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Ikot Udo Abia is a village in ward four of the Etinan local government area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. [1] [2]: 26 "Ikot Udo Abia" means followers of Udo Abia. The villagers are the Ibibio people [3] [4] who are of the Afaha group within the Iman Clan (their spiritual guide is Itina). The language spoken in the village is Ibibio. [5]
Less than two months afterwards, the Igbo-majority former Eastern Region attempted to secede as the state of Biafra; in the three-year long Nigerian Civil War, now-Akwa Ibom was hard-fought over in the prelude to the Invasion of Port Harcourt while people from Akwa Ibom were persecuted by the Biafran forces as they were mainly non-Igbos. [22]
History was made on the 27th day of August 2020 that the first-ever Ibibio Bible translation was presented at Ibom Hall in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom. Published by the 200-year-old, American based International Bible Society (Biblica), the publishers of the NIV Version. Nwed Abasi ke Iko Ibibio Ayo Mfin - Ufa Edioomo
Ikot Abasi is located in the south west corner of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. It is bounded by Oruk Anam Local Government Area in the north, Mkpat Enin and Eastern Obolo Local Government Areas in the east and the Atlantic Ocean in the south. The Imo River forms the natural boundary in the west separating it from Rivers State. [2]
The Anaang are the second largest ethnic group after the Ibibios in Akwa Ibom state. [3] The Anaang were formerly located in the former Abak and Ikot Ekpene Divisions of the Anaang Province, as well as part of the former Opobo Division of Uyo Province, in the former Eastern Region of Nigeria. The proper name for the Ika of Akwa Ibom is Ika ...
Ibibio, Oron, Annang, Ibeno, Efik, Enyong, Ido, Ijaw and Ohafia The Obolo people , [ 1 ] also known as the Andoni [ 2 ] or Doni , is an ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Obolo people are of Ijaw ansestry and are primarily found in Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State.
Ikot Ekpene is also the headquarters of some notable seminaries and the Catholic Diocese in the south-south region of Nigeria. The Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, and Ritman University is located in the city. The city houses the notable mini stadium at GRA road, Nteps Super Markets, Four Point by Sheraton Hotels etc.
Isemin was born about 1939 in Mbioto, Etinan local government area in Akwa Ibom state, of Ibibio background. [2] He attended the Etinan Institute for his secondary education, then the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he earned a B.Sc. degree in Economics. He first worked with Agip and Esso Standard in the oil industry. In 1969, he joined ...