Agila Town is the traditional home of the

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people from Ado local Government area,

Benue State Benue State is one of the North Central states in Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census. The state was created in 1976 among the 7 states created at that time.The state derives its name from the Benue River which is th ...

. Ado is a local government area of Benue State, Nigeria and was created in 1991. Nigeria is an independent country situated in Western Africa. The area comprises many settlements, which include Apa, Ivetse, Ikpenba, Agila, Ogbokwu, Udokwu and Odah. Apa was historically dominated by the Agilan who were not able to return to the main town after the

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. Agila shares boundaries with

Ebonyi State Ebonyi State ( ig, Ȯra Ebonyi) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by Benue State, Enugu State to the west, Cross River State to the east and southeast, and Abia State to the southwes ...

in the East,

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in the West and

Igumale Igumale is a town in Benue State Nigeria. Transport Igumale is served by a station on the eastern mainline of the national railway network. Climate In the town of Igumale, the rainy season is warm, oppressive, and overcast and the dry or sunny s ...

, the Local Government headquarters in the North. River Ado is the boundary between Agila and Igumale. Ado is one of the 9 local government areas in the southern senatorial zone, which is mainly occupied by the Idoma people. The administrative headquarters are at

, situated on the railway line crossing Nigeria in the north-south direction. Chief Dan Agbese, the Editor-in-Chief of Nigerian '' Newswatch'', is from this area.

Economy

The area contains minerals and natural resources, such as

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

kaolin Kaolinite ( ) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4. It is an important industrial mineral. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet of silica () linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral ...

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...

, and coal in commercial quantities. The Benue state cement factory, one of the largest employers in this geographical region, was to be located there.

Demographics

It is a culturally rich and diverse area comprising the Agila/Apa, Ulayi, Ijigbam, Utonkon, and Igumale communities.

Education

It was one of the first areas in Idoma to have contact with European missionaries, and they began their first missionary school in this area.

is also the proposed location of Apa State University.

Notable people

* Mike Onoja * John Aboh, former Managing Director & CEO of '' Oceanic Bank International Plc.'' * Chief Dan Agbese, the Editor-in-Chief of Nigerian '' Newswatch'' * Prince Edwin Unazi Ochai, founder of '' Agila Social and Economic Carnival'' and John Onoja Jr.

References

{{Coord, 7, 48, 0, N, 7, 39, 0, E, display=title Populated places in Benue State