Lokoja
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Lokoja is the capital city of Kogi State located in central Nigeria. Lokoja is a port on Niger River.
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It was the capital of British Northern Nigeria Protectorate and remained a convenient administrative town for the British colonial government after the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorates into one nation called Nigeria in 1914.
The first Governor General Lord Frederick Lugard ruled the new nation of Nigeria from Lokoja town. The city has since grown to an estimated 100,000 inhabitants. The city is a centre of trade of its agricultural region.Lokoja is also close to the new Federal capital of Abuja. Near Lokoja (in Ajaokuta) are a big metallurgy facilities and iron ore mines. Most importantly, Lokoja is a confluence town,where the biggest rivers in Nigeria, rivers Niger and Benue unite. Just like Khartoum in Sudan.
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