Before Nigeria became a country through British colonial government, Southeastern Nigeria was a home to many ethnic groups such as the Igbo, Ijaw, Ibibio, Efik, Annang, Ekoi, etc.
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These groups likely took their name from the Bakassi peninsula, an oil-rich peninsula in the Annang /Efik / Ibibio region of the coastal southeastern Nigeria disputes over the peninsula which had hastened hostilities between Nigeria and Cameroon, with both countries contending for ownership of the region and its resources.
It is found in the Montane forests of Western Cameroon around Mount Oku and Lake Manengouba, and in Southeastern Nigeria in the Gotel Mountains or Adamawa Plateau.
Cross River State, in southeastern Nigeria, named after the above river
Efik people, an ethnic group located primarily in southeastern Nigeria
Eziorsu is a community on the South bank of the Oguta Lake, southeastern Nigeria, its one of the foremost territories that witnessed western or European expedition during colonization and used as a gateway by the British to advance into the Igbo hinterland.
Igwe was raised in southeastern Nigeria, and describes his household as being strictly Catholic in the midst of a "highly superstitious community," according to an interview in the Gold Coast Bulletin.
The Ogbunike Caves are located in Ogbunike, Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria.