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Abstract Ebiraland constitutes one of the ethnic groups in the Middle Belt zone of Nigeria. It, however, did not evolve a centralized form of leadership until the advent of the British colonial authorities, which brought together the various Ebira groups under the leadership of Attah Omadivi in 1902. The year 1902 therefore marked the evolution … Read more

HOW KATSINA WAS ORIGINATED FROM NUPE KIND BY (A.A.U TSANGAYA) Everybody knows that there must be an historical basis for this remarkable relationship between the Nupe and Katsina people. Yet, nobody knows the basis of this relationship. It is in a bid to unravel this historical relationship between the Nupe and Katsina people that we … Read more

Coup is a quick , brilliant , and highly successful act or a take over of one position from another . Introduction In 19 century, one of the bloodiest war in Africa was fought in Nigeria after Nigeria got her independence on october 1, 1960 from the United Kingdom . As was the habit of … Read more

There are many tribes in the southern part of Nigeria who owe their origin to the Great Benin Kingdom, the Etsako / Nupe is one of them. According to oral tradition, the present-day Etsako people were once integral to the Benin Kingdom. ALSO SEE: Ireku Ajinomoh (Nupe Invasion of Ebira Land) But sometime around the … Read more

THE BASSA NGE NUPE PEOPLE by Áma Ndagi Abdullahi The Bassa Nge people are a Nupe people through and through , Any discussion on the origin or history of the Bassa Nge people must start on this premise , namely , that they left Central KinNupe as a Nupe people relatively not long ago . … Read more

The Nupe invasion of Ebiraland in the late nineteenth century was an offshoot of the Fulani Jihad of 1804, spearheaded by Usman Dan Fodio. The spread of the Jihad was a sort of war action. The Sokoto jihadist conquered the Nupe Kingdom, who in turn took it upon themselves to Islamize the Ebira. The Nupe … Read more