List of Federal Government agencies in Nigeria

The Federal Government agencies in Nigeria are:

  1. Abuja Securities and Commodity Exchange Commission
  2. Accident Investigation Bureau
  3. Advertising Practioners of Nigeria
  4. Affairs of Former Heads of State
  5. Africa Regional Centre For Space Science & Technology – Ile-Ife
  6. African Iron And Steel Association
  7. Agricultural Research And Management Institute (ARMTI) – Ilorin
  8. Anambra/ Imo RBDA
  9. ARCEDEM
  10. Arcthitect Registration Board of Niegria -ARCON
  11. Auditor General For The Federation
  12. Aviation Sector (Air Transport)
  13. Bacita Sugar
  14. Benin/ Owena RBDA
  15. Board For Technology Business Incubator Centre – Abuja
  16. Board of Orthopaedic Hospital
  17. Board of Psychiatric Hospital
  18. Border Communities Development Agency
  19. Budget Office of The Federation
  20. Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)
  21. Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP)
  22. Bureau of Public Service Reforms
  23. Cabinet Secretariat
  24. Central Bank of Nigeria
  25. Centre For Adaptation of Technology – Awka (Eldi Awka)
  26. Centre For Automotive Design And Development
  27. Centre For Basic Space Science Nsukka Enugu State
  28. Centre For Black African Arts And Civilisation
  29. Centre For Energy Research – Nsukka
  30. Centre For Energy Research – Sokoto
  31. Centre For Geodesy And Geodynamics Toro Bauchi
  32. Centre For Management Development (CMD)
  33. Centre For Satellite Technology Development – Abuja
  34. Centre For Space Transport And Propulsion, Epe-Lagos
  35. Chad Basin Natioal Park
  36. Chad Basin RBDA
  37. Citizenship And Leadership Training Centre
  38. Civil Defence, Immigration and Prison Service Board (CIPB)
  39. Cocoa Research Institute- Ibadan
  40. Code of Conduct Bureau
  41. Code of Conduct Tribunal
  42. College of Chemical And Leather Technology – Zaria
  43. College of Petroleum And Gas Engineering, Effurun
  44. College of Veterinary And Medical Laboratory Technology – Vom
  45. Command And Staff College, Jaji
  46. Commercial Desk – China
  47. Commercial Desk – Geneva
  48. Committee of Vice Chancellors
  49. Community Health Practitoners Registration Board
  50. Community Health Tutor Programme
  51. Computer Registration Council of Nigeria
  52. Consumer Protection Council
  53. Cooperative Information Network
  54. Corporate Affairs Commission
  55. Corrupt Practices And Related Offences Commission
  56. Council For The Registration of Builders of Nig
  57. Council For The Regulation of Engineering In Nigeria (COREN)
  58. Council For The Regulation of Freight Forwarding In Nigeria
  59. Council of Legal Education
  60. Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers And Geosciences
  61. Court of Appeal
  62. Cross River National Park
  63. Cross River RBDA
  64. Custom, Immigration, Prison Pension Office (CIPPO)
  65. Customary Court of Appeal- Abuja
  66. Debt Management Office
  67. Defence Headqurters
  68. Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON)
  69. Defence Intelligence Agency
  70. Defence Intelligence School
  71. Defence Missions
  72. Dental Technology Registration Board
  73. Dental Therapists Registration Board
  74. Department of Petroleum Resources
  75. Directorate of Military Pensions
  76. Directorate of Pilgrims Affairs (Christian)
  77. Directorate of Pilgrims Affairs (Muslim)
  78. Directorate of Technical Coop. In Africa
  79. Division of Agricultural College, Abu Zaria
  80. Ecological Fund Office
  81. Economic Affairs Office
  82. Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
  83. Education Tax Fund
  84. Energy Commission of Nigeria
  85. Energy Commission of Nigeria And Other Energy Centres
  86. Engineering Materials Development Institute – Akure
  87. Environmental Health Officers Tutors-Ibadan
  88. Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria
  89. Establishment And Pension Office
  90. Estate Surveyors And Valuers Registration Board
  91. External Trade Sector, Geneva (WTO)
  92. Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria
  93. Federal Capital Territory Administration
  94. Federal Character Commission
  95. Federal Civil Service Commission
  96. Federal Collecge of Forestry Jos
  97. Federal College of Agriculture – Akure
  98. Federal College of Agriculture – Ishiagu
  99. Federal College of Agriculture, Moore Plantation- Ibadan
  100. Federal College of Animal Health And Production Technology – Ibadan
