There are over 300 federal agencies in Nigeria. The agencies are spread across the federal ministries while some of them are domiciled in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The agencies are:
1) Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB)
2) National Lottery Trust Fund
3) National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT)
4) National Root Crops Research Institute (NCRI)
5) National Agricultural Extension, Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS)
6) National Centre For Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM)
7) Nigeria Institute Of Animal Science (NIAS)
8) Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR)
9) Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN)
10) National Veterinary Research Institute
11) Nigeria Institute Of Soil Science (NISS)
12) Veterinary Council Of Nigeria (VCN)
13) National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA)
14) Agricultural Research Council Of Nigeria (ARCN)
15) National Theatre
16) National Films and Censors Board
17) National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC)
18) Centre for Black and African Arts and Culture (CBAAC)
19) Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS)
20) Bank Of Agriculture (BOA)
21) Nigeria Agricultural Seed Council
22) National War Museum (NWM)
23) National Gallery of Art (NGA)
24) Agricultural And Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI)
25) National Institute of Archeology and Museums Studies
26) National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN)
27) National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO)
28) Nigerian Film Corporation
29) Federal Capital Territory Muslim Pilgrims Board (FCT MPB)
30) Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
31) Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT)
32) Federal Capital Territory Board Of Internal Revenue (FCTBIR)
33) Federal Capital Territory Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (FCT CPWB)
34) National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM)
35) Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIS)
36) Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC)
37) Nigerian Institute for Hospitality and Tourism(NIHOTOUR)
38) National Film & Video Censors Board (NFVCB)
39) Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)
40) Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB)
41) National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
42) Galaxy Backbone
43) Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)
44) Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET)
45) Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat)
46) Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST)
47) Budget Office of the Federation (BOF)
48) National Bureau of Statistics
49) Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)
50) Centre for Management Development
51) Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
52) Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF)
53) Defence Headquarters
54) National Institute for Educational Planning & Administration (NIEPA)
55) National Teachers Institute (NTI)
56) Defence Intelligence School
57) The Nigerian Army
58) Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), Asokoro
59) Defence Mission
60) The Nigeria Airforce
61) Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC)
62) Powernoth AICL Equipment Leasing Company Ltd
63) Abuja Technology Village Free Trade Zone Company
64) The Nigerian Navy
65) Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC)
66) National Defence College
67) National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE)
68) National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)
69) Nigerian Educational Research Development Council (NERDC)
70) Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)
71) Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)
72) Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji
73) Military Pension Board
74) National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS)
75) National Universities Commission (NUC)
76) Department of Service (DSS)
77) Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Commission
78) Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON)
79) National Water Resources Institute (NWRI)
80) Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)
81) Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA)
82) River Basin Development Authorities (RBDA)
83) Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigerian (LRCN)
84) Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND)
85) National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)
86) National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE)
87) Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN)
88) Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)
89) National Library of Nigeria (NLN)
90) National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC)
91) National Sugar Development Council (NSDC)
92) Abuja Markets Management Ltd
93) Abuja Film Village International
94) West African Examination Council (WAEC)
95) Nigerian French Language Village (NFV)
96) National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN)
97) National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW)
98) FCT Primary Healthcare Board
99) Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA)
100) Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN),
101) Federal Scholarship Board (FSB)
102) Nigerian Arabic Language Village (NALV)
103) Nigerian Mathematical Centre (NMC)
104) National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA)
105) National Park Service (NPS)
106) Forest Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN)
107) Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET FUND)
108) Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
109) National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB)
110) National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA)
111) Abuja Investment Company Ltd
112) Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company
113) Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
114) Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate
115) Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON)
116) National Oil Spill Detection And Response Agency (NOSDRA)
117) FCTA agencies and parastatal are:
118) FCT Water Board
119) FCT Scholarship Board
120) Abuja Enterprise Agency
121) Hospital Management Board
122) Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (TAC)
123) Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB)
124) National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
125) National Commission for Adult Education Mass Literacy and Non-Formal Education (NMEC)
126) National Boundary Commission
127) National Examination Council (NECO)
128) FCT Health Insurance Scheme
129) Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
130) Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)
131) Debt Management Office (DMO)
132) FCT Emergency Management Agency
133) Abuja Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
134) Satellite Towns Development Department
135) Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation
136) Nigerian Export-Import Bank [NEXIM]
137) National Council of Arts and Culture
138) Investments and Securities Tribunal
139) Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN)
140) Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC)
141) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
142) Family Homes Fund
143) Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN)
144) Dental Technologists Registration Board of Nigeria (DTRBN),
145) Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)
146) National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERF)
147) Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)
148) Nigerian Foreign Service Academy
149) The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)
150) Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)
151) National Agency for Control of AIDs (NACA)
152) National Insurance Commission (NIC)
153) Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA),
154) The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN),
155) Area Councils Services Commission (ACSC)
156) Abuja Infrastructure Investment Centre (AIIC)
157) Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA).
