48-426: Ikot Okoro is a rural settlement of Akwa Ibom State and was one of the larger population concentrations in the now defunct South Eastern Nigeria . Now smaller, it is about 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of the regional center of Abak . The people of Ikot Okoro have been clamoring for the creation of a local Government area (LGA) from the present day Oruk Anam LGA. Oruk Anam LGA incidentally happens to be one of
96-399: A West African leopard specimen measured 11.25 in (286 mm) in basal length, and 7.125 in (181.0 mm) in breadth, and weighed 1 lb 12 oz (0.79 kg). To compare, that of an Indian leopard measured 11.2 in (280 mm) in basal length, and 7.9 in (20 cm) in breadth, and weighed 2 lb 4 oz (1.0 kg). The African leopards inhabited
144-622: A biodiversity hotspot , but have already been fragmented into two blocks. Large tracts are affected by commercial logging and mining activities, and are converted for agricultural use including large-scale oil palm plantations in concessions obtained by a foreign company. The impact of trophy hunting on populations is unclear, but may have impacts at the demographic and population level, especially when females are shot. In Tanzania , only males are allowed to be hunted, but females comprised 28.6% of 77 trophies shot between 1995 and 1998. Removing an excessively high number of males may produce
192-445: A cascade of deleterious effects on the population. Although male leopards provide no parental care to cubs, the presence of the sire allows females to raise cubs with a reduced risk of infanticide by other males. There are few reliable observations of infanticide in leopards, but new males entering the population are likely to kill existing cubs. Analysis of leopard scats and camera trapping surveys in contiguous forest landscapes in
240-530: A part of the Oil Rivers Protectorate . Prior to the British colonization, no central government had existed among the people of what is now Akwa Ibom State. The various ethnic peoples were largely organized into clan communities, based on kinship and relations. Several Scottish missionaries went to Calabar in 1848, and Ibono in 1887. The British government did not attempt to establish more control over
288-616: A second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government Areas. Notable places. Four points by Sheraton Ikot Ekpene. It's a hotel located at the heart of Ikot Ekpene town. Four Points by Sheraton Ikot Ekpene has an outdoor swimming pool, fitness center, a terrace and restaurant in Ikot Ekpene, with free WiFi access as well. Akwa Ibom state has one of Nigerians international stadiums situated in Uyo which
336-470: A small proportion of their food. In the tropical rainforests of Central Africa , their diet consists of duikers and primates . Some individual leopards have shown a strong preference for pangolins and porcupines . In North Africa, the leopard preys on Barbary macaque ( Macaca sylvanus ). Analysis of leopard scat in Taï National Park revealed that primates are primary leopard prey during
384-475: A very broad diet. It takes small prey where large ungulates are less common. The known prey of leopards ranges from dung beetles to adult elands , which can reach 900 kg (2,000 lb). In sub-Saharan Africa, at least 92 prey species have been documented in leopard scat, including rodents , birds , small and large antelopes , hyraxes , hares , and arthropods . Leopards generally focus their hunting activity on locally abundant medium-sized ungulates in
432-670: A wide range of habitats within Africa , from mountainous forests to grasslands and savannahs , excluding only extremely sandy desert. It is most at risk in areas of semi-desert, where scarce resources often result in conflict with nomadic farmers and their livestock. It used to occur in most of sub-Saharan Africa , occupying both rainforest and arid desert habitats. It lived in all habitats with annual rainfall above 50 mm (2.0 in), and can penetrate areas with less than this amount of rainfall along river courses. It ranges up to 5,700 m (18,700 ft), has been sighted on high slopes of
480-571: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Akwa Ibom State Akwa Ibom State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria . It borders Cross River State to the east, Rivers State and Abia State to the west and north-west, and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean . The state takes its name from the Qua Iboe River which bisects the state before flowing into
528-615: Is home to a general hospital (Ikot Okoro General Hospital), magistrate court, police station, and post office. At the height of Ikot Okoro's prosperity, traders called the Umannis from the east of Nigeria, notably those from Arochukwu in Abia State settled there. present day Ikot Okoro has a high school / comprehensive secondary school and two primary schools. It is connected to the National grid and has effective telecommunication reception from any of
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#1732858688216576-470: Is led by a democratically elected governor who works closely with the state house of assembly. The capital city of the state is Uyo. The electoral system of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two -third of the State local government Areas. If no candidate passes threshold,
