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Pyem People
The Pyem people (Pyam; Hausa: , ) are found mainly in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Middle Belt (central) Nigeria. They speak the Pyem language, a Plateau language. Their headquarters are in the town of Gindiri, about 51 km due southwest of the city of Jos. History The Pyem people were said to have migrated from the Gobir Kingdom when Bawa Jangwarzo (1777-1795) reigned as king. The people left in two groups. One group established a settlement in Tulai, located southeast of Gindiri, and the second group in an area located in Bokkos. In one of Ames' contexts, a part of the migrants migrated to Pengiji, founding the Pyem people. A part of the people then moved to Fier from Pengiji and intermarried with an offshoot of the Ngas people. Furthermore, a large portion of them subsequently left for Lankan, in Mupunland, and again journeyed through . From there, through Mwaghavulland and then settled finally in the Bokkos area where they became the Ron people. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising of States of Nigeria, 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gindiri
Gindiri is a town in Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ..., Middle Belt, Nigeria. The postal code of the area is 932. The town sits on an elevation of 1,159 meters above sea level. The town is the headquarters of the Pyem Chiefdom. Education Gindiri is home to institutions like: * Girls' High School, Gindiri (established 1958) * Boys' Secondary School, Gindiri (established 1950) * Government Secondary School (GSS), Bwalbwang, Gindiri. * Plateau State College of Education, Gindiri * Gindiri Theological Seminary * Teachers' Training College, Gindiri (established 1935) Traditional stool Gindiri is the seat of the Pyem Chiefdom. The ''Sum Pyem'' as of 2021 was Sum Charles Mato Dakat, a second class chief. Notable people * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilijah Paul
Ilijah Paul Gindiri (born July 26, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. Career Youth and college Paul played soccer for a variety of clubs at youth level, spending time with local sides San Tan Legacy and Arizona Soccer Club, before joining Valparaiso United FC, helping the team to end a fifteen-year title drought for Arizona teams at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. In 2018, he left Arizona to join the Real Salt Lake academy in Utah. In for the U16/17 side, Paul made sixteen appearances and led the team with ten goals. 2019 saw Paul join the Phoenix Rising academy, but also sign a USL academy contract that allowed him to retain his college eligibility. In September 2019, he was loaned to Phoenix's USL League One affiliate side FC Tucson, where he made three appearances. In late 2019, Paul joined his final academy side, the Barça Residency Academy, scoring six goals in as many appearances. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliezer Paul-Gindiri
Eliezer Paul-Gindiri, nicknamed Snappy Gilmore, is a Nigerian American amateur golfer who is known for his distinctive single-handed golf swing. First gaining popularity after a 2021 viral video, he was invited in 2022 by PGA of America and PGA Tour to share his technique with PGA players. Biography Prior to entering golf, Paul-Gindiri played soccer at Contra Costa College. On February 28, 2021, a video garnered five million views on TikTok, featuring him playing golf with at Diablo Creek Golf Course in Concord, California. His driving technique with a golf club which garnered him and his synonymous technique the nickname ''Snappy Gilmore'', an homage to the film ''Happy Gilmore'', caused him to be featured on ''Barstool Sports'', ''Golf Magazine'', ''Sports Illustrated'', and ''SportsCenter''. Genesis Motor sponsored a friendly match between three-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa John Maxwell Homa (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Mantu
Ibrahim Mantu (16 February 1947 – 17 August 2021) was a Nigerian politician who served as the deputy senate president of Nigeria between 2003 and 2007. Biography He served as Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2007 and was a member of the Senate of Nigeria from 1999 till 2007. Mantu died from COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickl ... in August 2021. References 4. "Life and Times of Sen. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, CFR" https://viewpointnigeria.org/life-and-times-of-sen-ibrahim-nasiru-mantu-cfr-february-16th-1947-17th-august-2021-by-mallam-jamilu-jaafaru/ 17 August 2021. 1947 births 2021 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria Nigerian politicians United Nigeria Congress Party politicians People from Plateau State {{Niger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIL International
SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is an evangelical Christian non-profit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages, and aid minority language development. Based on its language documentation work, SIL publishes a database, '' Ethnologue'', of its research into the world's languages, and develops and publishes software programs for language documentation, such as FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) and Lexique Pro. Its main offices in the United States are located at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas, Texas. History William Cameron Townsend, a Presbyterian minister, founded the organization in 1934, after undertaking a Christian mission with the Disciples of Christ among the Kaqchikel Maya people in Guatemala in the early 1930s.George Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horom Language
