Onikwu
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Onikwu is a community in Rivers State, Nigeria. Onikwu is self-contained district or community within Ndoni town, distance is about 6.4 km from Ndoni to Onikwu. The name "Oni-kwu/Nd-oni, Ndoni also pronounce Nde-Oni means Oni people while Oni-ukwu meaning the elder of Oni people. In Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni language (Igboid) ukwu means elder, and Nde means people of. Onikwu and Ndoni are of same ethnic group located in Ogba Egbema/Ndoni Local government of Rivers State. The community alongside them have other neighboring villages which include Ase-Azaga, Isukwa, Odugiri. Agwe, Ugbaja, Isala Ase-Imoniteh and Ogbe-Ogene. All of the said communities are located in the Central Niger Delta region, south-south Nigeria.
The (Onikwu/Ndoni) are related to the Aboh people of Ndokwa Nation, present day Delta State and Edo State. Onikwu/Ndoni people are Aboh origin. They share the same linguistic and cultural heritage with other Igbo-related ethnic groups like Ukwuani, Ikwerre, Anioma people, Ika, and Ekpeye. They Speak Ndoni, a variant of the Ndokwa Ukwuani language. Ukwuani-Eboh-Ndoni language is among the 26 languages approved by the Federal Govt of Nigeria for mother tongue education.
Language
Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni language is an Igboid Language, sometimes considered as a dialect of the main Igbo language group. Onikwu and Ndoni people share lots of cultural and linguistic grounds with Igbo and Bini people.
Notable people
Peter Odili was elected governor of Rivers State from 1999, and was reelected in April 2003 to 2007.
Agnes Okoh founder of Christ Holy Church International.