The Eggon (pronounced "EH-gone", also Egon, Ero, or Mo Egon, sometimes referred to as Mada or Madan Dutse meaning Hill Mada by the Hausa) are an ethnic group mostly based in North Central Nigeria (namely Nassarawa and Plateau state).
Autonyms for singular: abegon single individual; plural: moa ègón people in general.
They are a diverse but culturally homogenous people, numbering around 200,000 or more as of an estimate in 2016.[1] They existed through most of their pre-colonial history as a decentralised and deeply independent society, having their own distinct culture, language and history like most minor societies in the West African Savannah. Their native language is the Eggon Language, which most Eggon People still speak today, they also speak Hausa Language the regional language of Northern/North Central Nigeria, and English after British Colonisation.
^Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: Situation of the Eggon ethnic group, including treatment by society, armed groups and state authorities (2011-June 2016)". Refworld. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
The Eggon (pronounced "EH-gone", also Egon, Ero, or Mo Egon, sometimes referred to as Mada or Madan Dutse meaning Hill Mada by the Hausa) are an ethnic...
Eggon may refer to: Eggon language, a language of Nigeria Eggonpeople, an ethnic group mostly based in North Central Nigeria Egon, Nigeria, also known...
Eggon (also Egon, Ero, or Mo Egon), erroneously referred to as Mada - formerly a Plateau language spoken in central Nigeria. It is one of the major language...
Also notable is the Eggon hills of the Eggonpeople which is situated around Nasarawa Eggon. This was the hills which the Eggonpeople had settled and established...
Highness late (Dr.) Bala A. Angbazo, was the Aren Eggon, the traditional ruler of the Eggonpeople, and his mother, Mrs. Polina Angbazo, was the queen...
Eletromotores Jaraguá was created on 16 September 1961 by Werner Ricardo Voigt, Eggon João da Silva and Geraldo Werninghaus (respectively an electrician, an administrator...
the plains southeast of Plateau State, Middle Belt, Nigeria. The Tarok people call themselves oTárók, their language iTárók and their land ìTàrók [citation...
native speakers. Over 500 languages are spoken among its about 230 million people. This is a result of the number of existing ethnic groups. Some of the popular...
one such example is the farming practices of the Eggon, a Nigerian hill farming community. The Eggon live in the Mada hills, between Lafia and Akwanga...
that: The people of the Middle-Belt are not in the North and cannot therefore be northerners...Since it pleases God to distinguish the people he created...
states as "Battlegrounds." Comprising the local government areas of Akwanga, Eggon, and Wamba. Comprising the local government areas of Awe, Doma, Keana, Lafia...
million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria.[citation needed] Berom and Eggon have the...
Beyond the Three: Discover Bassa People of Kogi As Told by Ma'ade". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-02-17. "Igala | people". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved...
music in Nigerian languages Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Birom, Hausa, Idoma, Eggon or Jarawa. Many other languages have terms which only partly cover what...
Nigerian Pidgin – an English-based creole – is spoken by over 60 million people. The major native languages, in terms of population, are Hausa (over 80...
Nigeria. Maku was born on 1 January 1962 at Wakama District in Nassarawa Eggon Local Govt Area of Nassarawa State. He attended St Michael's Primary School...
Akwanga, Wamba and Nassarawa Eggon federal constituency from 2011 to 2019. He contested as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)(PDP)...
began and two major political parties were formed; the People's Democratic Party and the All People's Party. Elections were held the following February between...
Brought Stability To House of Reps - Hon. GAZA GBEFWI Tells City People". City People Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2021. "Members Karu/Keffi/Konona...
Afrikanistik 5–7). Vienna: Afro-Pub. Gerhardt, L. (1983). "The classification of Eggon: Plateau or Benue group?". Journal of West African Languages. 13 (1): 37–50...
42% with Tarok, 41% with Pyem, 41% with Ninzam, 39% with Kuche, 39% with Eggon, 38% with Ibunu, 37% with Rindre and 34% with Jukun. Research has shown...
North Senatorial District covers the local government areas of Akwanga, Eggon, and Wamba. The incumbent Godiya Akwashiki (SDP) was elected with 41.2%...
of ten children and one of eight daughters. She is from Kagbu; Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in Nigeria. Her father was a policeman...
tourist attractions such as the Farin Ruwa wamba Waterfalls and the flowing Eggon hills. He backed construction of the Farin Ruwa Falls Hydro-Electric plant...
David Ombugadu: former House of Representatives member for Akwanga/Nasarawa Eggon/Wamba (2011–2019) and 2019 PDP gubernatorial nominee Running mate—Yahaya...
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