The Republic
Kogi State · Crises, Wars & Protests

Kogi State · Crisis deep dive

Second Republic & military era (1979–1999)

  • 1979 — Ajaokuta Steel commissioned. By 2026 still uncompleted at a cumulative cost of $8 billion+. See Ajaokuta Steel.
  • 1981 — Bassa-Komo / Nupe communal clashes at Lokoja over fishing and farmland.
  • 1991 — state creation tensions: the question of which group (Igala, Ebira, Okun-Yoruba) gets the governorship dominates politics from inception.
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.