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10 unusual facts about Western Region


Albert Okonkwo

Major (Dr.) Albert Nwazu Okonkwo was briefly the Military Administrator of the Mid-Western State of Nigeria in mid-1967 during an attempt to establish the region as the independent Republic of Benin early in the Nigerian Civil War.

Elijah Mushemeza

Elijah Dickens Mushemeza (born February 26, 1964 in the Sheema District, Western Uganda) is an academic, author and a practical politician.

Jojo Cobbinah

Jojo Cobbinah (born 25 May 1948 in Bogoso North of Tarkwa, Western Region) is a Ghanaian author living in Accra, Ghana.

Kibaale District

The district, like most of Western Uganda, is a predominantly rural area, with an average population density of around 145 persons per km².

Kibaale District, sometimes spelled as Kibale District, is a district in Western Uganda.

Kingdom of Warri

In May 1952 the government of Western Nigeria changed the title of the Itsekiri ruler from the Olu of Itsekiri to the Olu of Warri, at the request of the Itsekiri.

Victor Ovie Whisky

He practiced as a lawyer until 1960 when he became a magistrate in Western Region.

Western Region, Ghana

The Western region has many post-secondary schools, including teachers' and nursing colleges, polytechnics, and a university at Tarkwa, the University of Mines and Technology.

Western Region, Nigeria

Upon that union became matured in 1960, it became one of the members of the federation, along with the Eastern Region and the Northern Region.

In 1963, two provinces Benin and Delta were illegally split from the region to form the new Mid-Western Region.


Abba Kyari

During the outbreak of violence against the Igbo people in Northern and Central Nigeria in 1966, Abba Kyari assisted Igbo soldiers in escaping from Kaduna, including Major Samuel Ogbemudia, who later was appointed Governor of Mid-West State in September 1967 following the state's liberation from secessionist Biafran forces.

Baglamukhi temple

Baglamukhi Temple (Nepali: बगलामुखी मन्दिर) is one of the most important Hindu temples in Nepal, located at the center of Gulariya, city in mid-western development region.

British Rail Class 97/6

The fleet was originally numbered PWM650-654 in the Western Region Permanent Way Machines series, but were renumbered into the Class 97 series between 1979-1981.

British Rail Mark 3

The original Mk3 coaches delivered as part of HST sets for Western Region (Class 253) contained Trailer First (TF), Trailer Second (TS), and Trailer Buffet Second (TRSB) variants in formation TF-TF-TRUK-TS-TRSB-TS-TS.

Ivor Stanbrook

He completed postgraduate study at Pembroke College, Oxford then left for Nigeria in 1950 where he worked for ten years in the Colonial Service as District Officer in various regions of Northern and Western Nigeria, including Ilorin, Western Region.

Kabakumba Masiko

In November 2011, members of the Uganda Police Force, acting on a tip-off, confiscated a radio transmitter and a radio mast from the premises of Kings Broadcasting Sercvice (KBS), in the town of Masindi, in Western Uganda.

Onogboko

Until the creation of Delta State in 1991, it was formerly with the Ndoshimili LGA with headquarters located in Kwale, in the defunct Bendel state.