Benue tops Nigeria’s HIV treatment chart as 1.7 million patients receive care nationwide
Benue State has recorded the highest number of people currently receiving HIV treatment in Nigeria, with 191,756 patients on antiretroviral therapy, according to the latest national treatment data released for June 2026.
The figures, reflecting the distribution of patients receiving HIV treatment across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of Thursday, June 30, 2026, showed that about 1.70 million people are currently on treatment nationwide.
Akwa Ibom ranked second with 159,262 patients receiving treatment, while Lagos came third with 137,046.
Rivers State occupied the fourth position with 88,560 patients, followed by Nasarawa with 66,283 and the Federal Capital Territory with 61,105.
Kaduna recorded 58,457 patients on treatment, narrowly ahead of Cross River, which had 58,046, while Enugu and Anambra completed the top ten with 55,637 and 53,417 patients respectively.
Delta followed with 52,731 patients, Taraba recorded 51,462, Abia had 49,417, Imo accounted for 47,773, while Plateau rounded off the top 15 with 44,228 patients.
Other states on the list included Kano with 42,097 patients, Adamawa with 41,290, Kogi with 37,278, Oyo with 32,925, Niger with 31,402, Ogun with 31,260, Edo with 29,529, Bauchi with 29,297, Gombe with 28,957, Osun with 24,972, Borno with 24,277, Ondo with 22,225, Kebbi with 20,706, Bayelsa with 18,889, Katsina with 18,619, Kwara with 15,252, Ebonyi with 15,185, Jigawa with 14,235, Zamfara with 13,759, Ekiti with 12,314, Sokoto with 11,933, and Yobe with 10,247.
The latest treatment distribution highlights the scale of Nigeria’s HIV response, with healthcare facilities across the country continuing to provide lifesaving antiretroviral therapy to people living with the virus.
Health experts have consistently maintained that sustained access to treatment is critical to improving the quality of life of people living with HIV, reducing AIDS-related deaths and limiting further transmission of the virus through effective viral suppression.
