*NIGERIA'S 36 STATES & FCT RANKED IN ORDER OF LAND SURFACE AREA.*


*RANK STATE KM²*


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


*Anambra + Enugu + Abia + Imo + Ebonyi = 29525KM²
Kogi = 29833KM²


**Ogun + Oyo + Osun + Ondo + Ekiti = 76320KM²
Lagos = 3345KM²
Niger alone = 76363KM²
Niger State = Entire Southwest States - Lagos


The entire southeast is a little less than Kogi State only
The north have more than enough land to take care of RUGA, let it be that way.