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Lokoja is a city in Nigeria. It lies at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and is the capital of Nigeria's Kogi State.
Although the area has been inhabited for thousands of years, the present settlement at Lokoja was established in 1857 by the British explorer William Baikie at the site of an earlier model farm constructed during the failed Niger expedition of 1841. Lokoja was the capital of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate and remained a convenient administrative town for the British colonial government after the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria in 1914. The first Governor-General, Sir Frederick Lugard, governed the new nation of Nigeria from Lokoja.
The city's population has since grown to an estimated count of over 90,000 inhabitants. It is a trade center with respect to its agricultural products; this is because it is situated at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers, and is close to the new federal capital of Nigeria in Abuja. It is also home to Kogi State Polytechnic and the newly established Federal University Lokoja.
Lokoja, Nigeria. All natural, all unblemished, all hardworking and all proud. No sirens, no police, no politicians, just real people. Nigeria is good.
The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was reportedly pelted with stones and other missiles on Friday at the Lokoja Central Mosque where he was attending a special session to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the state. A source close to the mosque told our correspondent in Lokoja that the governor, who had arrived the mosque behind schedule, was greeted with jeers and boos by some irate youths, at the entrance of the mosque. “The governor was booed and missiles were thrown in his direction as he alighted from his car,” the source said. Following the incident, our sources said the prayer session was hurriedly suspended on the advice of security personnel around. When contacted for confirmation, the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and strategy, Abdumalik Abduka...
This short video documentary was played at the Strategic Meeting of illustrious Sons & Daughters of Kogi State and Friends of the University held at the University Auditorium, Adankolo Campus on 13th August, 2016. It was initiated by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Angela Freeman Miri A dire need to move the University to its Permanent Site. Your advice, expertise, input and support are highly solicited to move the Federal University Lokoja to the next level of academic, physical and infrastructural development. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Angela Freeman MIRI has a clear vision of where FUL should be in the next five (5) years. The foremost priority area is the movement to the Permanent Site. To achieve this priority objective, requires support and intervention from Friends of the ...
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A view of the River Niger from Confluence beach hotel
The supporters of the All Progressives Congress celebrate in the streets of the Kogi state capital, Lokoja, after the INEC announced Yahaya Bello victorious on Sunday, December 6.
[WALTER GIARDINO - GUSTAVO ROWEK - SERGIO BERDICHEVSKY - JAVIER RETAMOZO]
RÃe la ley, demente y senil
acariciando a la muerte.
Teje la red, donde atrapará
al pobre y al inocente.
Solo estoy sin vos, preso del terror
sombras que hoy oprimen mi alma.
Sorda oscuridad, en esta prisión,
rejas que consumen mi sangre.
Debo escapar, no puedo esperar
que la justicia decida,
con algún juez, corrupto en su fé,
amigo del homicida.
Tengo que esperar algo de piedad
de alguien que jamás ha sufrido,
esta frustración que la sociedad
siempre ha generado en sus hijos.
RÃe la ley, se rÃe de mi
y me señala otra puerta,
por la que hoy seguro entrará
alguna vÃctima nueva.
Solo estoy sin vos, preso del terror
sombras que hoy oprimen mi alma.
Sorda oscuridad, en esta prisión,
rejas que consumen mi sangre.
Tengo que esperar algo de piedad
de alguien que jamás ha sufrido,
esta frustración que la sociedad