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Anioma people, the Glossary

The Anioma people are a predominantly Igboid speaking ethnolingustic group located in present day Delta State, Nigeria.^[1]

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Igbo subgroups

Alex Iwobi

Alexander Chuka Iwobi (born 3 May 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Fulham and the Nigeria national team.

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Aniocha North

Aniocha North is a Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, with its headquarters in Issele Ukwu.

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Asaba

Asaba (Igbo: Ahaba) is the capital of Delta State, Nigeria.

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Asaba massacre

The Asaba Massacre occurred in October 1967 in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War.

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Bayelsa State

Bayelsa is a state in the South South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta.

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Buchi Emecheta

Buchi Emecheta (born Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta; 21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) was a Nigerian writer who wrote novels, plays, autobiography, and children's book.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Delta Central senatorial district

Delta Central senatorial district in Delta State, Nigeria covers 8 local governments which include Ethiope East, Ethiope West, Sapele, Okpe, Ughelli North, Ughelli South, Udu and Uvwie.

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Delta North senatorial district

Delta North senatorial district in Delta State, Nigeria, covers 9 local governments namely Aniocha North, Aniocha South, Ika North East, Ika South, Nndokwa East, Nndokwa West, Oshimili South, Oshimili North and Ukwuani.

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Delta South senatorial district

Delta South senatorial district in Delta State, Nigeria, covers 8 local governments which comprise Bomadi, Burutu, Isoko North, Isoko South, Patani, Warri North, Warri South and Warri South West.

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Delta State

Delta State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria.

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Demas Nwoko

Demas Nwoko (born 1935) is a Nigerian artist, protean designer, architect and master builder.

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Dennis Osadebay

Dennis Chukude Osadebay (29 June 1911 — 26 December 1994) was a Nigerian politician, poet, journalist and former premier of the now defunct Mid-Western Region of Nigeria, which now comprises Edo and Delta State.

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Edo State

Edo, officially known as Edo State, is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of the federal republic of Nigeria.

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Edoid languages

The Edoid languages are a few dozen languages spoken in Southern Nigeria, predominantly in the former Bendel State. Anioma people and Edoid languages are languages of Nigeria.

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Ekumeku Movement

The Ekumeku Movement consisted of a series of uprisings against the rising power of the Royal Niger Company of the British Empire by Anioma people in present-day Delta State.

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Elizabeth Isichei

Elizabeth Mary Isichei (née Allo; born 22 March 1939) is a New Zealand author, historian and academic.

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Enuani dialect

Enuani is an Igbo dialect spoken in Nigeria by the Anioma people of Delta State, Onitsha, Obosi and Ogbaru in Anambra State, Mgbidi in Imo State, Ndoni in Rivers State and some parts of Ibaji in Delta state. Anioma people and Enuani dialect are languages of Nigeria.

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Ethnicity

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.

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Faze (musician)

Chibuzor Oji, better known by his stage name Faze, is a Nigerian musician and actor. He was a member of the defunct Nigerian hip hop group Plantashun Boiz, along with BlackFace Naija and 2face Idibia. The group split up in 2004 and each member of the group has gone on to launch solo careers. His first album Faze Alone sold over three million copies, while his second album Independent has sold over 7 million copies.

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Georgia Tech

The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech and GT or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or the Institute) is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Hanks Anuku

Hanks Anuku (born 12 May 1960), is a Nigerian actor. Anioma people and Hanks Anuku are Igbo people.

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Ibe Kachikwu

Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (born 18 December, 1956) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

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Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian statesman and military dictator who ruled as military president of Nigeria from 1985 when he orchestrated a coup d'état against his military and political arch-rival Muhammadu Buhari, until his resignation in 1993 as a result of the post-June 12, 1993 election which he illegally nullified.

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Ifeanyi Okowa

Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa (born 8 July 1959) is a Nigerian doctor and politician who served as Governor of Delta State from May 2015 to May 2023.

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Igala language

Igala is a Yoruboid language, spoken by the Igala ethnic group of Nigeria. Anioma people and Igala language are languages of Nigeria.

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Igala people

The Igala people are a Yoruboid ethnolinguistic group native to the region immediately south of the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers in central Nigeria. Anioma people and Igala people are ethnic groups in Nigeria.

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Igbo people

The Igbo people (also spelled Ibo" and historically also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, / / Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria. Anioma people and Igbo people are ethnic groups in Nigeria.

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Igboid languages

Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family.

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Igbuzo

Igbuzo (also Igbo-ụzọ, Igbo bi n'ụzọ or Ibusa) is an Igbo community in Delta State, Nigeria, founded c. 1450. Anioma people and Igbuzo are Igbo people.

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Ika language (Nigeria)

The Ika language is an Igboid dialect, classified under Nuclear Igboid in the Yeai language family. Anioma people and Ika language (Nigeria) are languages of Nigeria.

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Imo State

Imo State (Ȯha Imo) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east.

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Isoko region

Isoko is a region of Delta State and Bayelsa state in southern Nigeria and is inhabited by an ethnic group of the same name, the Isoko people.

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Jay-Jay Okocha

Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha (born 14 August 1973) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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Joseph Achuzie

Joseph "Hannibal" Achuzia (1929 – 26 February 2018) was a Nigerian British-trained aeronautical engineer who served as a major in the Biafran Army during the Nigerian Civil War. Anioma people and Joseph Achuzie are Igbo people.

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Joseph Chike Edozien

Joseph Chike Edozien, CFR, JP (28 July 1924 – 7 February 2024) was a Nigerian traditional ruler who is the Asagba of Asaba or King of Asaba, Delta State.

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Joy Ogwu

Joy Uche Angela Ogwu (born August 22, 1946) is a former foreign minister of Nigeria and a former permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York from 2008–2017.

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Kogi State

Kogi State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the southwest by the Edo and Ondo states, to the southeast by the states of Anambra and Enugu, and to the east by Benue State.

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Lisa Omorodion

Lisa Omorodio professionally credited as Lisa Omorodion is a Nigerian actress, film producer, and entrepreneur.

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Maryam Babangida

Maryam Babangida (1 November 1948 – 27 December 2009) was the wife of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, who was Nigeria's head of state from 1985 to 1993.

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Nduka Odizor

Nduka Emmanuel Odizor (born 28 August 1958) is a former tennis player from Nigeria, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

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Nduka Ugbade

Nduka Ugbade (born 6 September 1969) is a football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Nigeria U17 national team.

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Ned Nwoko

Prince Chinedu Munir Nwoko (born 21 December 1960) popularly known as Ned Nwoko is a Nigerian lawyer, philanthropist and politician.

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021.

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Niger River

The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about. Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anioma_people

Also known as Anioma, Delta Ibo, Delta Igbo, Enuani People.

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Anioma people, the Glossary

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