624-656: Is patterned with black rosettes while the head, lower limbs and belly are spotted with solid black. Male leopards are larger, averaging 58 kg (128 lb) with 90 kg (200 lb) being the maximum weight attained by a male. Females weigh about 37.5 kg (83 lb) on average. The African leopard is sexually dimorphic ; males are larger and heavier than females. Between 1996 and 2000, 11 adult leopards were radio-collared on Namibian farmlands. Males weighed 37.5 to 52.3 kg (83 to 115 lb) only, and females 24 to 33.5 kg (53 to 74 lb). The heaviest known leopard weighed about 96 kg (212 lb), and
672-565: Is tropical with significant rainfall and a short dry season. Politics in Akwa Ibom State are dominated by the three main ethnic groups: the Ibibio , Annang , and Oro . Of these three, the Ibibio remain the majority and have held sway in the state since its creation. The list of ministries in Akwa Ibom State include the following: Akwa Ibom State consists of thirty-one (31) local government areas . They include: The main ethnic groups of
720-593: The Biafran forces as they were mainly non-Igbos. At the war's end and the reunification of Nigeria, the South-Eastern State was reformed until 1976 when it was renamed Cross River State . Eleven years later, Cross River State was divided on 23 September 1987, by the Military Administration of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida . This division resulted in the creation of the state of Akwa Ibom, Uyo
768-503: The Bight of Bonny . Akwa Ibom was split from Cross River State in 1987 with her capital Uyo and with 31 local government areas . Of the 36 states , Akwa Ibom is the 30th largest in area and fifteenth most populous , with an estimated population of nearly 5.5 million as of 2016. Geographically, the state is divided between the Central African mangroves in the coastal far south and
816-700: The Church of Nigeria is Prince Asukwo Antai (2014). Like their Efik neighbors of Cross River State , people of Akwa Ibom speak various dialects of the Ibibio-Efik languages , which belong to the Benue–Congo language family, forming part of the Niger–Congo group of languages with close affinity to the Igbos with whom they share some language and cultural similarities due to many centuries of inter-tribal relationships between
864-493: The Congo Basin revealed a high dietary niche overlap and an exploitative competition between leopards and bushmeat hunters. With increasing proximity to settlements and concomitant human hunting pressure, leopards exploit smaller prey and occur at considerably reduced population densities. In the presence of intensive bushmeat hunting surrounding human settlements, leopards appear entirely absent. Transhumant pastoralists from
912-856: The Cross–Niger transition forests in the rest of the state. Other important geographical features are the Imo and Cross rivers which flow along Akwa Ibom's eastern and western borders respectively while the Kwa Ibo River bisects the state before flowing into the Bight of Bonny . In the southeast corner of the state is the Stubb Creek Forest Reserve , a heavily threatened wildlife reserve that contains declining crocodile , putty-nosed monkey , red-capped mangabey , and Sclater's guenon populations along with potentially extirpated populations of African leopard and Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee . Offshore,
960-533: The Igbos of Arochukwu kingdom even before the advent of the colonial Europeans . The following table lists languages of Akwa Ibom State, and the local government areas in which they are spoken: The Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Education is tasked with monitoring the education sector of the state. The current part of Akwa Ibom State that was within the former Calabar Kingdom , was the first site of Western education in Nigeria. The Hope Waddell Training Institute
1008-623: The Ruwenzori and Virunga volcanoes, and observed when drinking thermal water 37 °C (99 °F) in the Virunga National Park . The African leopard appears to be successful at adapting to altered natural habitat and settled environments in the absence of intense persecution. It has often been recorded close to major cities. But already in the 1980s, it has become rare throughout much of West Africa . Now, it remains patchily distributed within historical limits. During surveys in 2013, it
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#17328586882161056-412: The 20 to 80 kg (44 to 176 lb) range, while opportunistically taking other prey. Average intervals between ungulate kills range from seven to 12–13 days. Leopards often hide large kills in trees, a behavior for which great strength is required. There have been several observations of leopards hoisting carcasses of young giraffes , estimated to weigh up to 125 kg (276 lb), i.e. 2–3 times
1104-718: The British actually gained formal control of the area before incorporating the protectorate (now renamed the Niger Coast Protectorate ) into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate which later merged into British Nigeria ; after the merger, much of modern-day Akwa Ibom became a centre of anti-colonial resistance during the Women's War and political activism through the Ibibio State Union. After independence in 1960,
1152-535: The LGAs in which they are spoken: One research however claims to "have identified just about 10 languages", claiming that some languages are dialects of others, though the criteria for classification as dialects is not clearly stated. In the pre-colonial period, what is now Akwa Ibom State was divided into various city-states like the Ibom Kingdom and Akwa Akpa before they later became a British protectorate in 1884 as
