North-Western State is a former administrative division of

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region and existed until 3 February 1976, when it was divided into two states –

Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...

and

Sokoto Sokoto (Hausa language, Hausa: ; Fulfulde, Fula: , ''Leydi Sokoto'') is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the extreme northwest of the country. It is bounded by Niger, Republic of the Niger to the north and west for 363 km (226 m ...

. The city of

was the capital of North-Western State.

North-Western State Governors

* Usman Faruk (28 May 1967 – July 1975) * Umaru Mohammed (July 1975 – 1976)

References

Former Nigerian administrative divisions States and territories established in 1967 States and territories disestablished in 1976 {{Sokoto-geo-stub