from wiki:

Onitsha (Igbo: Ọnịcha Mmili[4] or just Ọnịcha)[5] is a city, commercial center and river port on the eastern bank of the Niger river in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onitsha

Thank you Tpiah.

^no probs.

@tpia! @ shotstar50

Isn't it a shame that we have to consult 'wiki' or some other foreign source to 'approve' , 'confirm' and 'justify' our history and cultural names etc. It's obvious that 'Onitsha', 'Asaba', Benin etc were all anglicised forms of the 'native' names- Onicha, Ahaba and Bini etc. There's so much unfinished business in Africa.

^^i'm not igbo but i think most people are aware of these things, though i could be wrong.

the benin name- is that actually a corruption because i do wonder why we have so many birnin- somethings in the north.

could be coincidental i guess,