{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_vcmyql5zjq57afo3ok7q","title":"October 1, 1996: How Abacha Created Six New States in Nigeria","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/october-1-1996-how-abacha-created-six-new-states-in-nigeria-vcmyql5zjq","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_vcmyql5zjq57afo3ok7q","seq":1286669,"kind":"article","title":"October 1, 1996: How Abacha Created Six New States in Nigeria","url":"https://thisday.com.ng/october-1-1996-how-abacha-created-six-new-states-in-nigeria","summary":"On October 1, 1996, Nigeria’s 36th Independence Anniversary, the then Head of State, General Sani Abacha, used his national broadcast to announce the creation of six new states, a landmark decision that significantly reshaped the country’s political and administrative landscape. In his Independence Day address, Abacha emphasised the need for national vision, homegrown ideas and […]","published":"2026-10-02T06:45:12Z","seen":"2026-10-02T07:10:57Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thisday-com-ng-1951be","name":"thisday.com.ng","domain":"thisday.com.ng"},"via":"kite-thisday-com-ng-1951be","topics":["breaking"],"authors":["todaynews"],"entities":[{"id":"Q34898","name":"Basa-Benue","type":"person"},{"id":"Q1033","name":"Nigeria","type":"place"}],"story":"st_vcmyql5zjq57afo3ok7q","category":"politics","category_p":0.7599999904632568,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.07000000029802322,"political":0.8700000047683716}]}