  101. Federal College of Animal Health And Production Technology – Vom
  102. Federal Colleges of Education
  103. Federal College of Fisheries And Marine Technology – Lagos
  104. Federal College of Forestry Ibadan
  105. Federal College of Fresh Water Fisheries – Baga
  106. Federal College of Fresh Water Fisheries Technology – New Bussa
  107. Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa, Gombe
  108. Federal College of Land Resources Technology – Owerri
  109. Federal College of Land Resources Technology, Kuru – Jos
  110. Federal College of Produce Inspection And Stored Products Technology, Kano
  111. Federal College of Wildlife Management – New Bussa
  112. Federal Co-Operative College- Ibadan
  113. Federal Co-Operative College- Kaduna
  114. Federal Co-Operative College- Oji River
  115. Federal Federal Ministry of Health – Hqtrs
  116. Federal Federal Ministry of Transport – Hqtrs
  117. Federal Fire Service
  118. Federal Govt. Press
  119. Federal High Court, Lagos
  120. Federal Housing Authority
  121. Federal Inland Revenue Services
  122. Federal Institute of Industrial Research -Oshodi
  123. Federal Judiciary Service Commission- Abuja
  124. Federal Medical Centres
  125. Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria
  126. Federal Polytechnic
  127. Federal Produce Inspection
  128. Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
  129. Federal Road Maintenance Agency
  130. Federal Road Safety Commission
  131. Federal School of Dental Technology And Therapy, Enugu
  132. Federal School of Occupational Therapy, Yaba
  133. Federal School of Physiotheraphy – Kano
  134. Federal School of Survey, Oyo
  135. Federal Staff Clinics
  136. Federal Unity Schools
  137. Federal Universities
  138. Federal University Teaching Hospital
  139. Fiscal Responsilibity Commission
  140. Foreign Service Academy (FSA)
  141. Forestry Mechanisation College, Afaka
  142. Forestry Research Institute of Ibadan
  143. Galaxy Backbone Limited
  144. Gashaka Gumti National Park
  145. General Service Office
  146. Guards Brigade
  147. Hadejia-Jamaa RBDA
  148. Health Records Registration Board
  149. High Court of Justice, FCT Abuja
  150. Hotel and Catering School – Benin
  151. Hotel and Catering School – Enugu
  152. Hotel and Catering School Kaduna
  153. Hotel and Catering School Lagos
  154. House Committee on Public Accounts
  155. House of Representatives
  156. Hydraulic Equipment Research Institute – Kano
  157. Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission
  158. Independent National Electoral Commission
  159. Industrial Arbitration Panel
  160. Industrial Training Fund
  161. Infrastructural Concessionary And Regulatory Commission
  162. Institute for Child Health
  163. Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
  164. Institute of Agricultural Research And Training- Ibadan
  165. Institute of Agricultural Research- Zaria
  166. Institute of Archeology And Museum Studies- Jos
  167. Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria
  168. Institute of Forensics Science Laboratory-Oshodi
  169. Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria
  170. Investment And Securities Tribunal
  171. Joint Admissions Matriculation Board
  172. Judiciary Service Committee- FCT Abuja
  173. Kainji National Park
  174. Kamuku National Park
  175. Lagos Liaison Office
  176. Lake Chad Research Institute- Maiduguri
  177. Legal Aid Council
  178. Lower Benue RBDA
  179. Lower Niger RBDA
  180. Mambilla Hydro-Electric Power Project
  181. Maritime Academy, Oron
  182. Mass Literacy Council
  183. Medical And Dental Council of Nigeria
  184. Medical Lab. Science Council of Nigeria, Yaba
  185. Medical Rehabilitation Therapy Board
  186. Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha
  187. Michael Imodu Institute of Labour Studies
  188. Military Missons
  189. Minsitry of Energy (Petroleum Resources) Hqtrs
  190. NAG National Parks
  191. NASS Management
  192. National Action Committee on Aids (NACA)
  193. National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control
  194. National Agency For Science And Engineering Infrastructures
  195. National Agency For The Prohibition of Traffic In Persons
  196. National Agric. Extension Research Liaison Services- Zaria
  197. National Agricultural Insurance Corporation (Naic)
  198. National Animal Product Research Institute- Zaria
  199. National Arbovirus And Vector Research
  200. National Assembly
  201. National Assembly Commission
  202. National Atomic Energy Commission & Centres
