Mopa, Nigeria

Mopa is a town in Nigeria.Mopa means ("imo papo" in Yoruba)which implies people with same ideology. It is the headquarters of the Mopa-Muro Local Government Area in Kogi State.Mopa is 95% Christians dominated,over 4.5 traditional believers and the remaining fragment Muslims which are 99% outsiders living in Mopa. Local industries include Mopa Breweries,Boja Industries, SBD Farms and two marble quarries. Mopa has a state-run Government Technical College. And several other colleges that were established and managed by the missionaries in conjunction with Mopa community i.e. Ecwa secondary school mopa (ESSMO),Baptist Girl high school Mopa (BAGHSMO).......... Sunday Awoniyi, the chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, was Aro of Mopa.A very high chief in Mopa kingdom Brigadier General Samuel Teidi also hails from Mopa. Brigadier General A.O Matthew (Rtd) hails from Mopa. Professor Seth Sunday Ajayi,(NNOM,MiBiol,FRHD,FIIA,FRZSS), a renowned scholar, a prolific researcher,a recipient of The 1994 United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) roll of honor, a Nigeria Merit Award winner for Science,who is also the First African Professor of Wildlife conservation is also a notable indigene of Mopa. Chief Duro Adeyele, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is another distinguished indigene. Chief Silas Bamidele Daniyan (CON) Former minister of National Planning,Pioneer MD NIDB,foremost Banker and An industrialist etc. hailed from this town.Chief S.B Daniyan died at 81. Mopa people speak their indigenous yagba language which is dialet of yoruba language.. they are people with strong cultural inclinations.. They are organised into clans; IYA ODE, ARIBO, OMOE AGE, ANUNMADE, ANNUMOTE,IYA OTO, IYA MOGBE,OMOLOKUN, ARUPE DENA, IYAA MELEDA, OMO-HOPA, IYA-LOJO etc.

Nigeria

The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria ⁱ/naɪˈdʒɪəriə/, is a federal constitutional republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. It comprises 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country.

Modern-day Nigeria has been the site of numerous kingdoms and tribal states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960, and plunged into a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It has since alternated between democratically-elected civilian governments and military dictatorships, until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with its 2011 presidential elections being viewed as the first to be conducted reasonably freely and fairly.

Nigeria (album)

Nigeria is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980. The tracks were also released in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Just classic Green".

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Nigeria (disambiguation)

Nigeria is a country in West Africa.

Nigeria or Nigerian may also refer to:

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