CBN Governors since Independence

Governor                                                         Time frame

Roy Pentelow Fenton                                  24 July 1958 - 24 July 1963

Aliyu Mai-Bornu                                         25 July 1963 - 22 June 1967

Clement Nyong Isong                                 15 Aug. 1967 - 22 Sept. 1975

Adamu Ciroma                                            24 Sept. 1975 - 28 June 1977

Ola Vincent                                                  26 June 1977 - 28 June 1982

Abdulkadir Ahmed                                      28 June 1982 - 30 Sept. 1993

Paul Agbai Ogwuma                                   1 Oct. 1993 - 29 May 1999

Joseph Oladele Sanusi                                 29 May 1999 - 29 May 2004

Charles C Soludo                                         29 May 2004 - 29 May 2009

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi                                 3 June 2009 - 30 May 2014

Mr. Godwin Emefiele                                  2 June 2014 - Till Date

History of States Creation in Nigeria

Head of State                     Year           NO      Name of State/Region created

1. Lord Lugard                    1952            4         Northern, Western, Mid West and Eastern Region

2. Gen. Yakubu Gowon       1967           12        North east, South East, Benue, Plateau, East Central,
                                                                           Kano, Kwara, Lagos, Mid West, North West,
                                                                           North Central Rivers, South Western State.

3. Gen. Murtala Muhamed   1876          19         Sokoto, Niger, Ondo, Oyo, Kaduna, Bauchi, Imo,
                                                                           Kano, Kwara, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Gongola,
                                                                           Anambra, Borno, Bendel, Benue, Ogun, Plateau,
                                                                           Lagos.

4. Gen Ibrahim Babaginda    1987          2         Katsina, Akwa Ibom

5. Gen Ibrahim Babaginda    1991          10        Yobe, Osun, Taraba, Jigawa, Kogi, Abia, Delta, Edo,
                                                                            Enugu, Adamawa

6. Gen Sanni Abacha            1996            6        Zamfara, Bayelsa, Gombe, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Nasarawa