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Asaba [3] (Igbo: Ahaba) is an Igbo [4] town and the capital of Delta State, Nigeria. A rapidly growing urban area, it is located on the western bank of the Niger River, in the Oshimili South Local Government Area. [5] [6] [7] Asaba had a population of 149,603 as at the 2006 census, [2] and a fast growing metropolitan population of over half a ...
The Asaba Declaration was a declaration issued by the 17 Southern governors in Nigeria, comprising South West, South South and South East. It was issued on 11 May 2021 in Asaba , Delta State , Nigeria and consisted of eleven points in which the governors raised key issues about the future of Nigeria and the Southern region.
Joseph Chike Edozien was born on 28 July 1924. [2] His father was Nathaniel Okafor Edozien a direct descendant of Nnebisi, the founder of Asaba, and one of the most senior indigenous officials of the Nigerian Coal Corporation in Enugu.
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In October 2017, the Asaba community marked the 50th anniversary of the massacres with a two-day commemoration, during which the new, comprehensive book on the massacre, its causes, consequences, and legacy, was launched: "The Asaba Massacre: Trauma, Memory, and the Nigerian Civil War," by S. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser Ottanelli (Cambridge ...
The Asagba of Asaba is the traditional leader of Asaba, Delta State in the South-south of Nigeria. The office of the ruler of is an official post recognized by Governor of Delta State and the Federal Government of Nigeria. [1] [2] The Asagba is the representative of the people of Asaba to the state and federal levels of government.