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Kogi State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the southwest by the states of Edo and Ondo, to the southeast by the states of Anambra and Enugu, and to the west by Benue State.
The Kashimbila Dam was conceived during the 2011 to 2015 time frame. Its objective is multipurpose. The first goal is to mitigate flooding which used to affect an estimated six million people in Taraba State, Benue State, Cross River State, Kogi State and Delta State. The second goal is to provide drinking water to neighboring communities, with ...
Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) popularly known as Ajaokuta Steel Mill is a steel mill in Nigeria, located in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, Nigeria. [1] Built on a 24,000 hectares (59,000 acres) site starting in 1979, [ 1 ] it is the largest steel mill in Nigeria, and the coke oven and by-products plant are larger than all the refineries in ...
Ajaokuta is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria and a town within it on the left bank of the Niger River. The headquarters of the LGA are in the town of Egayin in the south of the area at 6°40′11″N 8°48′19″E / 6.66972°N 8.80528°E / 6.66972; 8.
The 2022 Adamawa State flood was a natural disaster that occurred in Adamawa State, Nigeria, in September 2022. It affected over 30,000 square kilometers of land and exposed about 6.6 million people to potential risks. The flood was caused by heavy rainfall and increased water flows from the Cameroonian highlands. [1]
The 2012 Nigeria floods began in early July 2012. It killed 363 people and displaced over 2.1 million people as of 5 November 2012. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), 30 of Nigeria's 36 states were affected by the floods and the two most affected areas were Kogi and Benue States. [3]
Kogi State is a state in Nigeria. Kogi may also refer to: Kogi people, people who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia; Kogi language, a Chibchan language of the Kogi people; Kogi Korean BBQ, a truck-based restaurant in Los Angeles. Kogi Kaishakunin, the name for the position of the shōgun ' s executioner, in feudal Japan.
The military base is located in the outskirts of Egbe, Yagba West local government area of the State. [13] Sunday Karimi, facilitated the construction of New 75 Number solar-powered boreholes and the rehabilitation of another 60 Number moribund Water Schemes across communities in Kogi West. The project, valued at the cost of N1.24 billion. [14]