  203. National Automotive Council
  204. National Biotechnological Development Agency – Abuja
  205. National Board For Community Banks
  206. National Boundary Commission
  207. National Broadcasting Commision
  208. National Business And Technical Education Board
  209. National Centre For Agricultural Mechanisation- Ilorin
  210. National Centre For Genetic Research And Biotechnology – Ibadan
  211. National Centre For Remote Sensing – Jos
  212. National Centre For Technonology Management, Ile Ife
  213. National Centre For Women Development
  214. National Cereals Research Institute- Badeggi
  215. National Commission For College Education Secretariat
  216. National Commission For Museums And Monuments
  217. National Commission For Refugees
  218. National Council of Arts And Culture
  219. National Directorate of Employment
  220. National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
  221. National Ear Care Centre
  222. National Economic Intelligence Committee
  223. National Education Research & Development Council
  224. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
  225. National Engineering Design And Development Centre -Nnewi
  226. National Environmental Standards And Regulations Enforcement Agency
  227. National Examinations Council
  228. National Film And Vedio Censor Board
  229. National Film Archives
  230. National Film Institute
  231. National Gallery of Art
  232. National Hajj Commission of Nigeria
  233. National Health Equipment Training Centers (NHETC)
  234. National Health Equipment Training Centres – Enugu
  235. National Health Equipment Training Centres -Zaria
  236. National Health Insurance Scheme
  237. National Horticultural Research Institute- Ibadan
  238. National Hospital
  239. National Human Rights Commission
  240. National Identity Management Commission
  241. National Industrial Court
  242. National Information Technology Development Agency
  243. National Inland Waterways Authority
  244. National Inst. of Hospitality And Tourism Development Studies
  245. National Inst. of Pharm. Research And Development, Abuja
  246. National Institute For Culture Orientation
  247. National Institute For Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) – Benin
  248. National Institute For Policy And Strategic Studies (NIPSS)
  249. National Institute of Freshwater Fish- New Bussa
  250. National Institute Trypanosomiasis Research – Kaduna
  251. National Insurance Commission
  252. National Iron Ore Mining Project – Itakpe
  253. National Judicial Council- Abuja
  254. National Judicial Institute- Abuja
  255. National Library of Nigeria
  256. National Merit Award
  257. National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos
  258. National Office of Technology Acquisition And Promotion – Abuja
  259. National Oil Spill Detection And Response Agency
  260. National Open University
  261. National Orientation Agency
  262. National Park Headquarters
  263. National Partnership For Africa&sq;S Development (NEPAD)
  264. National Pension Commission
  265. National Planning Commission
  266. National Population Commission
  267. National Post Graduate Medical College of Nigeria-Ijanikin Lagos
  268. National Poverty Eradication Program (NAPEP)
  269. National Primary Health Care Development Agency
  270. National Productivity Centre
  271. National Programme On Immunization
  272. National Research Institute For Chemical Technology -Zaria
  273. National Root Crops Research Institute- Umudike
  274. National Rural Electrification Agency
  275. National Salaries, Income And Wages Commission
  276. National Space Research And Development Agency – Abuja
  277. National Sports Commission
  278. National Sports Commission – Hqtrs
  279. National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency, Kaduna
  280. National Sugar Development Council
  281. National Teachers Institute
  282. National Theatre
  283. National Troupe of Nigeria
  284. National Universities Commission Secretariat
  285. National Veterinary Research Institute- Vom
  286. National War Museum – Umuahia
  287. National Water Resources Institute- Kaduna
  288. National Youth Service Corps (Nysc)
  289. News Agency of Nigeria
  290. Niger Delta Development Commission
  291. Niger Delta Power Holding Company/National Integrated Power Project
  292. Niger Delta RBDA
  293. Nigereria Investment Promotion Council
  294. Nigeria Airspace Management Agency
  295. Nigeria Animal Institute
