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'''Mbaise''' is a region and a people located in [[Imo State]], southeastern [[Nigeria]]. Set in the heart of [[Igboland]], it includes several towns and cities. The name "Mbaise" was derived from five cities; [[Agbaaja]], [[Ahiara]], [[Ekwereazu]], [[Ezi na Ihite]] and [[Oke Ovoro]]. The area of Mbaise (the three Local Government Areas) is about 404 km²: Aboh Mbaise (185 km²), Ahiazu Mbaise (111 km²), Ezinihitte Mbaise (108 km²). The Mbaise Slogan is ''Seat of Sages''.
==Higher Education Institutions==
* African Institute of Science and Technology
* AIST Polytechnic, Mbaise
* Hi-Technology University, Mbaise
==History==
Before 1902, when the Aro expedition was carried out by the British Colonial powers to subdue the Aro slave trading oligarchy, Mbaise had not come under British rule. But by 1906, at the conclusion of the operation, the present day Mbaise consisting of the three Local Government Areas (Aboh, Ahiazu & Ezinihitte) was effectively brought together under British control while leaving in place a semblance of local authority.
To keep the whole clan under effective supervision, a native court was established at [[Obohia]] in 1907 but pressure from the likes of Chief Nwaturuocha of [[Nguru]] caused the transfer of the court to Nguru in 1909. In 1929, the Nguru court was destroyed as a result of the [[Igbo Women's War of 1929|Igbo Women's War]]. Sectional courts were subsequently opened in Obohia, [[Itu]], [[Ife]] and [[Enyiogogu]] in response to the increasingly popular "Home Rule" movement of the 1930s. The coming together of the people under a common political and administrative unit was secured in 1941. By 1945 councils had been formed based loosely on blocs of autonomous communities. The group councils and their number of autonomous communities recognized in Mbaise were: Ezinihitte - 16; Agbaja - 7; Oke-Uvuru - 4; Ekwerazu - 6 and Ahiara -6 (source: Ekechi 1989:179). It was from councils that the three local Governments were created. Ahiazu LGA was a merger of Ahiara and Ekwerazu councils and Aboh LGA was a merger of Oke-Ovoro and Agbaja councils. Ezinihitte remained by itself except for the secession of two small villages - Isu Obiangwu and Umuohiagu which joined Ngor-Okpala from the Agbaja area in Mbaise.' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext) | '{{unreferenced|date=April 2010}}
'''Mbaise''' is a region and a people located in [[Imo State]], southeastern [[Nigeria]]. Set in the heart of [[Igboland]], it includes several towns and cities. The name "Mbaise" was derived from five cities; [[Agbaaja]], [[Ahiara]], [[Ekwereazu]], [[Ezi na Ihite]] and [[Oke Ovoro]]. The area of Mbaise (the three Local Government Areas) is about 404 km²: Aboh Mbaise (185 km²), Ahiazu Mbaise (111 km²), Ezinihitte Mbaise (108 km²). The Mbaise Slogan is ''Seat of Sages''.
==History==
Before 1902, when the Aro expedition was carried out by the British Colonial powers to subdue the Aro slave trading oligarchy, Mbaise had not come under British rule. But by 1906, at the conclusion of the operation, the present day Mbaise consisting of the three Local Government Areas (Aboh, Ahiazu & Ezinihitte) was effectively brought together under British control while leaving in place a semblance of local authority.
To keep the whole clan under effective supervision, a native court was established at [[Obohia]] in 1907 but pressure from the likes of Chief Nwaturuocha of [[Nguru]] caused the transfer of the court to Nguru in 1909. In 1929, the Nguru court was destroyed as a result of the [[Igbo Women's War of 1929|Igbo Women's War]]. Sectional courts were subsequently opened in Obohia, [[Itu]], [[Ife]] and [[Enyiogogu]] in response to the increasingly popular "Home Rule" movement of the 1930s. The coming together of the people under a common political and administrative unit was secured in 1941. By 1945 councils had been formed based loosely on blocs of autonomous communities. The group councils and their number of autonomous communities recognized in Mbaise were: Ezinihitte - 16; Agbaja - 7; Oke-Uvuru - 4; Ekwerazu - 6 and Ahiara -6 (source: Ekechi 1989:179). It was from councils that the three local Governments were created. Ahiazu LGA was a merger of Ahiara and Ekwerazu councils and Aboh LGA was a merger of Oke-Ovoro and Agbaja councils. Ezinihitte remained by itself except for the secession of two small villages - Isu Obiangwu and Umuohiagu which joined Ngor-Okpala from the Agbaja area in Mbaise.' |
