Kogi

British

/ ˈkəʊɡɪ /

noun

a state of W Nigeria. Capital: Lokoja. Pop: 3 278 487 (2006). Area: 29 833 sq km (11 519 sq miles)

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Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Kogi State's information commissioner, blamed Sunday's church raid on bandits, and urged isolated places of worship to "reconsider worshipping in crime prone areas for now until the situation gets better".

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Kogi was so democratic in how it served food.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

Roy Choi’s Kogi Truck sparked a food truck revolution across the US.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

The results of elections for the powerful position of governor in the southern, oil-producing state of Bayelsa state and the central state of Kogi are expected later on Sunday.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

Hermann Parzinger, the head of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees the Ethnological Museum and others in Berlin, noted that the background is particularly complex in the case of the Kogi masks.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2023

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