Okene is a town in the Nigerian state of Kogi. The town is based in a Local Government Area of the same name. Okene runs along the A2 highway. It had an area of 328 km2 and a population of 320,260 at the 2006 census.[1]
The predominant people are the Ebira of central Nigeria and the Ebira language is spoken.
The postal code of the area is 264.[2]
^HASC, population, area and Headquarters Statoids
^"Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
Okene is a town in the Nigerian state of Kogi. The town is based in a Local Government Area of the same name. Okene runs along the A2 highway. It had...
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Niger-Congo language family. Until the separation of Kogi State from Kwara State, Okene was seen as the administrative center of the Ebira-speaking people in Kogi...
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the youngest governor in Nigeria throughout his term in office. Born in Okene, Bello studied accounting and business administration at Ahmadu Bello University...
The Anglican Diocese of Okene is one of eleven within the Anglican Province of Lokoja, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current...
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which was then under Joseph Ayo Babalola. She spent her younger years in Okene. Her father remained in Nigeria for 50 years until his death in Ilesa in...
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February 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2014. "Federal College of Education Okene – :: Kogi News, Latest News from Kogi State". kogireports.com. Archived...
ruler and Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, a traditional state with headquarters in Okene, Kogi State, Middle Belt, Nigeria. He was a son of the second attah (now...
Traffic from the west comes through Makurdi – (3) Naka – Adoka Ankpa (3) – Okene (1) roads and from the east through Makurdi – Yandev – Katsina Ala – Wukari...
It lies near the Osse River, at the intersection of roads from Lokoja, Okene, Ogidi, Ado-Ekiti, and Egbe. The town is about 295 kilometers away from...
of being influenced by the Yoruba. These cities are Warri, Benin City, Okene, and Auchi. The Yoruba diaspora has two main groupings. The first one is...
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started his career as a teacher in Okene Middle School in 1935. Later in 1936 he was appointed as supervisor for works in Okene, a position he held until 1939...
were not Tijani prior to this time. Alhaji Abdulmalik Atta - a prince from Okene and the first High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom - was one...
Oku in America, and War in the Palace. Mercy Johnson Okojie hails from Okene in Kogi State, located in the middle belt region of Nigeria. Born in Lagos...
secondary education at the government college, Okene (now known as Abdul Aziz Atta Memorial College, Okene, in present-day Kogi State). He enlisted in the...
covers 5 local government areas which include, Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okehi, Okene, and Ogori-Mangogo. The current representative is senator Yakubu Oseni....
shooting occurred at Deeper Life, an evangelical Christian church near Okene in Nigeria's central Kogi State. Three unidentified gunmen killed 19 people...
and senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. He hails from Okene LGA in Kogi State. He has served as the Special Adviser overseeing the affairs...
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