Okene
| Okene | |||
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 33 ' N , 6 ° 14' E | ||
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| Country | Nigeria | ||
| Kogi | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | NG-KO | ||
| Residents | 126,979 (2012) | ||
Okene is a city in the state of Kogi in Nigeria with 126,979 inhabitants.
economy
Okene is a trading center for the region's agricultural products: yams , corn , cassava , sorghum , beans , peanuts , palm oil and cotton .
In Itapke, 15 km away in the direction of Lokoja , iron ore is mined at the National Iron Ore Mining Corporation (NIOMCO) .
sons and daughters of the town
- Alexius Obabu Makozi (1931–2016), Roman Catholic bishop
- Akim Aliu (* 1989), Canadian-Nigerian ice hockey player
history
On March 31, 2012, Nigerian security forces excavated a "bomb factory" in Okene, which the authorities assigned to Boko Haram . Two security forces and nine suspected terrorists were killed in the firefights.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Population data 2012 for Okene
- ^ Itapke 7 ° 37 ′ N , 6 ° 19 ′ E
- ↑ Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) : NIOMCO ( Memento of the original dated August 31, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, 100 kB)
- ↑ Raid hits Nigeria Islamist sect Boko Haram 'bomb factory'. In: BBC News . April 1, 2012, accessed April 2, 2012 .
