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Ndoki also known as Ọkwa [1] are a tribe of Igbo people that are located at the hinterland of Igboland and coastal region of Bonny and Opobo.. Pre-colonial Ndoki covers 450 square kilometres (170 sq mi) with rich farmland which borders Imo River on the East and Aba River in the South bounded by Ika and Obong villages. [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 ...
The city-state of Akwa Akpa was founded in 1786 by Efik families (a branch of the Ibibio) who had left Creek Town, further up the Calabar River. They settled on the east bank in a position where they were able to dominate traffic with European vessels that anchored in the river, and soon became the most powerful Ibibio merchants in the region ...
On 23 September 1987, by Military Decree No.24, Akwa Ibom State was carved out of the then Cross Rivers State as a separate state. Cross Rivers State remains as a neighboring and mothering state of Akwa Ibom State. [18] Southwestern Cameroon was a part of the present Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria.
The Efik were originally from the Ibom Kingdom and might have left before or during the Aro-Ibibio Wars. The war was initially a stalemate and the Eze Agwu group eventually invited a priest named Nnachi from the Edda clan of northeastern Igboland. Eze Agwu and Nnachi allied with prince Akakpokpo Okon of the Ibom Kingdom. Akakpokpo Okon was the ...
Obong Okon Ita was an Ibibio king of Ibom Kingdom with its seat of government in Obot Okon Ita. His kingdom was located between present day Abia and Akwa Ibom states in Southeastern Nigeria . He is the father of Akakpokpo Okon and Akpan Okon who fought for supremacy for the rulership of Ibom Kingdom [ 1 ]
Igbo land (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò) [4] [5] is a cultural and common linguistic region in southeastern Nigeria which is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people. [6] [7] Geographically, it is divided into two sections by; eastern (the larger of the two) and western. [6]