The Gun people, also rendered Ogũ, Ogun and Egun, is an ethnic group principally found in Lagos and Ogun State regions of southwestern Nigeria, and Ouémé...
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Ogu or OGU may refer to: OGUsers or "OGU", an internet forum Ogu people, an ethnic group in Nigeria Ogu–Bolo, a local government area in Rivers State...
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Zangbeto are the traditional voodoo guardians of the night among the Ogu (or Egun) people of Benin, Togo, and Nigeria. A traditional police and security institution...
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Ogu–Bolo (also spelled Ogu/Bolo) is a local government area (LGA) in Rivers State, Nigeria with headquarters in the town of Ogu. It is located on the...
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resettlement for displaced peoples of varied ethnic groups, mostly Ogu people, Ewe people and Oyo Yorubas. Another source links the people living at a settlement...
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gungbe) is a language in the Gbe languages group. It is spoken by the Ogu people in Benin, as well as in south-western Nigeria. Gun is part of the Fon...
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near Badagry, Lagos State, in southwestern Nigeria. A member of the Ogu people, Olatunji was introduced to traditional African music at an early age...
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languages such as the Fon, Gen, Phla/Phera, Ogu/Gun, Maxi (Mahi), and the Aja people of Togo and Benin. Ewe people are located primarily in the coastal regions...
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Ogus is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anthony Ogus, English legal scholar Arthur Ogus, American mathematician Lionel Blair, born...
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The ofo is often accompanied by an ogu, a shorter stick tied with palm leaves to represent peace and innocence. The ogu serves as a symbol to indicate a...
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Lagos State (section Notable people)
ethnic groups, primarily the majority Yoruba people that live throughout the state but also the Ewe and Ogu peoples in the far west. As a result of migration...
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The Yoruba people (/ˈjɒrʊbə/ YORR-uub-ə; Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts...
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John Ogu (born 20 April 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Israeli club Maccabi Jaffa. Ogu began...
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Lionel Blair (redirect from Henry Lionel Ogus)
Lionel Blair (born Henry Lionel Ogus; 12 December 1928 – 4 November 2021) was a Canadian-born British actor, choreographer, tap dancer, and television...
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voice under a broader definition (8) Ógù Ogu a-vó-ọ-la PREF-be.open-SUFF-PRF Ógù a-vó-ọ-la Ogu PREF-be.open-SUFF-PRF 'Ogu has become disgraced.' (9) Íbè Ibe...
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(Abonnema, Buguma, Degema etc.), Okirika, Ogu, Opobo, Port Harcourt South, Bonny, Finima, Nkoro, Andoni, and Obolo people (part of Andoni) ), who can also be...
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Arthur Edward Ogus is an American mathematician. His research is in algebraic geometry; he has served as chair of the mathematics department at the University...
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Anthony Ian Ogus CBE FBA is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Manchester and the Erasmus University Rotterdam and a pre-eminent scholar...
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Arakawa, Tokyo (section Notable people)
Elementary School (ひぐらし小学校) Ogu Elementary School (尾久小学校) Ogu No. 6 Elementary School (尾久第六小学校) Ogu Miyamae Elementary School (尾久宮前小学校) Ogu Nishi Elementary School...
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people; Porto Novo of the Ogu people and Kétu of the Yoruba people, which were tributary kingdoms of the Oyo Empire; and Borgu of the Bariba people....
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Women's War (redirect from Ogu Umunwanyi)
The Aba Women's Riots of 1929 (Igbo: Ogu Umunwanyi; Ibibio: Ekong Iban) were a period of unrest in colonial Nigeria in November 1929. The protests broke...
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Mmanwu // is a traditional masquerade of the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria. They are performed only by males in exclusive secret societies and involve...
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settlements include: Agudama-epie, Akenpai, Okutukutu, Onopa, Igbogene, Kpansia, Ogu, Edepie, Yenaka, Opolo, Swali, Ikolo, Akenfa, Yenagoa, and Biogbolo. They...
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Bright Joseph Egemasi Ogu was an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Ogu was educated at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria. He was Bishop of Mbaise from...
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The Ohafia War Dance // (Igbo: ikpirikpi ogu) is a popular war dance performed in several parts of Eastern Nigeria. The dance which has its roots from...
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bounded in the north by Obio Akpor and Oyigbo, in the South by Okrika and Ogu Bolo, in the east by Tai and the West by Okrika and Port Harcourt. In early...
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Igboland (redirect from History of the Igbo people)
Atlantic Ocean Bight of Benin Nsukka Obolo Abakaleke Igrita Elele Ahoada Aba Ogu Ihiala Okigwe Oka Onicha Owerre Obiaruku Agbor Niger River Ugwu Ọcha Atakpa...
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constituted the Okrika Kingdom before 1913, these towns are Kirike, Ogoloma, Ogu, Bolo, Ogbogbo, Ibaka, Ele, Isaka and Abuloma. Most of these traditional...
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Moushumi Chatterjee (category Living people)
and Basu Chatterjee's Manzil (1979). Her Bengali film with Uttam Kumar, Ogu Bodhu Sundari, released in 1981 and became successful. In 1982, she did the...
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Ruslan Akhmadullin (category Gazprom-OGU Orenburg players)
Ruslan Akhmadullin (born January 26, 1982) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward. Akhmadullin spent one season playing in the junior Ontario...
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