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Kingdom of Warri. The Kingdom of Warri, Warri Kingdom or Iwere Kingdom, (Itsekiri: Oye Iwere) was established in 1480, was part of the Nigerian traditional states its ancestral capital is based in Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria [1] with a palace erected in 1950s in the heart of the city of Warri, Warri South LGA, Delta ...
Warri has an international stadium with a capacity of 30,000 which is the home of Warri Wolves football club, [15] [16] which has hosted two editions of the African Women Football Championship in 2002 and 2006 respectively and was in contention as one of the venues to be used for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria in 2009.
Delta State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named after the Niger Delta —a large part of which is in the state—the state was formed from the former Bendel State, on 27 August 1991. Bordered on the north by Edo State, the east by Anambra and Rivers states, and that south by Bayelsa State while to the west is the ...
The Kingdom of Warri, Warri Kingdom or Iwere Kingdom, (Itsekiri: Oye Iwere) was established in 1480, was part of the Nigerian traditional states its ancestral capital is based in Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria with a palace erected in 1950s in the heart of the city of Warri, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria.
Apr 8, 2024 · The Itsekiri (also known as the Isekiri, iJekri, Itsekri, Ishekiri, or Itsekhiri) are a Yoruboid subgroup of Nigeria’s Niger Delta area. They speak the Yoruboid language and can be found in Delta State. Itsekiri people live mainly in the Warri South, Warri North, and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State on the Atlantic ...
Jun 28, 2021 · The Itsekiri are one of the five major ethnic groups in the oil-rich delta state. The Warri kingdom was founded in 1480 and is located in the Niger-Delta region of modern-day Nigeria. The monarch, known as the Olu of Warri, is one of ten traditional rulers in Nigeria. Whilst the Itsekiri people are a minority nationally — numbering about one ...
Warri, town and port, Delta state, southern Nigeria. It lies along the Warri River in the western Niger River delta , 30 miles (48 km) upstream from the port of Forcados on the Bight of Benin . Founded by Prince Ginuwa from Benin (60 miles [97 km] north) in the late 15th century, it grew to become the political and trading capital of the Itsekiri kingdom of Warri (Ouwerre).
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