Edo State
Heartbeat of Nigeria, home of the Benin Empire.
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Benin City, the state capital, ranks as Nigeria's fourth-largest city and serves as the hub for the nation's rubber industry.[1]
Key facts and history
During the Nigerian Civil War, Biafran forces occupied the Mid-Western state and declared it the "Republic of Benin", which collapsed a day later when Nigerian troops retook Benin City.[2][3] The state's political organization includes a three-tier age-group system, and Benin City is organized on the basis of age-grades, wards, and chiefs serving the Oba.[4] After the 2023 elections, the 24-member Edo State House of Assembly consisted of fifteen members of the People's Democratic Party, eight of the All Progressives Congress, and one of the Labour Party.[5][6] The territory now within Edo State's boundaries previously hosted the Benin Empire, whose second dynasty emerged during the 11th century AD.[7]
A British punitive expedition in 1897 destroyed much of the ancient city of Edo and brought the area into what later became the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.[7] Benin and Delta provinces from the Western Region were combined in June 1963 to create the Mid-Western Region, with Benin City as its administrative center.[2][8] Monday Okpebholo became Edo State's governor on 12 November 2024, with Dennis Idahosa serving as his deputy.[6]
What the cited sources add
The same source gives the Esan population as 17.14%, the Afemai (comprising Etsako) as 12.19%, Owan as 7.43%, and Akoko Edo as 5.70%.[2] The Nigerian Observer article confirms that after the 2023 supplementary elections, the PDP won 15 seats, the APC eight seats, and the Labour Party one seat in the Edo State House of Assembly.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Edo State" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nigeria Census - Nigeria Data Portal", nigeria.opendataforafrica.org; "World Gazetteer: Nigeria - administrative divisions (per geographical...", archive.ph, 5 January 2013; "Benin City History & Facts", Encyclopedia Britannica; admin, "Obaseki Revives N5.1bn Urhonigbe Rubber Plantation", This Day, 8 June 2018; "Edo state: The heartbeat of the Nation", Channels Television, 26 March 2012; "Edo State, Nigeria", www.britannica.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "About Edo", Edo State, 11 July 2019. facts only, no text reused. web.archive.org
- Wikipedia, "Edo State" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Republic of Benin was one of the shortest-lived countries in history", The Vintage News, 21 December 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Edo State" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Unveiling Nigeria - state", www.unveilingnigeria.ng; Bondarenko, "Benin Prehistory: The Origin and Settling down of the Edo", Anthropos, 1999, p. 542–552; L.Franklin, "The politics and administration of Nigerian government", African university press, 1965, p. 281 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Oluigbo, "PDP clinches 15 seats in Edo House of Assembly, APC 8, LP 1", The Nigerian Observer, 2023-04-16. facts only, no text reused. nigerianobservernews.com
- Wikipedia, "Edo State" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Oluigbo, "PDP clinches 15 seats in Edo House of Assembly, APC 8, LP 1", The Nigerian Observer, 2023-04-16 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Edo State" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Value added in industry"; Strayer 2013, p. 695-696; "Value added in industry"; Koutonin, "Story of cities #5: Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace", the Guardian, 18 March 2016; Obinyan, "The Annexation of Benin", Journal of Black Studies, September 1988, p. 29–40; Koutonin, "Story of cities #5: Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace", the Guardian, 18 March 2016 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Edo State" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "About Edo", Edo State, 11 July 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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