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- ↑ "Suspected Ijaw youths behead Urhobo indigene; raze 2 houses, 2 cars - Vanguard News". Vanguard News. 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ↑ Nigeria Federal Census Office (1965). Population census of Nigeria, 1963: Northern Region. Population Census of Nigeria, 1963: Northern Region.
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