  296. Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission
  297. Nigeria Communication Commission
  298. Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited
  299. Nigeria Custom Services
  300. Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Neiti)
  301. Nigeria Football Association
  302. Nigeria Immigration Service
  303. Nigeria Institute For Science Laboratory Technology – Ibadan
  304. Nigeria Institute For Sports (Nis)
  305. Nigeria Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
  306. Nigeria Institute of International Affairs
  307. Nigeria Institute of Oceanography And Marine Research (NIOMR) – Lagos
  308. Nigeria Institute of Public Relations
  309. Nigeria Maritime Security And Administrative Agency
  310. Nigeria Metrological Services (NIMET)
  311. Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency
  312. Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Agency
  313. Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority
  314. Nigeria Press Council
  315. Nigeria Railways Hospitals
  316. Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
  317. Nigeria Shipper Council
  318. Nigeria Stored Products Research, Ilorin
  319. Nigeria Telecommunication
  320. Nigeria Trade Office, China
  321. Nigeria Trade Office, Taiwan
  322. Nigerian Accounting Standards Board
  323. Nigerian Airforce
  324. Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, Lagos
  325. Nigerian Army
  326. Nigerian Building And Road Research Institute – Lagos
  327. Nigerian College of Aviation Technology-Zaria
  328. Nigerian Copyright Commission
  329. Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)
  330. Nigerian Defence College
  331. Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
  332. Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority
  333. Nigerian Export Promotion Council
  334. Nigerian Film Corporation
  335. Nigerian Geological Survey Agency.
  336. Nigerian Institute For Education Planners & Administration
  337. Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos
  338. Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba
  339. Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology
  340. Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission
  341. Nigerian Law Reform Commission
  342. Nigerian Law School
  343. Nigerian Navy
  344. Nigerian Prison Service
  345. Nigerian Railway Corporation
  346. Nigerian Television Authority
  347. Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation
  348. NIPOST
  349. NMT
  350. Noma Children Hospital, Sokoto
  351. Nomadic Education Commission
  352. Nurse Tutor Programme Akoka Lagos
  353. Nurse Tutor Training – Enugu
  354. Nurse Tutor Trainning Ibadan
  355. Nurse Tutor Trainning Kaduna
  356. Nursing And Midwifery Council
  357. Office of the Accountant-General of The Federation
  358. Office of the Head of The Civil Service of The Federation
  359. Office of the Senior Special Assistant To The President – MDGS (OSSAP-MDGS)
  360. Office of the Special Adviser, Senior Special Assistants, and Special Assistants to the President domiciled in the State House
  361. Office of the Surveyor-General of The Federation
  362. Ogun/ Osun RBDA
  363. Okumu National Park
  364. Onne Oil And Gas Free Zone Authority
  365. Optometrist And Dispensing Opticians Board of Nigeria
  366. Overseas Missions
  367. Oyo National Park
  368. Pension Area Office
  369. Petroleum Equalization Fund
  370. Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPRA)
  371. Petroleum Resources (Gas Sector)
  372. Petroleum Training Institute
  373. Pharmacist Council of Nigeria Council
  374. Phc Tutors Programme,Kaduna Ply-Kaduna
  375. Phc Tutors Programme,Uch-Ibadan
  376. Police Formations And Command
  377. Police Pension Board
  378. Police Service Commission
  379. Political Affairs Office
  380. Port Security
  381. Post Health Services (PHS)
  382. Power Equipment And Electrical Machinery Development Centre – Okene
  383. Power Holding Company of Nigeria
  384. Presidency
  385. Presidential Advisory Committee
  386. Presidential Committee On Barracks Rehabilitation
  387. Project Development Institute – Enugu
  388. Public Complaints Commission
  389. Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nig
  390. Radiographers Registration Board
  391. Regional Centre For Int&sq;L Commercial Arbitration
  392. Regional Centre For Technonology Management (NACETEM – Lagos)
  393. Regional Centre For Training In Aerospace Survey
  394. Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, And Fiscal Commission
