Agbaja

Agbaja is inhabited by the Oworo people who speak a dialect of Yoruba also called Oworo. Agbaja was the administrative capital of Oworo district during the colonial era and still remains the traditional and political capital of the Oworo people.Apata Z.O (1995) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/24328657 "ADMINISTRATIVE INTEGRATION AND CONFLICT IN NIGERIA, 1840-1940: THE CASE OF NORTH-EAST YORUBALAND"], Transafrican Journal of History Vol. 24, pp. 106-122. Published by: Gideon Were Publications.

It is located on a plateau about 300 km south of the capital Abuja, and more importantly about 70 km from the heavy-duty railway to the sea at Itakpe which is about 70 km to the south.

The Licences contain magnetite to the extent of 2.0-3.3 billion tonnes of potential iron mineralisation grading in the range of 48% to 53% Fe.

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