1200-625: The area of now-Akwa Ibom was a part of the post-independence Eastern Region until 1967 when the region was split and the area became part of the South-Eastern State . Less than two months afterwards, the Igbo -majority former Eastern Region attempted to secede as the state of Biafra ; in the three-year long Nigerian Civil War , now-Akwa Ibom was hard-fought over in the prelude to the Invasion of Port Harcourt while people from Akwa Ibom were persecuted by
1248-565: The area until 1904. In that year, they organized the Enyong Division, encompassing the area of the current state of Akwa Ibom, with headquarters at Ikot Ekpene , a predominately Annang city. Noted Africanist Kaanan Nair, noted this city as the cultural and political capital of the Annang and Ibibio peoples . The greater Southeast was largely dominated by the majority Igbo people . The creation of Enyong Division encouraged collaboration among
1296-580: The biggest LGA in Nigeria and as such grassroots development have not been felt in most part of the LGA especially in Ikot Okoro. It is noteworthy to state that successive administrations in the past have neglected this once prosperous and dynamic area. It is the belief of the general population that once the actualization of the Annang State or ITAI state is achieved, Ikot Okoro will reclaim its lost glory. Ikot Okoro
1344-580: The border area between Sudan and the Central African Republic take their livestock to the Chinko area. They are accompanied by armed merchants who engage in poaching large herbivores, sale of bushmeat and trading leopard skins in Am Dafok . Surveys in the area revealed that the leopard population decreased from 97 individuals in 2012 to 50 individuals in 2017. Rangers confiscated large amounts of poison in
1392-538: The country in large part due to years of systemic corruption. Akwa Ibom State's economy is based on the production of crude oil and natural gas . It produces the most oil of any state in the country. It includes the following oil- producing Local Government Areas: Ibeno , Mbo , and Eastern Obolo . Key minor industries are based on agriculture; the state has substantial cocoyam , yam , and plantain crops, along with fishing and heliciculture . Despite its vast oil revenues, Akwa Ibom ranks as seventeenth among
1440-806: The course of habitat conversion . Leopards have also been recorded in North Africa as well. Felis pardus was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758. His description was based on descriptions by earlier naturalists such as Conrad Gessner . He assumed that the leopard occurred in India. In the 18th and 19th centuries, several naturalists described various leopard skins and skulls from Africa, including: Results of genetic analyses indicate that all African leopard populations are generally closely related and represent only one subspecies , namely P. p. pardus . However, results of an analysis of molecular variance and
1488-504: The day. In Gabon's Lope National Park , the most important prey species was found to be the red river hog ( Potamochoerus porcus ), African buffaloes ( Syncerus caffer ) and greater cane rats ( Thryonomys swinderianus ), comprised 13% each of the consumed biomass. In the Central African Republic's Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas , a leopard reportedly attacked and pursued a large western lowland gorilla , but did not catch it. Gorilla parts found in leopard scat indicates that
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1536-400: The dry season. Occasionally, they successfully hunted warthogs , dik-diks , reedbucks , duikers , steenboks , blue wildebeest and topi calves, jackals , Cape hares , guineafowl and starlings . They were less successful in hunting plains zebras , Coke's hartebeests , giraffes , mongooses , genets , hyraxes and small birds. Scavenging from the carcasses of large animals made up
1584-656: The leopard either scavenged on gorilla remains or killed it. African leopards were observed preying on adult eastern gorillas in the Kisoro area near Uganda's borders with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Throughout Africa, the major threats to leopards are habitat conversion and intense persecution, especially in retribution for real and perceived livestock loss. The Upper Guinean forests in Liberia are considered
1632-466: The numerous minority ethnic groups in the area. They created the Ibibio Welfare Union, later renamed Ibibio State Union. This social organization was first established as a local development and improvement forum for educated African persons and groups who in 1929 were still excluded from the colonial administration. It was dominated by British colonists and their appointees. In the early 1900s,
1680-778: The pairwise fixation index of African leopard museum specimens shows differences in the ND-5 locus spanning five major haplogroups , namely in Central–Southern Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, coastal West–Central Africa, and Central–East Africa. In some cases, fixation indices showed higher diversity than for the Arabian leopard and Panthera pardus tulliana in Asia . The African leopard exhibits great variation in coat color, depending on location and habitat. Coat colour varies from pale yellow to deep gold or tawny, and sometimes black , and
1728-535: The state include: Ibibio , Anaang , Oro and Obolo . The people of Akwa Ibom are predominantly Christians. 976,791 Catholics (2020) in the two dioceses of Uyo [1] (1989) with 74 parishes under Bishop John Ebebe Ayah (2014), and Ikot Ekpene (1963) with 53 parishes under Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh (2010), both suffragans of the Archdiocese of Calabar . The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Uyo within
