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The Eastern Nigeria Local Government Laws (1958-1960): Ugep Urban, the Rural Clans, and the Place of Ekori
The map does feature Ekori - prominently as part of the EDIBA / NKO / EKORI group. The Eastern Nigeria…
The Eastern Nigeria Local Government Laws (1958–1960): Ugep Urban and the Rural Clans
The Eastern Nigeria Local Government Laws of 1958–1960 institutionalized a dual system of governance that distinguished Ugep Urban from its…
TRIBUTE: Adesoji Aderemi–Radical Traditionalist, By Chief Obafemi Awolowo
By late Chief Obafemi Awolowo Some people demand honour from their fellowmen, and sometimes, by sundry devices, succeed in forcing…
Barely 600 years after, Ayogo People In Benin Republic Trace Ancestry To Oyo
By Bode DUROJAIYE, Director of Media and Publicity to the Alaafin, Paramount Ruler of Oyo Kingdom and the Superior Head…
The Ngbeke Confederacy – A Pre-Colonial Constitutional Experiment for Unity, Trade and Collective Security Among the Yakurr People
The Ngbeke Confederacy remains a remarkable example of indigenous statecraft and constitutional ingenuity in pre-colonial Nigeria. It demonstrated the Yakurr…
FROM BEECROFT STREET TO BIOKO: How a Street in Calabar Explains Our History with Equatorial Guinea.
From Beecroft Street to Bioko, the story comes full circle. A British colonialist who once governed Fernando Po from Calabar…
THE GREAT AKPA DISPERSAL: WAR, FLIGHT AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF A KINGDOM IN 15TH CENTURY AFRICA
The Akpa Kingdom comprised many groups that are today in the present Cross River, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Bayelsa…
All Hail Iku Baba Yeye! Alafin of Oyo
by Agbonmagbe Kazeem He is not just a deputy of the gods, he is the father and mother of death,…
From One Womb to Two Towns: The Politics Behind the Split of Ugep and Mkpani (Cross River State)
In the end, the story of Ugep and Mkpani is a classic lesson that politics, whether in a family or…
From Beecroft Street to Bioko: The Man Who Renamed Ugep and Mapped Colonial Power in the Bight of Biafra
John Beecroft died on 10 June 1854 in Clarence, Fernando Po, after 25 years of residence in Africa, and was…
THE LABYRINTH OF HISTORY: THE SCRAMBLE WAS NOT ONLY FOR AFRICA
History is far wider than the parts we were taught. The scramble for Africa was only one chapter of a…
The Akpa Are Not Jukun: A Rejoinder to Amah Jones on Atakpa, Jukun Hegemony, and the Atam Identity in the Cross River Basin
sum, the historical and oral evidence suggests a critical distinction between political nomenclature and ethnic identity. The term "Akpa" functioned…
