Is egbas a Yoruba?

The Egba people are a subgroup of the Yoruba people, an ethnic group of western Nigeria, a majority of whom are from the central part of Ogun State that is Ogun Central Senatorial District.

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How is Abeokuta formed?

Abeokuta (“Refuge Among Rocks”) was founded about 1830 by Sodeke (Shodeke), a hunter and leader of the Egba refugees who fled from the disintegrating Oyo empire. The town was also settled by missionaries (in the 1840s) and by Sierra Leone Creoles, who later became prominent as missionaries and as businessmen.

What is Egba in English?

Where did Ijebu originated from?

southwestern Nigeria
The Ijebu are a subgroup of the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria. In precolonial times they established a single kingdom under the Awujale (the titular head) whose seat of government was the town of Ijebu-Ode.

Who is number one king in Yoruba land?

1. Ooni of Ife. The Ooni of Ife is the most respected and powerful king in Yoruba land. this Ooni of Ife is Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.

Who are the true owners of Lagos?

Some of the answers have been: Nobody owns Lagos; Lagos is owned by the Yoruba; The Igbo own Lagos, The Benin Kingdom and therefore the Beni own Lagos; all Nigerians own Lagos; etc. And recently two “Lagosians” held court on the ownership of Lagos.

How old is the Ewekoro Formation?

Radiometric (K-Ar) dating of glauconites from two horizons which unconformably overlie the Ewekoro limestone yielded an age of 54.45 ± 2.7 m. y., a date closely corresponding with the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. This confirms an age not younger than Paleocene for the underlying Ewekoro Formation.

What is the stratigraphy of the Ewekoro limestone formation?

The stratigraphy of the Nigerian sector of the embayment can be broadly divided into two: the Cretaceous Abeokuta Group (comprising Ise, Afowo and Araromi Formations) and the Cenozoic units (comprising Ewekoro, Akinbo, Oshoshun, Ilaro, and Benin Forma- tions) [2] [9] (Figure 2). However, this study is focused on the Ewekoro limestone Formation.

Where is Ewekoro located?

Ewekoro is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Itori, at 6°56′00″N 3°13′00″E / 6.93333°N 3.21667°E / 6.93333; 3.21667 . It has an area of 594 km² and a population of 55,156 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 112.

Do Cao and SiO2 coexist in the Ewekoro limestone formation?

CaO and SiO 2Variations in the Ewekoro Limestone Formation A marked inverse negative correlation exists between SiO 2and CaO contents of the limestones (Figure 4). A generalized geochemical variation model for the area representing the SiO 2distribution is depicted in Figure 5.