1776-485: The state is also biodiverse as there are large fish populations alongside various cetacean species , including bottlenose dolphins , pantropical spotted dolphins , humpback whales , and killer whales . Modern-day Akwa Ibom State has been inhabited by various ethnic groups for hundreds of years, primarily the closely related Ibibio , Annang , and Oron peoples in the North-East , North-West , and Southern zones of
1824-418: The state, respectively. Economically, Akwa Ibom State is based around the production of crude oil and natural gas as highest oil-producing state in the country. Key minor industries involve agriculture as the state has substantial cocoyam , yam , and plantain crops along with fishing and heliciculture . Despite its vast oil revenues, Akwa Ibom has the seventeenth highest Human Development Index in
1872-518: The states List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index#2019 in the Human Development Index . Years of systemic corruption have resulted in such revenues being diverted from improving infrastructure, education and welfare of the people. "There are 20 languages spoken as first languages in Akwa Ibom State." However, comparing different sources show there are slightly over 20 languages. They are as follows (in alphabetical order) with
1920-450: The time) are typical annual totals for Akwa Ibom. The Akwa Ibom region regularly has tropical monsoons . All year long, there are high temperatures and a lot of rain. The region of Akwa Ibom has an average yearly temperature of 60 degrees and 672 inches of precipitation. The average humidity is 80% and the UV-index is 7. It is dry for only 52 days of the year. The climate of Akwa Ibom
1968-436: The weight of the leopard, up to 5.7 m (19 ft) into trees. In Serengeti National Park , leopards were radio-collared for the first time in the early 1970s. Their hunting at night was difficult to watch; the best time for observing them was after dawn. Of their 64 daytime hunts, only three were successful. In this woodland area, they preyed mostly on impalas, both adult and young, and caught some Thomson's gazelles in
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2016-529: The wireless telecommunication companies in Nigeria. The slight relief that Ikot Okoro has today is a road construction that runs from Ikot Ntuen through Asanga to Urua Atim, IKOT OKORO which makes it possible for commercial activities to commence once again after almost 40 years of neglect due to ethnic politics that played out in Akwa Ibom State after the civil war. 04°54′N 07°43′E / 4.900°N 7.717°E / 4.900; 7.717 This Akwa Ibom State , Nigeria location article
2064-419: Was chosen as the state capital in order to encourage development in all regions of the state. Akwa Ibom has a tropical monsoon climate (Classification: Am) and is 42.58 meters (139.7 feet) above sea level. The city's average annual temperature is -0.99% lower than Nigeria's averages at 28.47 °C (83.25 °F). 342.56 millimeters (13.49 inches) of precipitation and 294.37 rainy days (80.65% of
2112-677: Was founded at Calabar in 1895, and the Methodist Boys' High School, Oron in 1905. Other top schools, such as the Catholic seminaries Holy Family College at Abak and Regina Coeli College in Essene , were also soon founded. Some educational institutes in the state today are: Federal highways Other major highways include: Airports: Victor Attah International Airport (2009) 24 km southeast of Uyo has services to Abuja and Lagos, and Eket Airstrip for domestic flights. The State government
2160-417: Was named after the former Governor Godswill Akpabio . The stadium has hosted both local and international matches of the Nigeria football team. African leopard The African leopard ( Panthera pardus pardus ) is the nominate subspecies of the leopard , native to many countries in Africa . It is widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa , but the historical range has been fragmented in
2208-713: Was recorded in Gbarpolu County and Bong County in the Upper Guinean forests of Liberia . Leopards are rare in North Africa. A relict population persists in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco , in forest and mountain steppe in elevations of 300 to 2,500 m (980 to 8,200 ft), where the climate is temperate to cold. In 2014, a leopard was killed in the Elba Protected Area in southeastern Egypt . This
2256-642: Was recorded in South West Africa . According to Alfred Edward Pease , black leopards in North Africa were similar in size to lions . An Algerian leopard killed in 1913 was reported to have measured approximately 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m), before being skinned. Leopards inhabiting the mountains of the Cape Provinces appear smaller and less heavy than leopards further north. Leopards in Somalia and Ethiopia are also said to be smaller. The skull of
2304-630: Was the first sighting of a leopard in the country since the 1950s. In 2016, a leopard was recorded for the first time in a semi-arid area of Yechilay in northern Ethiopia . In Kruger National Park , male leopards and female leopards with cubs were more active at night than solitary females. The highest rates of daytime activity were recorded for leopards using thorn thickets during the wet season, when impala also used them. Leopards are generally most active between sunset and sunrise, and kill more prey at this time. The leopard has an exceptional ability to adapt to changes in prey availability, and has
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