States and how they got their name

Question 1

Abia

Answer 1

An acronymn

Aba Bende Isuikwuato Afikpo.

Question 2

Adamawa State

Answer 2

Named after a warrior, Modibbo Adama Bin Ardo Hassan

Question 3

Akwa Ibom State

Answer 3

Akwa Ibom is named after the Qua Iboe (or Kwa Iboe) River.

Question 4

Anambra State

Answer 4

The state got its name from the corrupted version of Oma Mbala (Ànyịm Ọma Mbala), a popular river in the area.

Question 5

Bauchi

Answer 5

The third states that ‘Bauchi’ is Hausa’s word for slavery since it was a centre for slave raiders.
In the second version, the state was named for Baushe, a famous hunter who settled there before the 19th century.
Bauchi’ is a Hausa word meaning the southern flanks of Hausaland. Tribes living in the southern parts of the Hausaland were referred to as “kasashen Bauchi” and the area they lived in later came to be known simply as Bauchi

Question 6

Bayelsa

Answer 6

Bayelsa is a combination of the acronyms of three local government areas. Brass LGA is known as BALGA, Yenegoa LGA is known as YELGA and Sagbama LGA is known as SALGA

Question 7

Benue

Answer 7

The state was named after the “Europeanised” corruption of ‘Binuwe’, the Batta word for ‘Mother of Waters’.