Lokoja, Kogi, Nigeria Genealogy

Guide to Lokoja, Nigeria ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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Lokoja is the capital city of Kogi State, in central Nigeria, and is a port on Niger River

Founded by William Balfour Baikie according to European historical records, although there have been indigenous people living in the area for thousands of years. Lokoja 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. The city has since grown to an estimated 90000 inhabitants.