onitsha —> Enugu —> Lokoja and Abuja, whereas Benin may need to connect Auchi —> Okene —> Lokoja, then Abuja, or the Ondo route, which is longer.

didnt realize thwre was a direct enugu-lokoja road.

Onlinetutor7:
I doubt if you ever did geography. When distance is talked about in this regard what matters is from point A to point B, not route followed.

Route may make a journey longer. But distance is constant. And the thread is about distance.

The original post said road time , that is what we are sticking on

I guess you focused so much on geography, you forgot comprehension

Some people will still find some form of marginalization and persecution in this, eternal cry babies of the federal republic of Nigeria

CodeTemplarr:
didnt realize thwre was a direct enugu-lokoja road.

There is.
Enugu is the only entry point by road to the North. Through Obolo, Ankpa, Ayingba, up.
Or Ubolo to the benue side.

CodeTemplarr:
How can Asaba be closer to Abuja than Benin when you must go through Benin to reach Asaba? Maybe it is line-of-sight distance then or rail is involved.

From Asaba , you Roll into kogi and then Abuja. The time you'll use to travel to Benin, you're already in Kogi heading to Abuja

This is wrong. How can Maiduguri be closer to Abuja than Damaturu?

With this first mistake, the whole distance thing is trash

SadiqBabaSani:
Southern States are even closer as a matter of fact

No all southern cities are close to Abuja...

Southern cities that are closer to the Nigerian borders are far from Abuja....

Ikeja.... Calabar.... Abeokuta

This topic is full of false data .

Ibadan to abuja by flight is 1 hour by road 640km chia money good o