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The Isu people are the largest group of the Igbo people of Nigeria. [1] Isuama, in which the purest Igbo is said to be spoken, is to be found the heart of the Igbo nationality; consequently it is quite reasonable to look among its people for the original fountain-head from which all the other clans have sprung.
Igbuzo (also Igbo-ụzọ, Igbo bi n'ụzọ or Ibusa) is an Igbo community in Delta State, Nigeria, founded c. 1450. The community is in Oshimili North.It has an estimated population of 566,310 people in 2009.
Isu is a local government area in Imo State of Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Umundugba. Other communities are Amandugba, Ekwe, Uburu Ekwe, Isunjaba, Amurie Omanze, Ebenator Ekwe and Oboro Amurie. [2] The name comes from the Isu people, a subgroup of the Igbo people. [3] Amandugba and neighboring Umundugba were originally one town ...
The event was titled “Nigeria: Osu Caste System in Igboland Ends Today.” [13] Additionally, on 7 April 2021, another abolition ceremony took place in Nsukka , Enugu , as 119 villages in nine autonomous communities in Nsukka town, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, gathered to eradicate the Osu Caste System in their communities.
Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the entire country because other languages have been around for over a thousand years making them the major languages in terms of numbers of native speakers.
Notable members of the ruling family include Eze Patrick I Ibeakanma Acholonu, the first Senator to represent the Orlu/Okigwe division (presently Orlu Zone and Okigwe Zone) in the old Federation of Nigeria as well as the 1st Republic; [5] [6] the late Justice Ignatius Chukwudi Pats Acholonu, the first Orlu indigene to become a Supreme Court justice; Dr. Douglas Acholonu, former deputy governor ...
Isuikwuato is a local government area in Abia State in southeastern Nigeria. The name Isu-Ikwu-Ato translates from Igbo as 'three Isu families or lineage' and refers to the three lineages descended from the Isu people, in what is now a local government area. The three brothers are Imenyi who is the eldest, Oguduasaa, his younger brother from ...
Amandugba (or Amanduba) is a town in the Isu Local Government Area in Imo State, Nigeria. [1] The community is inhabited by Isu people, a subgroup of the Igbo people. [citation needed] In Amauzari tradition, the town is named after Ndugba, child of Mbama Onyeukwu. [2] As of September 2010, the traditional ruler of Amandugba was Eze Innocent ...