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Anioma, commonly known and referred to as Delta Igbo, are a subgroup of the Igbo ethnic groups in Nigeria, comprising towns and communities located in Delta State, South-South regional areas of Nigeria. The Anioma people are also referred to as Delta North, thus contrasting the Delta Central and Delta South densely inhabited by the Urhobo, Ijaw, Itsekiri and Isoko, the other ethnic groups inhabiting the State. The Anioma region has a total population of about 12114055. Some Ika population can also be found in neighboring Edo State specifically in Igbanke, Oza and Ekpon. The term Anioma is an acronym derived from the four original local governments ie (A) for Aniocha, (N) for Ndokwa, (I) for Ika-Igbo, (O) for Oshimili, M and A are common denominators in the four original local governments. The coinage was made by Chief Dennis Osadebey, the founding father of the State in 1951 and has since remained the preferred indigenous name by which the people collectively refer to themselves. Thus, ANIOMA. are also Anioma people in Anambra State ie Onitsha, Ogbaru, Oba, Akwukwu Obosi, Ozobulu, Ogidi, Oraifite. Some are in Imo State - Oguta, Rivers State ie Ndoni, Ogba. Anioma people are highly industrious, culturally interwoven with the Edo people and they are a unique people all over the world. Alex G. Igbineweka WHAT LANGUAGE IS GUOSA? WEST AFRICA: THE GUOSA OR THE ENGLISH? Thecolonial lingua franca monopoly of the indigenous independent Nigeria and the West African nations did not ...