Amawbia ia a town in Anambra State of Nigeria. The town has six villages: Umueze, Ngene, Adabebe, Umukabia, Ezimezi and Enu-oji. Awofia according to oral tradition was the founder of Amawbia. From time immemorial, Amawbia had been an automatons community, managing its own affairs. Beginning from 1905, Amawbia had been the seat of government for…

Pastor J. E. Isholibo Saai (1911-1987), a member of the Tiv tribe, grew up in that part of Central Nigeria known as the Middle Belt, and more specifically as Benue Province. The Gospel was first proclaimed to the Tiv in 1911, the year of Rev. Saai’s birth, and indeed this occurred in the village known…

Senator Joseph Sarwuan Tarka (1932–1980) was a Nigerian politician from Benue State and a former minister for Transport and then Communications under General Yakubu Gowon. He was one of the founding members of the United Middle Belt Congress, a political organization dedicated to protecting and advocating for the country’s Middle Belt. Tarka was born on…

J.S. Tarka (Ikyarem i Tiv) Ayua Num (Ishua i Tiv) Athanasius Angereke (Ibyughashe i Tiv) Ako Zungwe Shande (Ityungumger i Tiv) Martin Joseph Dent – British National (Asôrtar u Tiv) Aper Aku (Akinde u Tiv) Brig. Gen. John Atôm Kpera (Nom-or u Tiv) Engr. Barnabas Gemade (Nomyange u Tiv) Mrs L.Y.A.Katsina Alu (Kasev Ikyundu u…

The very first formal expression of the demand for a Tor Tiv occurred during the 1934 meeting of the Tiv Central Council. The person who brought up the matter for discussion was Jato Aka of Turan, a local potentate who had survived the transition from district head or clan spokesman and was anxious to become…

The foundation of the United Middle Belt Congress in 1956 was a major factor in the movement for the political mobilization of the Tiv as well as the creation of a Middle Belt Region. Although collectively founded by groups and societies in the Middle Belt, the UMBC ultimately turned into an instrument of widespread campaign…

On 2 January 1906 Lugard received a telegram informing him that the Tiv had attacked Abinsi and that the town was aflame. This was indeed a perfect excuse for another punitive campaign. His immediate response was to close River Benue to all shipping. This dramatic action was taken in the hope of impressing the colonial…

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By 1963, there were indications of rising tension among the various conflicting groups in Tivland. In 1964, there was an outbreak of violence leading to the destruction of lives and property. The immediate cause of the 1964 riots arose from the attempt by thegovernment to force the Tiv to pay a riot damage fine of…

In the pre independence era another way for an ethnic group to earn the tag of ‘martial race’ was to demonstrate a history of resistance to the Sokoto Caliphate. The Tivs, who lived in the lower part of Northern Nigeria, had fought off frequent slave raids from the Caliphate, maintained their independence, and refused to…