Kogu is a large village in
Biu LGA, of southwestern
Borno State
Borno is a States of Nigeria, state in the North East (Nigeria), North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Yobe State, Yobe to the west, Gombe State, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa State, Adamawa to the south while its ea ...
, in northeastern
Nigeria
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. Kogu is located on a tributary of the Yangari River about southwest of the town of
Biu.
Mari Watirwa, the 20th
Emir
Emir (; ' (), also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic language, Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocratic, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person po ...
of
Biu, established his capital at Kogu about 1795, after he drove the
Fulani out of Biu.
[Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1980) "Biu" ''Burke's Royal Families of the World: Africa & the Middle East'' (Volume 2 of ''Burke's royal families of the world'') Burke's Peerage, London, page 177, ][Davies, J. G. (1954) ''The Biu book: a collation and reference book on Biu Division (Northern Nigeria)'' Norla, Zaria, Nigeria, page 38, ] In 1838, his grandson, Emir Mari Biya, moved the capital to the town of Biu.
Notes
External links
"Kogu Map — Satellite Images of Kogu"Maplandia World Gazetteer
Populated places in Borno State
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