Horom (Rom) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. Neighbouring ethnic groups consider the Rom to be culturally part of the Ron, who are West Chadic speakers. The Rom people are also known for their xylophone The xylophone (; ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Like the glockenspiel (which uses metal bars), the xylophone essentially consists of a set of tuned wooden keys arranged in t ...s.Blench, Roger M. 1998Recent fieldwork in Nigeria: Report on Horom and Tapshin ''Ogmios'', 9:10-11. References *Blench, Roger. 2012Horom wordlist Languages of Nigeria East Plateau languages {{plateau-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Project
The Joshua Project is a Christian organization based in Colorado Springs, United States, which seeks to coordinate the work of missionary organizations to track the ethnic groups of the world with the fewest followers of evangelical Christianity. To do so, it maintains ethnologic data to support Christian missions. It also tracks the evangelism efforts among 17,000 people groups worldwide—a people group being "the largest group within which the Gospel can spread as a church planting movement," according to the project's website—to identify people groups as of yet unreached by Christian evangelism. History The project began in 1995 within the former AD2000 and Beyond Movement. From 2001 through 2005 the Joshua Project was at different times informally connected with the Caleb Project, and the International Christian Technologists Association (ICTA) and World Help. In 2006, the Joshua Project officially became part of the U.S. Center for World Mission, now called the Venture Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwaghavul Language
Mwaghavul (also known as Mupun and Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, dominantly in Mangu L.G.A., Middle Belt Region of Nigeria. Dialects include Mupun and Takas. Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language (see logophoricity Logophoricity is a phenomenon of binding relation that may employ a morphologically different set of anaphoric forms, in the context where the referent is an entity whose speech, thoughts, or feelings are being reported. This entity may or may ...). The language Mwaghavul also has one of the best names in the middle belt region in Nigeria. Phonology Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/. References Further reading * Roger Blench''Mwaghavul - English dictionary'' unpublished. * Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. ''A Grammar of Mupun''. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag. External links - Mwaghavul webpage at rogerblench.info Languages of Nigeria West Chadic languages< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angas People
The Ngas people (also known as the Agas and Angas) are an ethnic group in Plateau State Nigeria. They speak an Afro-asiatic languaged called Ngas. Recent studies have indicated there are roughly 727,000 Ngas people in Nigeria today. History According to local folklore, the Angas migrated from Bornu passing through villages before settling on the highlands of Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To .... In the course of migration, the groups splintered into sub-groups settling in Pankshin, Ampang, Amper and Kabwir districts.Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ''Africana,'' 1st edition. New York: Basic Civitas Books, . The settlers at Kabwir were led by a chief called Gwallam and the chief of the Ampers was Kendim. Later settlements populated the hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokkos
Bokkos is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Bokkos at . It has an area of 1,682 km and a population of 178,454 at the 2006 census. Ron languages are the indigenous languages spoken in Bokkos.Blench, Roger M. 2003Why reconstructing comparative Ron is so problematic In Wolff, Ekkehard (ed.), ''Topics in Chadic linguistics: papers from the 1st biennial international colloquium on the Chadic language family'' (Leipzig, July 5–8, 2001), 21-42. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. The postal code of the area is 932. The Plateau State University is located in Bokkos, was suspended in 2007 and reopened in 2012. The institution has received accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) Bokkos Local Government major tribes are Ron, Kulere and Mushere. Bokkos Local Government has eight districts which are Bokkos, Mushere, Daffo, Sha, Manguna, Richard, Toff, and Kamwai. There are 20 electoral wards in Bokkos. The Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobir Kingdom
Gobir (Demonym: ''Gobirawa'') was a city-state in what is now Nigeria. Founded by the Hausa in the 11th century, Gobir was one of the seven original kingdoms of Hausaland, and continued under Hausa rule for nearly 700 years. Its capital was the city of Alkalawa. In the early 19th century elements of the ruling dynasty fled north to what is today Niger from which a rival dynasty developed ruling as Sarkin Gobir (''Sultan of Gobir'') at Tibiri. In 1975 a reunited traditional sultanate took up residence in Sabon Birni, Nigeria. History Early history Gobir was one of the seven original kingdoms of Hausaland, tracing a lineage back to the 11th century. The seat of the dynasty was at Alkalawa, in northwestern Hausaland. Fulani jihad Gobir is particularly remembered as the chief opponent of Fulani Islamic reformer Usman dan Fodio. Bawa, a ruler of Gobir, appears to have invited dan Fodio to the area in 1774; dan Fodio made his home in the small town of Degel, and began preaching. Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
