Alade is a rural community in the
Igalamela local government area in
Nigeria's north central state of
Kogi. Alade has
oil deposits in commercial quantities. It has vast
arable land
Arable land (from the , "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.''Oxford English Dictionary'', "arable, ''adj''. and ''n.''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013. Alternatively, for the purposes of a ...
and forest resources.
History
The Alade community was started in the early 20th century with the migration of the clan people of Ajakogwu who had come from
Idah
Idah is a town in Kogi State, Nigeria, on the eastern bank of the Niger River in the middle belt region of Nigeria. It is the headquarter of the Igala Kingdom, and also a Local Government Area with an area of 36 km. Idah had a population ...
and other communities in search of farm land and other
agricultural
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...
resources.
See also
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Alade Aminu (born 1987), Nigerian-American basketball player
References
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Kogi State