Kogi State was carved out of the old Kwara and Benue States. The people f Kogi had shared a common history and had co-existed as one polity for a period of over seven decades before being severed by the 1976 States creation exercise. The creation of the State on the 27th August 1991 was a…

It was in Lokoja, that the name Nigeria, was coined by Flora Shaw, the future wife of Lord Lugard, a British colonial administrator while gazing out at the river that stretched before her in the late 19th century. Kogi state is found in the central region of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State…

Markets in Kogi State by Local Government Areas are: 10.Ajaokuta Local Government Area A. Adogo Market B. Eganyi Market 11.Okene Local Government Area. A. Okene Market B. Obehira Market 12.Okehi Local Government Area. A. Obeiba –Ihima Market B. Abobo Market C. Oboroke Market Kogi Kogi State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located…

Kogi State markets according to Local Government Areas are: 10.Ajaokuta Local Government Area A. Adogo Market B. Eganyi Market 11.Okene Local Government Area. A. Okene Market B. Obehira Market 12.Okehi Local Government Area. A. Obeiba –Ihima Market B. Abobo Market C. Oboroke Market Kogi Kogi State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located…

Kogi State is highly heterogeneous and Its central location coupled with the diverse states and ethnic groups surrounding it. The major ethnic groups in the state are: Igala, Ebira and Okun. Others include Egbura-Koto, Nupe, Bassa-Nge, Bassa -Komo, Kakanda and Ogoris Kogi Kogi State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the…

Lokoja Local Government Area has an aged long history. The area has contributed in no small measure to the socio-political development of Nigeria before, during after the colonial period. In 1904, Lord Lugard moved the headquarters of his administration from Lokoja to Zungeru to enable him subdue other Northern towns under British flag. Lokoja was…

Ijumu kingdom or what is known as Ijumu Local Government Area is located between latitude 7/30 to 8/10 North of the equator and between longitudes 5/45 to 6/15 east of the Greenwich Meridian. Ijumu Local Government Area has a total land mass of 1490 square kilometres. Ijumu Local Government Area shares common boundaries with Ekiti…

Local Government Areas and their headquarters in Kogi State, Nigeria LGA Headquarters Adavi Ogaminana Ajaokuta Egayan Ankpa Ankpa Bassa Oguma Dekina Dekina Ibaji Onyedega Idah Idah Ijumu Iyara Igalamela-Odolu Ajaka Kabba/Bunu Kabba Kogi Koton Karfe Lokoja Lokoja Mopa-Muro Mopa Olamabolo Okpo Ofu Ogwoawo Okehi Okehi Omala Abejukolo Ogori/Magongo Akpafa Okene Okene Yagba East Isanlu Yagba…

Ganaja Junction serves as a gateway to the South East and South South Nigeria from the Confluence City of Lokoja in Kogi State The road juction has a flyover bridge. Before the flyover was built traffic used to be congested at the junction. More on Kogi Kogi State is one of the 36 states of…

Yauri is a historic kingdom and traditional emirate in Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria. The kingdom was probably founded by the Reshe (Gungawa) people. The date of its founding is unknown, but by the mid-14th century it was considered one of the most important of the banza bakwai (the seven unsanctioned states of the Hausa-speaking peoples).…