1. Kogi State is found in the central region of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State because the confluence of River Niger and river Benue is at its Capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria.
2. It was in Lokoja that the name Nigeria was coined by Flora Shaw, the future wife of Baron Lugard, a british Colonial administrator, while gazing out at the river that stretched before her in the late 19th century.
3. The state was formed on August 27th, 1991 from parts of Kwara State and Benue State.
4. There are three main ethnic groups and languages in Kogi: Igala, Ebira and Okun (similar to Yoruba) with other minorities like Bassa, a small fraction of Nupe mainly in Lokoja, the Ogugu, subgroup of the Igala, Gwari, Kakanda, Oworo people (similar to Yoruba), Ogori magongo and the Eggan community under Lokoja Local Government.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KOGITES!!!! LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE OF KOGI STATE!!
LONG LIVE NIGERIA!!!
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