158) Nigerians in Diaspora Commission
159) Surveyors Registration Council of Nigeria
160) Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation
161) National Commission for Persons with Disabilities
162) National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD)
163) National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA)
164) Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN),
165) Institute of Public Analysis of Nigeria (IPAN),
166) Optometry and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria (ODORBN), and
167) Dental Therapists Registration Board of Nigeria (DThBN)
168) Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria
169) Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON),
170) Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN)
171) Nigeria Commodities Exchange
172) Health Records Registration Board of Nigeria (HRORBN),
173) Abuja Property Development Company
174) Federal Housing Authority
175) National Housing Programme
176) Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria (RRBN),
177) Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)
178) National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons
179) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
180) National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),
181) National Senior Citizens Centre
182) Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria (CHPRBN),
183) Medical Rehab Therapists Registration Board (MRTBN),
184) Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA)
185) Federal Character Commission (FCC)
186) Nigeria Television Authority (NTA)
187) Nigerian Press Council (NPC)
188) Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC)
189) Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
190) Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
191) National Agency for Prohibition and Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)
192) North-East Development Commission (NEDC),
193) Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
194) Industrial Training Fund (ITF)
195) Standards Organisation of Nigeria Conformity Assessment Program (SONCAP)
196) Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
197) Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFCMB)
198) Bank of Industry (BOI)
199) Consumer Protection Council (CPC)
200) Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board (TBSMB)
201) National Space Research and Development Agency (NARSDA)
202) Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)
203) Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON)
204) National Orientation Agency (NOA)
205) News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
206) Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)
207) National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)
208) Nigeria Extractive Industries Transprency Initiative
209) The Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT)
210) Nigerian Institute For Trypanosomiasis And Onchocerciasis (NITR)
211) National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA)
212) Voice of Nigeria (VON)
213) National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
214) National Hajj Commission of Nigeria
215) National Board For Technology Incubation (NBTI)
216) Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN)
217) National Centre For Technology Management (NACETEM)
218) National Office For Technology Acquisition And Promotion (NOTAP)
219) National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT)
220) Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO)
221) Project Development Institute (PRODA)
222) Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA)
223) Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBBRI)
224) National Human Rights Commission
225) Federal Institute of Food & Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO)
226) National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI)
227) Federal Fire Service
228) Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Abuja
229) Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
230) Nigeria Immigration Service
231) National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)
232) Nigeria Law Reform Commission
233) Nigeria Institute of Building
234) National Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST)
235) The Civil Defence, Immigration, Prisons, Fire Service Board (CDFIPB)
236) Nigerian Correctional Service
237) Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
238) Legal Aid Council of Nigeria
239) National Human Right Commission (NHRC)
240) National Judicial Council (NJC)
241) Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Study (NIALS)
242) Nigeria Copyright Commission
243) Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission
244) Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC)
245) National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
246) Council for Legal Education (Nigeria Law School)
247) National Judicial Institute (NJI)
248) National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NPATIP)
249) National Directorate of Employment (NDE)
250) Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP)
251) National Productivity Centre (NPC)
252) Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURC)
253) Petroleum Training Institute (PTI)
254) Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)
255) Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS)
256) Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research
257) Nigerian Ports Authority
258) Nigerian Shippers’ Council
259) Maritime Academy of Nigeria
260) National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA)
261) Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)
262) Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding of Nigeria
263) Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)
264) Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited
265) Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA)
266) Rural Electrification Agency (REA)
267) Citizenship & Leadership Training Centre
268) Nigerian Institute of Mining Geosciences (NIMG)
269) Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF)
270) Nigeria Police Force (NPF)
271) Public Complaints Commission, Nigeria
272) Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF)
273) Nigerian Content Development Management Board (NCDMB)
274) Nigerian Geological Survey Office (NGSA)
275) Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA)
276) Police Academy, Wudil, Kano (POLAC)
277) Network & Social Mobilisation (NSM)
278) Police Colleges and Formations
279) Police Service Commission (PSC)
280) Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
281) Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA)
282) Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)
283) Nigerian Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO)
284) National Power Training Institute (NAPTIN)
285) Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET)
286) Presidential Task Force on Power
287) Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC)
288) Nigeria Power Finance
289) National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission
290) Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG)
291) Mining Cadastre Office (MCO)
292) Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF)
293) National Sports Commission (NSC)
294) Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL)
295) Metallurgical Training Institute (MTI)
296) National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency (NSRMEA)
297) National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC)
298) National Lottery Regulatory Commission
299) National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) formerly known as Associated Ores Mining Company (AOMC)
300) Education & Youth Development (EYD)
301) National Institute for Hospitality Tourism (NIHOTOUR)
302) Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation
303) Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology
304) Nigerian Railway CorporationNational Centre for Women Development
305) Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON)
306) Council of Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
307) Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA)
308) Enterprise Development and Promotion (EDP)
309) National Population Commission (NPC)
310) Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)
