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Ekpoma

Ekpoma is a town in Edo State in southern Nigeria, the headquarters of the Esan West local government area. It was one of the Esan chiefdoms whose rulers, the Enijie, traced their origins to the Kingdom of Benin. It is home to Ambrose Alli University, founded in 1981.

Ekpoma
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Esan chiefdoms

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ekpoma. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ekpoma
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