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Akwa Ibom State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. ... later renamed Ibibio State Union. This social organization was first established as a ...
The Ibom or Mbot Abasi Kingdom was a kingdom by the Ibibio people with its seat of government in Obot Okon Ita. The Mbot Abasi kingdom was located at the boundary between Akwa Ibom and, Abia State in Nigeria. Around 1630, a group of Igbo from Abiriba known as the Eze Agwu arrived in Ibom.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ]
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]
In May 2001, Nkanga became a member of the board of the Cooperative Development Bank. [5] In 2002, he was said to seeking to be candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDP) in the 2003 elections for Governor of Akwa-Ibom State. [6] In 2007, Nkanga was appointed Chairman of the Akwa Ibom Airport Implementation Committee.
Elijah Akpan Okon (born 1913) hailed from a royal lineage of leaders and chiefs in Ikot Mbon Ikono, Uyo, within the current Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. His father, Chief Nsentip Ekown, a distinguished ruler of Ikono and its surrounding areas, bestowed upon him the name Ukpong Nsentip Ekown .