Ishiagu is a town in the Ivo

Ivo, Nigeria

Ivo is a Local Government Area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.Towns include Ishiagu, home of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu.Oil pipelines passing through the area have been attacked by armed vandals who broke the pipes and scooped up the oil....

 Local Government Area in Ebonyi State

Ebonyi State

Ebonyi State is a mainland south-eastern state of Nigeria, inhabited and populated primarily by Igbo of south eastern Nigeria. Its capital and largest city is Abakaliki. Afikpo is the second largest city. Other major towns are EDDA, Mgbo, Onueke, Ezzamgbo, Nkalagu, Uburu, Onicha, Ishiagu , Ukawu,...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

, located on the plains of the south-eastern savannah belt.
It is the location of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu

Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu

The Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu is based in Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.The college was established in Umudike in 1955 by the government of Eastern Nigeria, was amalgamated with the Agricultural Research Station, Umudike in 1964 and was taken over by the East Central State Government...

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An open-pit lead/zinc mine was opened in 1965, and closed 17 years later.
Oil spill and oil pipeline vandalism in the area has caused significant environmental damage.