Bori, Nigeria

Bori, Nigeria

Bori is a city in Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State, southern Nigeria. [cite web |url= http://hrw.org/reports/2007/nigeria0107/6.htm|title=Impact of Local Government Corruption and Mismanagement on Primary Education and Primary Health Care in Rivers State |accessdate=2007-07-17 |work=hrw.org |publisher=Human Rights Watch] It is the birthplace of executed author Ken Saro-Wiwa. [cite book |last=Hamilton |first=Janice |title=Nigeria in Pictures |year=2003 |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |isbn= 0822503735|page=71]

Bori is the traditional headquarters of the Ogoni people,Bori serves as a commercial centre for the Ogoni, Andoni, OpoboAnnang and other ethnic nationalities of the Niger Delta Benue Congo. Bori is the host of the Rivers State Polytechnic.

KAANI-BORI

The Bori Urban Area has many adjoined communities including the Brave Bua Kaani. The Kaani people built and donated the first community secondary school in Nigeria to the Government of the OldRivers State of Nigeria. The kaani people are known for their hospitality, vision and hardwork, the people represents a typical ogoni community, they are farmers, fishermen and traders. Kaani-Bori will be the tourist hotspot in Ogoni in the days ahead.

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