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Aro Ngwa is an Igbo community in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, in Abia State of Nigeria. It is a suburb of Aba, a commercial centre in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. The nearest major city is Aba in Nigeria.
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Aro Ngwa is an Igbo community in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, in Abia State of Nigeria. It is a suburb of Aba, a commercial centre in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. The nearest major city is Aba in Nigeria.
Aba is a city in the southeast of Nigeria and the commercial center of Abia State. Upon the creation of Abia state in 1991, Aba was divided into two local government areas; Aba South and Aba North. Aba South is the main city centre of Abia State, south-east Nigeria. It is located on the Aba River. Aba is made up of many villages such as; Aba-Ukwu, Eziukwu-Aba, Obuda-Aba, Umuokpoji-Aba and other villages from Ohazu merged due to administrative convenience. Aba was established by the Ngwa clan of Igbo people of Nigeria as a market town and then later a military post was placed there by the British colonial administration in 1901. It lies along the west bank of the Aba River, and is at the intersection of roads leading to Port Harcourt, Owerri, Umuahia, Ikot Ekpene, and Ikot-Abasi. The city became a collecting point for agricultural products following the British made railway running through it to Port Harcourt. Aba is a major urban settlement and commercial centre in a region that is surrounded by small villages and towns. The indigenous people of Aba are the Ngwa. Aba is well known for its craftsmen and also the most populous city in the South Eastern Nigeria. As of 2016, Aba had an estimated population of 2,534,265. The state's slogan is "God's own State".
The Women's War, or Aba Women's Protest, was a period of unrest in colonial Nigeria over November 1929. The protests broke out when thousands of Igbo women from the Bende District, Umuahia and other places in eastern Nigeria traveled to the town of Oloko to protest against the Warrant Chiefs, whom they accused of restricting the role of women in the government. The protest encompassed women from six ethnic groups.
Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku was king, paramount chief, servant leader and Eze of Ngwa-land – in the then Aba Division of Eastern Nigeria – during British colonial times.
The Aba River is a river in southern Nigeria. It runs through the city of Aba, Nigeria. It is a tributary of the Imo River. Its headwaters are in Okpu-Umuobo in the Ngwa heartland into the Aba City.
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Abia comprises three Senators representing Abia Central, Abia South, and Abia North, and eight Representatives representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South, Bende, Isuikwato/Umunneochi, Arochukwu/Ohafia, Aba North/Aba South, Ukwa East/Ukwa West, Isiala Ngwa North/South and Obingwa/Osisioma/Ugbunagbo.
Nkechi Justina Nwaogu, is a Nigerian politician and banker, founder and CEO Libra Investment. She is the former Chairman Governing Council and Pro Chancellor University of Calabar. Nwaogu was the Member representing Osisioma Ngwa, Ugwunagbo and Obi Ngwa Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. In 2007 she was elected as the Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District. In 2011 she was re-elected for a second tenure in office.
Osisioma Ngwa is a Local Government Area of Abia state of Nigeria. Its headquarters are located in Osisioma town.
Ngwa people, an Igboid tribe in south eastern part of Nigeria. It's also the largest and most populous ethnic group in Abia state southeastern Nigeria. They occupy an area of about 1,328 square kilometres (513 sq mi), although some accounts read at least 2,300 km2. In 1979, their population was held at an estimate of approximately 1.8 million people, the current population is estimated to be 4 million+ Within the seventeen local government areas of Abia State, Nigeria. Ngwa people occupy nine Local Government Areas which include: Aba North, Aba South, Isiala Ngwa North, Isiala Ngwa South, Obi Ngwa, Osisioma, Ugwunagbo, Ukwa East, Ukwa West.
Uchenna Ikonne was a Nigerian professor of optometry. In December 2015 he became the 7th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Abia State University. having previously served as the Rector, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba – 2014–2015.
The Anglican Province of Aba is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 9 dioceses:
The Anglican Diocese of Aba Ngwa North is one of nine within the Anglican Province of Aba, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Nathan Kanu.
Nathan Chinenye Okechukwu Kanu is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he is the current Bishop of Aba Ngwa North, one of nine within the Anglican Province of Aba, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria.
The Anglican Diocese of Isiala-Ngwa is one of nine within the Anglican Province of Aba, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria: bishops of the diocese include the late Owen Azubuike and the current incumbent Temple Nwaogu.
Temple Nwaogu is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he is the current Bishop of Isiala-Ngwa, one of nine within the Anglican Province of Aba, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria.
The Anglican Diocese of Isiala-Ngwa South is one of nine within the Anglican Province of Aba, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria: founded in 2007, the current bishop is the Rt Rev. Isaac Nwaobia.
Isaac Nwaobia is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he is the current Archbishop of Aba and Bishop of Isiala-Ngwa South one of nine within the Anglican Province of Aba, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria.
Umuogele is a town in Abia State, Nigeria.
John Ezirim was the pioneer Anglican Bishop of Aba Ngwa North in Aba Province of the Church of Nigeria.
Owen Azubuike was the Anglican Bishop of Isiala-Ngwa in Aba Province of the Church of Nigeria.
Ngwa High School is a secondary school for boys in Aba. It located in Abayi, a town in Osisioma Ngwa.
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