Kogi State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria,bordered to the west 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 Edo and Ondo states,to the southeast by the states of Anambra and Enugu,and to the east by Benue State. It is the only state in Nigeria to border ten other states. Named for the Hausa word for river (Kogi). Kogi State was formed from parts of Benue State,Niger State,and Kwara State on 27 August 1991. The state is nicknamed the "Confluence State" due to the fact that the confluence of the River Niger and the River Benue occurs next to its capital,Lokoja.
The Igala people are an ethnicity located in the region south of the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers. They are located in an ecologically diverse region of Nigeria,ideal for farming a wide array of crops,and have been influenced by many surrounding cultures. The Igala kingdom is ruled ceremonially and culturally by the Attah and has a long history of political warfare with neighboring groups along the Benue. Igala people worship the supreme being Ojo,as well as their divine ancestral spirits. Masquerades are an important aspect of Igala art and is prime example of how the kingdom was influenced by neighboring communities. Igala art dating centuries back,also feature in Nigerian body decoration and cultural architecture. Igala are a majority ethnic group in the southern and eastern lands of Kogi State and a major tribe in Kogi state politics. In times past,the Igala have held key state government positions. While the present kingdom has diminished in size,Igala people and their culture have been an integral part of the formation of the communities along the Niger river,with many communities claiming origins from Idah,the ancestral home of the Igala. Minorities of the group exist in the surrounding states of Delta,Edo along the banks of the Niger as well as in the bordering communities in Anambra and Enugu.
Mohammed Abba Gana served as a Special Adviser on Civil Society to the Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar until 22 June 2006,when he was sacked by President Olusegun Obasanjo. He had previously served as a Federal Capital Territory Minister from 8 February 2001 to 17 July 2003.
Jerry Gana,is a Nigerian scholar,politician and one time senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1983 then Director for the Directorate of Food,Roads and Infrastructure (DFRRI).He was the director of the Mass Mobilization for Social Justice and Economic Recovery,popularly known as MAMSER under Ibrahim Babangida,then Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources,in the Interim National Government under Ernest Shonekan. Later he became Minister of Information and Culture under General Sani Abacha,then Minister of Corporation and Integration in Africa under Olusegun Obasanjo as well as being Minister of Information and national Orientation. He also served as Political Adviser to Olusegun Obasanjo,before announcing plans to run for president in June 2006.
Nenadi Esther Usman is a Nigerian politician and former federal Minister of Finance. She was elected senator for Kaduna South Senatorial District in the April 2011 elections,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
Chief Sunday Bolorunduro Awoniyi,CON was a Northern Nigerian Yoruba politician and tribal aristocrat as the Aro of Mopa in Kogi State,formerly Kabba Province. Known as little Sardauna,Awoniyi was a founder of the People's Democratic Party from which he was expelled and then reinstated,Awoniyi was also chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF);a pan Northern Nigerian organisation.
The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Nigeria.
Abdullahi Shelleng was the first Military Governor of Benue State,Nigeria from 3 February 1976 to July 1978 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo,after Benue State had been split from the old Benue-Plateau State.
Musa Mohammed is a Nigerian politician and Nigerian Army colonel who served as the Administrator of Yobe State,Nigeria from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Later he became the Minister of Sports and Social Development from July 2003 to July 2005 during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Dalhatu Sarki Tafida was elected Senator for the Kaduna North Senatorial District of Kaduna State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. He was reelected for a further four-year term in 2003.
Samaʼila Mamman was elected Senator for the Katsina Central constituency of Katsina State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja is a Nigerian Senator who represented Kogi East senatorial district in the National Assembly,and a member of the All Progressives Congress.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2005 to Nigeria and its people.
Abdulmumini Hassan Rafindadi is a Nigerian professor of pathology,educational administrator,and pioneer vice chancellor of Federal University,Lokoja,located in Lokoja,Kogi State,Nigeria.
Dino Melaye is a Nigerian politician,a former senator and was a member of the 8th Nigerian National Assembly,representing Kogi West Senatorial district. He is from Ayetoro Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Ahmed Tijjani Mora (OON) is a Nigerian pharmacist,academic,former Registrar and now Chairman of the Governing Council of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria. He is the National President,Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association. He was elected President of the Alumni Association in August 2015 at the Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the association. The assembly was attended by delegates from over 25 States. Prior to his election,he was the substantive Deputy National president of the association.
Idakwo Michael Ameh Oboni II was the 27th ÀtáÍgáláof the Igala Kingdom in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.
The 1978 Ali Must Go Protests or the 1978 students' crisis were student protests in Nigeria following an increase in fees. It has been described as one of the most violent student agitations in Nigeria and sparked the greatest political crisis of the 1975–1979 Mohammed/Obasanjo military administration.
Ahmadu Bello UniversityZaria is a federal government research university located in Zaria,Kaduna State,Nigeria,opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria. It was founded by and is now named for Ahmadu Bello,first premier of Northern Nigeria.
Matthew Alaji Opaluwa Oguche Akpa II is the 28th ÀtáÍgáláof the Igala Kingdom in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.
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