Mokwa is a Local Government Area in

Niger State Niger is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria and the largest state in the country. Niger state has three political zones, zone A,B and C. The state's capital is at Minna. Other major cities are Bida, Kontagora and Suleja. It was ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. Its headquarters are in the town of Mokwa on the A1 highway in the west of the area. Mokwa is a town in Niger state with an estimated population of 244,937 (2006). The long southern border of the LGA is formed by the

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from Lake Jebba in the west beyond the confluence of the

Kaduna River The Kaduna River is a tributary of the Niger River which flows for through Nigeria. It got its name from the crocodiles that lived in the river and surrounding area. Kaduna in the native dialect, Hausa, was the word for "crocodiles". It starts ...

in the east. Kwara State and

Kogi State Kogi State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to t ...

are across the Niger from the LGA. The A1 highway crosses the Niger at Gana to Jebba in Kwara State. Mokwa is a

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kingdom led by the Ndalile (presently Lile

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) and consisting of sub-districts such as Muwo, Bokani,

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, Kpaki,

Jebba Jebba town is a Yoruba and Nupe city in Kwara State, Nigeria. It has views of the River Niger and has an estimated population of 22,411 as of 2007. The name of the king of Jebba is Oba Abdulkadir Adebara. Gallery File:Canoeing on the Niger R ...

, Rabba, Ja'agi and others. The leadership style of Mokwa town is emirship, and the head of the town is addressed as Ndalile. It has an area of 4,338 km and a population of 244,937 at the 2006 census. The

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of the area is 912.

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Local Government Areas in Niger State {{NigerNG-geo-stub