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Okere-Urhobo
Okere-Urhobo is the name of one of the two Urhobo kingdoms in Warri South Local Government, Delta State, Nigeria, the other being Agbassa. History Okere-Urhobo is one of two district Urhobo social groupings found in what is known as Warri township. Its first settlement is near the Okere River bounded by the Itsekiri, the Urhobo of Uvwie Uvwie (/hu-we-ɛ/), is a principal Urban Local Government Area in Delta State. It lies along the Warri River and it is one of the twenty-four Urhobo Kingdoms. The entirety of the LGA is conurbated with the city of Warri, making it a greater p ... and the Urhobo of Agbarha-Ame. References Ethnic groups in Nigeria {{Nigeria-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warri
The city of Warri is an oil hub within South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House. Warri City is one of the major hubs of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. Warri and her twin city, Uvwie are the commercial capital of Delta State with a population of over 311,970 people in 2006. The city is the indigenous territory of Urhobo, itsekiri and Ijaw people. Warri shares boundaries with Uvwie to the east, Udu to the south east, Ogbe-ijoh to the south, and other communities in Warri South LGA to the west. Due to its rapid population growth and linked roads, the city and its border towns eg Uvwie, Udu merged into a conurbation collectively referred as “Warri” Warri sits on the bank of Warri River which joined Forcados River and Escravos River through Jones Creek in the lower Niger Delta Region. The city has a modern seaport which serves as the cargo transit point between the Niger River and the Atlantic Ocean for import and export. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warri South
Warri South is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the city of Warri. It has an important sea port in the country and is the commercial nerve centre of the state, With Dr. Tidi Michael as the current local government chairman. The area is predominantly riverine with large expanses of mangrove forests and has a land. It harbors many industrial establishments including all the major oil companies operating in Nigeria. It is home to the Urhobo, Ijaw and itsekeri people. Warri South Is Made Up Of four kingdoms namely; # Okere-Urhobo Kingdom # Agbarha Kingdom # Warri Kingdom # Ogbe-Ijoh kingdom It has an area of 633 km and a population of 303,417 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 332. Governance Warri South local government like every other local government area in Nigeria runs two arms of government as enshrined in the 1999 constitution. The two arms are the executive and the legislature. The executive is made u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agbassa
Agbassa is the name of one of the two Urhobo kingdoms in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria, the other being Okere-Urhobo. The name 'Agbassa' is of British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... origin derives from its original name 'AGBARHA', which is still in use. The current king is H.R.M Orhifi Ememoh II, (Ovie Of Agbarha Kingdom). Composition There are approximately seven communities that make up Agbarha Kingdom (Agbassa): # Otovwodo (The traditional Headquarters) # Igbudu # Edjeba # Ogunu # Okurode (Okurode Urhobo) # Oteghele # Ukpokiti In Agbassa, the Iyerin festival is celebrated annually, as well as Esemor and Iniemor. Another festival, known as Idju, is celebrated every two years throughout all the communities of Agbassa, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urhobo People
The Urhobos are people located in southern Nigeria, near the northwestern Niger Delta. The Urhobos are the major ethnic group in Delta State, one of the 36 states in Nigeria, Ethnic Nationality in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Urhobo people speak the Urhobo language. The word Urhobo refers to a group of people rather than a territory. Approximately 5 million people are Urhobos. They have a social and cultural affinity to the Bini people of Nigeria. The Urhobo people live in a territory bounded by latitudes 6°and 5°, 15° North and Longitudes 5°, 40° and 6°, 25° East in the Delta and the Bayelsa States of Nigeria. Their neighbors are the Isoko to the southeast, the Itsekiri and Ijaw to the west, the Bini and Bini to the north, the Ijaw to the south and the Ukwuan i people to the northeast. The Ughelli and Agbon Kingdoms are the oldest kingdoms in Urhoboland.The Ughelli and Agbon Kingdoms can be traced to about 14th Century. Ughelli oral tradition has it th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itsekiri
The Itsekiri (also called the Isekiri, ''i Jekri'', ''Itsekri'', ''Ishekiri'', or Itsekhiri) are one of the Yoruboid subgroup of Nigeria's Niger Delta area, Delta State. The Itsekiris presently number 2.7 million people and live mainly in the Warri South, Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State on the Atlantic coast of Nigeria. Significant communities of Itsekiris can be found in parts of Edo and Ondo states and in various other Nigerian cities including Lagos, Benin City, Port Harcourt and Abuja. Many people of Itsekiri descent also reside in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. The Itsekiris are closely related to the Yoruba of South Western Nigeria and also close to the Okpe people and Edo peoples. The Itsekiris traditionally refer to their land as the Kingdom of Warri or 'Iwere' as its proper name – which is geographically contiguous to the area covered by the three Warri local government districts. The area is a ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uroboros (band)
is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in 2015 signed to Pony Canyon. They made their debut single "Black Swallowtail" as the second opening for the anime television series '' Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers'', and also their debut mini album ''Another Ark''. Members * – Composer ( Asriel (band)) * – Vocals * – Guitar * – Bass * – Drums (ex-Plastic Tree Plastic Tree are a Japanese alternative rock band. Formed in December 1993 in Chiba Prefecture, they released their first mini-album in December 1995, and in 1997, they released their first single on a major label. History Biography Plastic Tr ...) Discography Mini albums * ''Another Ark'' (2015) * ''Zodiac'' (2016) Singles * "Black Swallowtail" (2015) References External links * * Japanese rock music groups Pony Canyon artists Visual kei musical groups Musical groups established in 2015 2015 establishments in Japan {{Japan-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvwie
Uvwie (/hu-we-ɛ/), is a principal Urban Local Government Area in Delta State. It lies along the Warri River and it is one of the twenty-four Urhobo Kingdoms. The entirety of the LGA is conurbated with the city of Warri, making it a greater part of Warri metropolitan area The term Uvwie primarily refers to the indigenous people of the geographic region, Uvwie also doubles as the name of the language and the Kingdom of Uvwie. More recently, Effurun which is the traditional and political headquarters of Uvwie Kingdom/Local Government Area is now used to refer to the city herself which is a twin city to the city of Warri The metropolitan area is known nation wide for it's unique form of Pidgin, the Warri Pidgin History The introduction of British colonialism in the late nineteenth century made Uvwie to become part of modern-day Nigeria which was created by the amalgamation of the Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria in 1914. Since then foreign cultural pins l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
