₦airaland Forum

Bobbyjay001:
You omitted Awujale of Ijebu land from the south west list

Ruke1991:
I have added it. Thank you

ednut1:
None of these people have any powers since they were conquered by the British 😏. They can be sacked by their state governor

Afriifa:
Olu of Itsekiri, where is Jaja of Opobo? Deign if Agbor? Agadagba of Gbaramatu?

JuanDeDios:
They way I recall it, there are seven Ijaw kingdoms. All those Amanyanabos you hear, are Ijaw. There are some theY call "pere" (king).

Rayjnr:
Jokers , even ooni no fit look northern kings face

Ruke1991:
All those kings you mentioned are powerful in your eye because they are connected to your tribe or because you are limited in knowledge. Their level of influence is local to their domain. For a full list of high ranking kings to boost your knowledge beyond your local culture, look at the list below. These kings have influence over separately different domains

SOUTH SOUTH
1) Oba of Benin
2) The Orodje of Okpe
3) Asaba of Asaba
4) Olu of Itsekiri
4) Obong of Ibom
5) Amanyanaboh of Opobo
6) Obong of Calabar
7) Ovie of ughelli
Dein of agbor

SOUTH WEST
1) ooni of ife
2) Alafin of Oyo
3) Awujale of Ijebu land
4) Soun of Ogbomosho
5) Oba of Lagos
6) Ewi of Ado
7) Deji of Akure

SOUTH EAST
1) Obi of Onitsha

NORTH WEST
1) Emir of Sokoto
2) Aku okar of wukari
3) Emir of jalingo

NORTH CENTRAL
1) Emir of Ilorin
2) Ohinohyl of Ebiraland
3) Tor Tiv
4) Attah of Igala

NORTH WEST
1) Lamido Adamawa
2) Shehu of Borno
3) Mai Kanuri

Speak for your culture if you are not knowledgeable about more popular kings outside your culture. There is no such thing as one king being more superior to another simply because they are from a large ethnic group. That doesn't make them powerful

Ruke1991:
All those kings you mentioned are powerful in your eye because they are connected to your tribe or because you are limited in knowledge. Their level of influence is local to their domain. For a full list of high ranking kings to boost your knowledge beyond your local culture, look at the list below. These kings have influence over separately different domains

SOUTH SOUTH
1) Oba of Benin
2) The Orodje of Okpe
3) Asaba of Asaba
4) Olu of Itsekiri
4) Obong of Ibom
5) Amanyanaboh of Opobo
6) Obong of Calabar
7) Ovie of ughelli
Dein of agbor

SOUTH WEST
1) ooni of ife
2) Alafin of Oyo
3) Awujale of Ijebu land
4) Soun of Ogbomosho
5) Oba of Lagos
6) Ewi of Ado
7) Deji of Akure

SOUTH EAST
1) Obi of Onitsha

NORTH WEST
1) Emir of Sokoto
2) Aku okar of wukari
3) Emir of jalingo

NORTH CENTRAL
1) Emir of Ilorin
2) Ohinohyl of Ebiraland
3) Tor Tiv
4) Attah of Igala

NORTH WEST
1) Lamido Adamawa
2) Shehu of Borno
3) Mai Kanuri

Speak for your culture if you are not knowledgeable about more popular kings outside your culture. There is no such thing as one king being more superior to another simply because they are from a large ethnic group. That doesn't make them powerful

NewDigitalWorld:
[b]In Nigeria, here are 10 of the most influential and powerful kings, in no particular order


Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/04/10-most-powerful-kings-in-nigeria/#google_vignette

Afriifa:
Olu of Itsekiri, where is Jaja of Opobo? Deign if Agbor? Agadagba of
Gba
ramatu?

Afriifa:
Olu of Itsekiri, where is Jaja of Opobo? Deign if Agbor? Agadagba of Gbaramatu?

NothingDoMe:
Izon people nor get king?

riczy:
not Great Oba of Benin, do your findings

Barteze:
You try but and a very big BUT let me just add to Norh - central and southeast
North - central: you shouldn't omit Etsu Nupe and for southeast Eze Nri comes first.

Dongquairootx:
i am from benin and i said my king is Powerful.
It's your business if your own king is almajiri, mine is a man-God.
He's powerful.

Bobbyjay001:
You omitted Awujale of Ijebu land from the south west list

stasius:
Where is Emir of Zazzau

Ruke1991:
All those kings you mentioned are powerful in your eye because they are connected to your tribe or because you are limited in knowledge. Their level of influence is local to their domain. For a full list of high ranking kings to boost your knowledge beyond your local culture, look at the list below. These kings have influence over separately different domains

SOUTH SOUTH
1) Oba of Benin
2) The Orodje of Okpe
3) Asagba of Asaba
4) Olu of Itsekiri
4) Obong of Ibom
5) Amanyanaboh of Opobo
6) Obong of Calabar
7) Ovie of ughelli
Dein of agbor

SOUTH WEST
1) ooni of ife
2) Alafin of Oyo
3) Awujale of Ijebu land
4) Soun of Ogbomosho
5) Oba of Lagos
6) Ewi of Ado
7) Deji of Akure

SOUTH EAST
1) Obi of Onitsha
2) Eze nri

NORTH WEST
1) Emir of Sokoto
2) Aku okar of wukari
3) Emir of jalingo

NORTH CENTRAL
1) Emir of Ilorin
2) Ohinohyl of Ebiraland
3) Tor Tiv
4) Attah of Igala
5) Etsu Nupe

NORTH WEST
1) Lamido Adamawa
2) Shehu of Borno
3) Mai Kanuri

Speak for your culture if you are not knowledgeable about more popular kings outside your culture. There is no such thing as one king being more superior to another simply because they are from a large ethnic group. That doesn't make them powerful

iampeterben:
That's it oh! If this 10 kings endorses you for Presidency or Governorship in their states or general elections forget it, you will win. They are indeed very powerful.