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THE HISTORY OF EBIRA PEOPLE (ITOPA ANE EBIRA )EBIRA PEOPLE

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google.com, pub-9820276073479546, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9820276073479546"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> THE MOST OUTSPOKEN, TALENTED AND HARDWORKING PEOPLE OF KOGI STATE IN NIGERIA The Ebira (also spelt Igbira or Igbirra) are the outspoken and very hard working agrarian Nupoid-speaking ethno-linguistic group located in the Central Senatorial district of Kogi State (not far from the Niger-Benue confluence) in Nigeria. OKENE CITY INTRODUCTION Ebiraland occupies a hilly sketch of guinea savannah grassland approximating 2,977 square kilometres. The land lies approximately between 60 and 80 north of latitude and between 60 and 100 east longitude in the south-west zone of the Niger-Benue confluence area with a very pleasant climate; to the west and north-west, it shares common boundaries with the Yoruba speaking people of Owe, Akoko, Ijumu an