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Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by Ikwerreboy(m): 1:26pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
Port Harcourt (which 80% of its area is in ikwerre land while 20% okirika,eleme e.t.c) Pidgin : "Po-ta-kot" It is the capital of Rivers State , Nigeria . It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta . According to the 2006 Nigerian census Port Harcourt has a population of 1,382,592. The port was built in 1912, but not given a name until August 1913, when the Governor of Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard , named it "Port Harcourt" instead of Port Rebisi (Ikwerre land) in honour of Lewis Vernon Harcourt, then the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The area that became Port Harcourt in 1912 was before, that part of the farmlands of the Diobu village group of the Ikwerre ethnic nationality (One of the numerous ethnic group of the niger delta region of nigeria). The colonial administration of Nigeria created the port to export coal from the collieries of Enugu located 151 miles (243 km) north of Port Harcourt, [18] to which it was linked by a railway called the Eastern Line, also built by the British. In 1956 crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities at Oloibiri , and Port Harcourt's economy turned to petroleum when the first shipment of Nigerian crude oil was exported through the city in 1958. Through the benefits of the Nigerian petroleum industry, Port Harcourt was further developed, with aspects of modernisation such as overpasses and city blocks . [3] Oil firms that currently have offices in the city include Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron. Port Harcourt's primary airport is Port Harcourt International Airport , located on the outskirts of the city; the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) base is the location of the only other airport in the city and is used by commercial airlines Aero Contractors and Virgin Nigeria (now Air Nigeria ) for domestic flights. [21] The main educational establishment in the city is the University of Port Harcourt , and the current Mayor of Port Harcourt is Chimbiko Akorolo. HISTORY: Port Harcourt was founded in 1912 by Frederick Lugard , governor of both the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate . [22] Its purpose was to export the coal that geologist Albert Ernest Kitson had discovered in Enugu in 1909. [2][23] The colonial government caused the people of Diobu to cede their land, and in 1912 the building of a port-town was started. [10] Other villages that were later absorbed into the city included Oroworukwo, Mkpogua, and Rumuomasi; [24] [25][26] In the creeks to the south of the original port were the fishing camps and grounds of the Okrika - Ijaw group. During the First World War, Port Harcourt was used as a point for military operations against the Central Powers in German Kamerun . [3][27] After the discovery of crude oil in Oloibiri in 1956, Port Harcourt exported the first shipload from Nigeria in 1958. Port Harcourt became the centre of the Nigerian oil economy [28] and it subsequently reaped benefits of its associations with the petroleum industry by undergoing modernisation and urbanisation . [3] Port Harcourt's growth is further due to its position as the commercial centre and foremost industrial city of the former Eastern Region ; its position in the Niger Delta; and its importance as the centre of social and economic life in Rivers State. After the Republic of Biafra seceded from Nigeria in 1967 Port Harcourt fell to Nigerian forces on 19 May 1968. From an area of 15.54 km 2 in 1914, Port Harcourt grew uncontrolled to an area of 360 km 2 in the 1980s... |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by Wefiak1414(m): 1:28pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
welcome to port harcourt |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by iamodenigbo1(m): 1:36pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
good to know |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by naijaking1: 2:07pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
@OP, You just glossed over the role played by the former eastern Nigeria region in the development of Igwe ocha |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by redsun(m): 2:39pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
The thieves are busy looting,they haven't yet thought of removing the colonial harcourt from the city's name. |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by IGBOSON1: 2:53pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
redsun: ^^^A Robert Mugabe would have done it ages ago! |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by Nobody: 3:00pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
Story, Storyyyy, Story! But, Ikwerreboy this your history is yet to be completed. Did you say it is the history of Port/Harcourt, 'Pot-a-cot' or 'Igweocha'. Please complete the history. 1 Like |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by Nobody: 3:20pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
Story, Storyyyy, Story! But, Ikwerreboy this your history is yet to be completed. Did you say it is the history of Port/Harcourt, 'Pot-a-cot' or 'Igweocha'. I must confess there is substance to your story and I'm loving it. |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by Nobody: 3:22pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
Oops double post. |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by Ikwerreboy(m): 9:30pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
Chiwude: Igweocha azin? Its the history of Port Harcourt. |
Re: Brief History Of Port Harcourt. by cheruv: 10:26pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
Ikwerreboy:port Rebisi would've made more sense!! anyway when the oil dries up,we would think of what to do about the city's name |
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