Okene

Okene birni ne mai tarihi da ke cikin jihar Kogi, a tsakiyar Najeriya. An yi amanar cewa mutanen Ebira, wanda suka fito daga Wukari a yankin Taraba na yau, sun zauna a wannan yanki a kusa da shekarar 1700, bayan tafiya daga Idah. Itaazi, shugaban mutanen Ebira, ya jagoranci yawancinsu zuwa wannan yanki, inda 'ya'yansa suka kafa kauyuka daban-daban kamar Okengwe da Adavi. A shekarar 1976, aka kafa Okene a matsayin yankin karamar hukuma a karkashin mulkin Janar Olusegun Obasanjo.

A zamanin da, mutanen Ebira sun yi fafutukar kare kasarsu daga hare-haren Fulani da Nupe, kuma sun ci gaba da zama ƙungiyoyin da ke kula da al'adunsu kai tsaye har zuwa lokacin da Birtaniyanci suka iso a farkon karni na 20. A shekarar 1904, Birtaniyanci suka kafa Ebira Division tare da Okene a matsayin cibiyarta. A yau, Okene ita ce babban cibiyar siyasa da kasuwanci ga mutanen Ebira, tare da manyan wuraren ziyara kamar Gidan Sarautar Azad (Azad Palace).

Yawan jama'ar Okene ya kai kimanin 549,438, kuma yana da fili mai yawan kilomita murabba'i 328. Mutanen Ebira su ne yawancin masu zaune, amma akwai kuma Hausawa, Yarbawa da sauran ƙabila. Harkokin noma da sana'o'in zare da zanen fata su ne manyan hanyoyin samun kudin shiga a yankin.