📅 History

🕑 Timeline

An interactive, searchable chronology of Tiv history — from earliest origins to the present day.

All Eras Origins (1) Migration Era (1) Expansion Era (1) Pre-Colonial Era (0) Colonial Era (8) Post-Independence (6) Modern Era (1)
🔍 Century, Decade & Category
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Post-Independence (1960-1999)
27 December 1991 (Edict); first academic session 1992/93 60%

Founding of Benue State University, Makurdi

Benue State University was established by Benue State University Edict No. 1 of 1991 under Military Governor Col. Attahiru Makka, taking off in the 1992/93 aca…

Education
Modern Era (2000-Present)
20 December 2016 (elected) – 4 March 2017 (installed) 85%

Installation of Prof. James Ayatse as Tor Tiv V

Professor James Ortese Iorzua Ayatse, a biochemist and twice a federal university Vice Chancellor, was elected the fifth Tor Tiv on 20 December 2016 and crowne…

Leadership Traditional Governance
Origins (Before 1600)
Pre-colonial (undated) (est.) 55%

Formation of the Ichongo–Ipusu Segmentary Lineage System

Tiv genealogy traces every clan to two founding lines, Ichongo and Ipusu, descended from the ancestor Tiv's two sons — the basis of the Tiv segmentary lineage …

Migration Culture Traditional Governance