Anẹ Igáláà (Igala Land), also known as the Igala Kingdom, was a precolonial West African state, located at the eastern region of the confluence of River Niger and River Benue in the Middle Belt or Northcentral of Nigeria.The kingdom was founded by the Igala people, with the “Àtá” Serving as the Igala Emperor, national father and spiritual head, and the capital of Igala land is at Idah.

The Igala Kingdom influenced and has been influenced by the Yoruba, Idoma, Igbo and Jukun, and is likely made up of descendants of these groups who settled and mixed with the native Igala populations

His Majesty Matthew Alaji Opaluwa Oguche Akpa II is the 28th Àtá Ígálá (paramount ruler) of the Igala Kingdom in the Middle Belt of Nigeria. Opaluwa was born into the Opaluwa Oguche Akpa royal family of the Aju Ameacho ruling house of Igala Kingdom. He is the ninth child of 16 surviving children and forth of the six male children of Chief Opaluwa Oguche. His mother was Mama Eke Opaluwa (née Edicha). The journey of Opaluwa’s reign as the 28th Àtá Ígáláà began with his selection by the Ígáláà Traditional Council on April 28, 2021, as Attah-designate, and confirmed on October 18, 2021, following an official approval by the Kogi StateExecutive Council in Lokoja, the state capital,about a year after the demise of his predecessor

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The Idah town is the traditional capital of the Igala Kingdom, whose traditional ruler, the Attah Igala, is currently Matthew Alaji Opaluwa Oguche Akpa II. Idah is an important fishing port and Market trading town in Nigeria with an outpost of the Nigeria Navy referred to as Nigeria Navy Ship Lugard.The town as a port of trade was frequented by local and foreign traders who traded agricultural produces and minerals mostly. Bronze rings and Cowries were the predominant currency for trade. Ocho festival is a core Igala festival and often carriedout by the King; Attah Igala or the heads or traditional rulers of the community (Chiefdoms) in the case of the indigenous Igala communities outside Kogi state, just like it was done in ancient Egypt by Pharaoh, the head of the Egypt Kingdom.

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Healthcare

Tourism

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