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Today's economy of the megacity of Calabar is dominated by: The local administration as the state capital of Cross River, The centrally located naval base (Nigeria's navy is the strongest in West and Central Africa [23]), the harbour (see below), the airport (see below) and; the free trade zone.
The Kalabari are a sub-group of the Ijaw people living in the eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria. [1] Originally, they were known as the Awome. The name Kalabari was derived from their ancestor Perebo Kalabari who was a son of Meinowei. [2] Their original settlement was spelt as Calabar by the Portuguese which was pronounced Kalabari.
217,313 km 2 (83,905 sq mi) Location of Nigeria. Satellite image of Nigeria. Nigeria is a country in West Africa. It shares land borders with the Republic of Benin to the west, Chad and Cameroon to the east, and Niger to the north. [1] Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the south and it borders Lake Chad to the northeast.
Plateau State is a north central Nigerian state. It is located near the centre of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau. [ 6 ] Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". [ 7 ] The state has a population of around 4.7 million people. [ 8 ] Its capital city is Jos.
Kalikata. Coordinates: 22°34′N 88°22′E. Kalikata was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. The other two villages were Gobindapur and Sutanuti. Job Charnock, an administrator with the British East India Company is traditionally credited with the honour of founding the city.
Location within Nigeria. Coordinates: 8°58′29″N 4°18′27″E / 8.97472°N 4.30750°E / 8.97472; 4.30750. Country. Nigeria. Settled. 14th Century. Founded by. Oranmiyan. Old Oyo, also known as Oyo-Ile, Katunga, Oyo-Oro, and Eyo is the site of a ruined medieval city that was once the capital [1] of the Oyo Empire in what is now ...
Idoma people. The Idomas are people that primarily inhabit the lower western areas of Benue State, Nigeria, and some of them can be found in Taraba State, Cross Rivers State, Enugu State, Kogi State and Nasarawa State in Nigeria. [1] The Idoma language is classified in the Akweya subgroup of the Idomoid languages of the Volta–Niger family ...
Ekiti State (Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkìtì) is a state in southwestern Nigeria, bordered to the North by Kwara State for 61 km, to the Northeast by Kogi State for 92 km, to the South and Southeast by Ondo State, and to the West by Osun State for 84 km. Named for the Ekiti people—the Yoruba subgroup that makes up the majority of the state's population—Ekiti State was carved out from a part ...