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The 2023 Kogi State gubernatorial election was held on 11 November 2023 to elect the Governor of Kogi State. [1] Incumbent APC Governor Yahaya Bello was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office.
Lokoja is a north-central city in Nigeria. [2] It lies at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and is the capital city of Kogi State. [3] While the Bassa Nge, Yoruba and Nupe [4] are indigenous to the area, other ethnic groups, including the Kupa-Nupe, Hausa, Ebira, Igala, Igbo, Bini/Edo, and Tiv [4] have recently established themselves.
This is a list of villages and settlements in Kogi State, Nigeria organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] By postal code
Excess water released from the dam cascades down River Benue and its tributaries, flooding communities in the states of Kogi, Benue as well as other states in the northeast. When Lagdo Dam was constructed in 1982, there was an agreement by Nigerian authorities to build a second, twin dam in Adamawa State to contain the overflow.
Kogi is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, [5] [6] bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, [7] [8] [9] to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the southwest by Edo and Ondo states, to the southeast by the states of Anambra and Enugu, and to the east by Benue State.
Senator Constituency Party Remarks Air Marshall Isaac Alfa: Kogi East: PDP: Victory at Primaries and General. Mandate wrongly awarded to Attai Aidoko, before final ruling at Supreme Court that saw Alfa declared rightful holder four months to the end of tenure.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kogi State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Kogi State, Nigeria. Overview [ edit ]
[1] [2] [3] It is a unicameral legislature, with 25 members elected from the 21 local government areas of the state. [4] Two local government areas with considerably larger populations are delineated into two constituencies each to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Kogi State House of Assembly 25.