The Igala–Benin War was a short conflict between the Igala Kingdom and the Kingdom of Benin that happened from 1515 to 1516. The Igala–Benin War was declared...

Inikpi was the virgin princess of the Igala Kingdom, buried alive to save the kingdom from the doom of the Igala-Benin war in 1515-1516 during the rein of Ata...

The Igbo–Igala wars refer to a series of conflicts that took place between the Igbo people and the Igala people of Nigeria during the 18th and 19th centuries...

The Akure–Benin War in 1818 was a conflict between the Benin Kingdom and the Akure Kingdom in what is now Nigeria. The origins of this conflict can be...

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...

eastwards, after defeating an invasion and attempted conquest of Benin by the Igala kingdom. Benin gained political strength and ascendancy over much of what...

and Benin was plunged into a civil war shortly thereafter. Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, the hitherto vassal Igala people...

The Benin ivory mask is a miniature sculptural portrait in ivory of Idia, the first Iyoba (Queen Mother) of the 16th century Benin Empire, taking the form...

neighboring Igala people sent warriors across the Benue River to wrest control of Benin's northern territories. Esigie conquered the Igala, reestablishing...

and Benin was plunged into a civil war shortly thereafter. Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, the hitherto vassal Igala people...

resulting in a threat of war. In the midst of the Igala–Benin War, Attah Ayegba Omaidoko of the Igala kingdom turned to an Oracle, for guidance. The oracle's...

related Igala people on the left bank of the Niger River. To the south are the Gbe-speaking Mahi, Gun, Fon, and Ewe who border Yoruba communities in Benin and...

Delta) and Igala (spoken in central Nigeria). Yoruba is classified among the Edekiri languages, which is together with the Itsekiri and isolate Igala from the...

Igbo, Igala and Benin:       (i)  The Igbo Descendants: Umuagwu, Umutei, Ajaji, Umutedem, Onya,             and Ogbe-Orji     (ii)  The Igala Descendants:...

Nsukka The Nsukka-Igala wars occurred in the 18th to 19th century following an Igala invasion and left most of Nsukka under Igala control. Nsukka is...

Set in the ancient kingdoms of Igala and Benin, the plot revolves around the story of two kingdoms on the brink of war. The film was premiered on 19 January...

rivers, and other southern and central Nigeria indigenous tribes, namely Igala, Tiv, Yako, Idoma and Ibibio. In the words of William B. Baikie: Igbo settlement...

area was part of the Kingdom of Benin. Between 1515 and 1516, the Kingdom of Benin was at war with the Attah of the Igala Kingdom. The town was, according...

Straddling the Nigeria-Benin international border (Nigerian side) Ilara Kanga - Straddling the Nigeria-Benin international border (Benin side) Ewé / Adakplamé...

This is a list of wars involving the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its predecessor states. Mbaise Rebellion Battles against the British 1902–1917 – In...

included the Igbo Kingdom of Nri, the Benin Kingdom, the Yoruba city-states as well as the Kingdom of Ife, Igala Kingdom, the Hausa states, and Nupe. Numerous...

groups, including the Igala, Ebira, Gbagyi, and Nupe (mainly the Bassa Nge, Kakanda, and Kupa subgroups) in the state's center; the Igala (most dominant in...

states (Oguta). Minorities of historically non-Igbo speakers exist with a Igala minority in the northernmost extremities of the Anioma homeland at Ebu on...

modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey. The Igala are an ethnic group of Nigeria. Their homeland, the former Igala Kingdom, is an approximately...

Benin and would later fend off an attack from the Igala people. Esigie started a tradition in Benin by abolishment of the killing of the king's mother...

Proto-groups of the Itsekiri people, Olukumi people, Igala people, and Yoruba people, into Proto-Igala, and Proto-Edekiri (ancestor of the Ede languages...

territory and influence of Benin by conquering or subjugating several neighboring kingdoms and peoples, such as the Igala, the Idah, the Esan, the Ishan...

a Yoruba empire in West Africa. It was located in present-day southern Benin and western Nigeria (including the South West zone and the western half...

the Benin Empire. The Oba approved the enijie of Esanland, and Esan kingdoms paid tribute to Benin. Yet, several wars between Esan kingdoms and Benin were...

arimu and ahuji in Igbo; ntong in Efik-Ibibio; effirin in Yoruba, añyeba in Igala, aramogbo in Edo; etc.), occasionally sprinkled with cut olili (local mint)...