Kogi State · Crisis deep dive

First Republic & Civil War (1960–1970)

1966 pogroms — Lokoja is a transit point for Igbo refugees returning from the North to the East; sporadic violence.
1967–70 — Biafra War: the Niger-Benue confluence is the strategic axis of the federal counter-offensive; Lokoja becomes a major federal logistics base.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.