(1) 1890-1900: British began to annex Idomaland in the Middle Belt of what is today called Nigeria .
(2) 1909: Idoma Area Okpoga Division was transferred from Southern Nigeria to Northern Nigeria by the British colonial government.
(3) 1910: Okpoga was named the Headquarters of the Idoma Native Authority by the British colonial government.
(4) 1912: Railway line reach Idomaland at Igumale.
(5) 1915: Chief.Early Idoko District Head of Okpoga died.
(6)August 1916: Okpoga Native Authority was reforms.
(7)1918: Okpoga paid General tax
(8)1920: Customary courts were established in Igumale,Otukpa,Utunkun and Oyangede.
(9) 1921: Ogbu Loko rebels against the British colonial government.
(10) 1922: Ajaka was installed as the Idoga of Onyagede.
(11)* Methodist High School Igumale was established.
(12) 1923: Otukpo and Oju Local Governments were created by the Idoma Native Authority seated at Okpoga.
(13) * War between Otukpo and Ugboju ,Abah and Amepe two brothers from Ugboju were killed.
(14) *Fight broke out in Edumoga
(15)* Fight/riots in Owukpa
(16)* Ogbu Loko was killed in a village near Utunkun.
(17) * Capt.GDC Money becomes the District Commissioner of Otukpa.
(18)* Rebels were murdered in Ipupu(Upu)-Otukpo.
(19)*The Idoma Divisional Government (Headquarters) was moved from Okpoga to Otukpo.
(20)1935: The first pan-Idoma organization Idoma Loving Union(I.L.U) later known as Idoma Hope Rising Union(I.H.R.U) was founded by educated Idoma elites namely Prince.Abutu Obekpa, Mr.Joseph Akatu, Prince.Jacub Obande etc
(21)1936:Completion of Otukpo-Makurdi/Enugu Express road.
(22)* Chief.Akatu Augustine Alechenu becomes the Mayor of Otukpo.
(23)* Otukpo becomes the first town to be serve by pipe born water,electricity, modern schools and hospital in lower Northern Nigeria.
(24)*Otukpo becomes the first Nigerian Town to declare every last Saturdays of the month sanitation day with operation "Keep Otukpo Town Clean".
(25)* Idoma Technical Company (ITC) established Otukpo -the largest rice mill in Africa- there by making Otukpo the then Commercial nerves centre of Lower Northern Nigeria.
(26) 1946: Agaba'idu Ogiri Oko became the first Och'Idoma.
...To be continued
By Green Itodo
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