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Do You Know Nigeria’s Richest LGA’s?

  A Local Government Area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The sizes of LGAs varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory.

Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Awak People

  Introduction / History The Awak people are located in the southeast corner of Bauchi State in Nigeria. This district is well-watered, and the terrain varies from high plateaus to rich plains. The Awak are a small ethnic group, speaking

Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Asu People

  Introduction / History The Asu is a small group of agricultural people who live in west-central Nigeria. The Asu speak their language of Asu. The Hausa language and culture are taking over the Asu culture. The Asu people will

Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Koromba People

  Introduction / History The Kafin Gurmana or the Basa-Gurmana people who also refer to themselves as the Koromba are originally of the Burkina Faso (the country of honorable people) stock. They are basically located in Burkina Faso in the

Ethnic Groups in Nigeria: The Ngizim People

  Ngizim is one of five Chadic languages indigenous to Yobe State, the others being Bade, Bole, Karekare, and Ngamo. Ngizim is a member of the West Branch of Chadic and is hence related to Hausa, the dominant language throughout

Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Goemai People

  Introduction Goemai (also Ankwe) is an Afro-Asiatic (Chadic, West Chadic A) language spoken in the Great Muri Plains region of Plateau State in central Nigeria, between the Jos Plateau and Benue River. Goemai is also the name of the

Do You Know: The Awori Ethnic Group

  Background Traditionally, the Awori people are found in Ogun and Lagos States, Nigeria. Towns including Isheri, Ota, Igbesa, Agbara, Ilobi, Tigbo are all Awori settlements within present-day Ogun State (created 1976) in Nigeria. The settlement of the Awori clan

Do You Know: An Overview Of Kebbi State

Kebbi is a state in northwestern Nigeria. It was created in 1991 from the southwestern half of Sokoto state. Kebbi borders the nations of Niger Republic to the west and Benin Republic to the southwest, and it borders the Nigerian

Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Kirdi People

Background Kirdi (meaning “pagan”) is a broad, collective name for a number of people groups living in northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, and southwestern Chad. At one time, all of these groups were completely pagan. Today, some have become Muslim and

Ethnic Groups in Nigeria: The Adim People

Adim is a cultural community that refers to a set of people that occupy a certain quarter in Biase Local Government area in Cross River State, Nigeria. The Adim people speak Adim and Efik language. The Adim community is administered

Nigerians In History: Adetokunbo Ademola

Born on the 1st of February, 1906, Omoba Sir Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola, KBE, GCON, PC, SAN was a Nigerian jurist who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1958 to 1972. Ademola was a son of

Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Buduma People

The Buduma are an ethnic group of Chad, Cameroon, and Nigeria who inhabit many of the islands of Lake Chad. They are predominantly fishers and cattle-herders. In the past, the Buduma carried out violent raids on the cattle herds of

Ethnic Groups in Nigeria: The Kambari People

The Kambari people are a very unique ethnic group. One of the things that make them very unique is the fact that they are one of the ancient rural communities in Nigeria, found predominantly in Niger state, who still practice

Do You Know Nigeria’s First Female Professor of Psychiatry

The name, Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun might not be so popular, but it is a force worth reckoning with. Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun is the first Nigerian female professor of psychiatry. She is a Professor at the College of Medicine, University of

Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Iwellemmedan

Introduction The Iwellemmedan (IwÉ™llÉ™mÉ™dÇŽn), also spelled Iullemmeden, Aulliminden, Ouilliminden, Lullemmeden, and Iwellemmeden, are one of the seven major Tuareg tribal or clan confederations (called “Drum groups”). Their communities are historically nomadic and intermixed with other ethnic groups. The Iwellemmeden inhabit

Ethnic Groups In Nigeria: The Zarma People

The Zarma people are an ethnic group predominantly found in westernmost Niger. They are also found in significant numbers in the adjacent areas of Nigeria in Borno State, Northern Borno precisely, and Benin, along with smaller numbers in Burkina Faso,

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