  395. Rubber Research Institute- Benin
  396. Science Equipment Development Institute- Enugu
  397. Science Equipment Development Intitute – Minna
  398. Secretary To The Government of The Federation (SGF)
  399. Security And Exchange Commission
  400. Senate
  401. Senate Committee On Public Accounts
  402. Sharia Court of Appeal ? Abuja
  403. Sheda Science And Technology Complex – Abuja
  404. Skill Acquisition And Training
  405. Small And Meduim Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
  406. Sokoto Rima RBDA
  407. Special Climate Change Unit
  408. Special Duties Office
  409. Special Services Office
  410. Standard Organization of Nigeria
  411. State House – Hqtrs
  412. Supreme Court of Nigeria
  413. Survey Council of Nigeria
  414. Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board
  415. Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria
  416. Technical Aids Corps
  417. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Aba
  418. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Abeokuta
  419. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Agege
  420. Technology Business Incubator Centre – B/ Kebbi
  421. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Bauchi
  422. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Benin
  423. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Calabar
  424. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Gusau
  425. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Ibadan
  426. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Igbotako
  427. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Jos
  428. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Kano
  429. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Maiduguri
  430. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Minna
  431. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Nnewi
  432. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Okwe Onuimo
  433. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Sokoto
  434. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Uyo
  435. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Warri
  436. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Yenegoa
  437. Technology Business Incubator Centre – Yola
  438. Town Planners Registration Council
  439. Trade Fair Complex, Lagos
  440. Universal Basic Education (UBE) Commission
  441. Upper Benue RBDA
  442. Upper Niger RBDA
  443. Urban Development Bank
  444. Utitlities Charges Commission
  445. Veterinary Council of Nigeria
  446. Voice of Nigeria
  447. Weight And Measure Training Institute
  448. West African Examination Council (International)
  449. West African Examination Council (Local)
  450. Yankari National Park

Nigeria is a country in Africa, a regional power on the continent and an emerging power on the international scene.

It has 36 states and a Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Having being divided into states, the country is further divided into 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs).

The LGAs are under the control of their respective states.

The country has the largest economy in Africa.

Nigeria’s population is over 230 million, making it number 1 most populated country in Africa, and number 6 in the world.

Tiv people of Nigeria

It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi).

It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean.

Abuja City Gate

Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west.

It is often referred to as the Giant of Africa owing to its large population and economy and is considered to be an emerging market by the World Bank.

National Assembly building

However, the country ranks very low in the Human Development Index and remains one of the most corrupt nations in the world.

Maitama, Abuja with Hilton Hotel’s high-rise building in the foreground

The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the largest in Africa.

Lagos, the commercial capital and main sea port city

Nigeria is a multinational state inhabited by more than 250 ethnic groups speaking 500 distinct languages, all identifying with a wide variety of cultures.

The official language is English, chosen to facilitate linguistic unity at the national level.

Nigeria is a founding member of AU (African Union) and a member of other international organizations including UN (United Nations), Commonwealth of Nations and ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States).