The University of Nigeria,commonly referred to as UNN,is a federal and public research university located in Nsukka,Enugu State,Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded in 1955 by Nnamdi Azikiwe who was the Governor General of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963,and first President of Nigeria between 1963 and 1966. The University of Nigeria Nsukka was formally opened on 7 October 1960,as one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in Nigeria and Africa. The University of Nigeria has three campuses in Enugu State–Nsukka,Enugu,and Ituku-Ozalla –and the Aba campus in Abia State.
Awka is the capital city of Anambra State,Nigeria. The city was declared capital on 21 August 1991,after the creation of Anambra and Enugu state,which moved the capital from Enugu to Awka. The city has an estimated population of 301,657 as of the 2006 Nigerian census. The both LGAs of Awka South and North had a estimated population of 430,200 in 2022. The city is located at 199.1 kilometres (123.7 mi),by road,directly north of Port Harcourt in the centre of the densely-populated Igbo heartland in South-East Nigeria.
The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) is a university in Nigeria that was founded as Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH) on 30 July 1980,by the Executive Governor of Anambra State,Chief Dr Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo. The creation of Enugu State out of Anambra State in 1991 by the then Military President General Ibrahim Gbadamasi Babangida,transformed ASUTECH into Enugu State University of Science and Technology.
Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka,fondly called UNIZIK, is a federal university in Nigeria. It consists of two campuses in Anambra State. Its main campus is in Awka,while its other campus is in Nnewi. There are also other campuses of Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka. These include Agulu in Anaocha local government area and Ifite-Ogwuari in Ayamelum local government area in Anambra State. This makes Nnamdi Azikiwe University to operate in the three Senatorial Districts in Anambra State,Nigeria having Awka campus,in Anambra Central Senatorial District,Nnewi in Anambra South Senatorial District and Ifite-Ogwuari in Anambra North Senatorial District,respectively.
Cyril Agodi Onwumechili was a Nigerian physicist,academic administrator,and professor of geophysics at the University of Ibadan and later University of Nigeria,Nsukka. He was the fourth Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife from January 1979 to December 1982 and the former President/Vice Chancellor of the Anambra State University of Technology,Enugu,Nigeria,from January 1983 to December 1986. He delivered the Ahiajoku lecture on 20 November 2000. He was the first Nigerian geophysicist and the second president of the Nigerian Academy of Science. He was elected as president of the Academy in 1979 to succeed Professor Victor Adenuga Oyenuga,the first emeritus professor of the University of Ibadan and the first African professor of Agricultural science.
Joy Chinwe Eyisi is a Nigerian professor,author,scholar,educationalist,and philanthropist of Igbo descent. Between 2006 and 2011,she was head of department,English Language and Literature,Faculty of Arts,Nnamdi Azikiwe University,(NAU),Awka,Anambra State. She is now deputy vice-chancellor (academic) of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN),a position she assumed on 26 October 2017. Eyisi,who was hitherto the centre director of NOUN's Study Centre in the National Assembly in Abuja,emerged winner of the election held by the University Senate on 25 October 2017. She succeeds Professor Patrick Eya as the university's first female deputy vice-chancellor (academic).
The Federal College of Education (Technical),Umunze is a Nigerian Technical Tertiary Institution located in Umunze,Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State,Nigeria. It is affiliated to Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka for its degree programmes.
Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku is an academic and Consultant Chemical Pathologist of Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka,Nigeria. Ahaneku is a former Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka. He is from Nnarambia Ahiara Ahiazu Mbaise,Imo State,Nigeria.
Chinwe Nwogo Ezeani,is a Nigerian Chartered Librarian and the immediate past University Librarian of Nnamdi Azikiwe Library,University of Nigeria,Nsukka (U.N.N.). She is a Professor of Library and Information Science. Her tenure as a University Librarian (UL) at Nnamdi Azikiwe Library was between March 2014-March 2019. She is the first female University Librarian since the inception of Nnamdi Azikiwe Library,University of Nigeria Nsukka. In April,2021,Dr. Ilo Promise Ifeoma took over as the current University Librarian of Nnamdi Azikiwe Library,(U.N.N)
Charles Arinzechukwu Igwe is a Nigerian professor of soil science and the 15th Vice Chancellor of University of Nigeria,Nsukka. He joined the university in the year 1976 as a soil survey assistant and in 1976 he became an academic staff of the institution. In 2016,Charles was appointed the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) and re-appointed in 2018.
Chinyere Stella Okunna is the first female professor in Mass communication in Nigeria. She has served in various capacities as an administrator and educationist in the academia and in the public/political arena. Chinyere Stella Okunna's research interest is in the area of communication for development,particularly women’s development from the perspective of women and the media. She has done considerable work on the role of the media in the effort to empower Nigerian women and improve their condition and status in the patriarchal male-dominated Nigerian society.
Purity Ada Uchechukwu is a Nigerian Hispanist,an associate professor of Spanish at the Department of Modern European Languages,Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka. Her linguistic research focuses on the Afro-Hispanic people,Spanish as a second language and its role in Africa and the United States. Uchechukwu is one of the motivating forces behind Hispanist scholarship in English-speaking sub-Saharan Africa.
Benard Ifeanyi Odoh is a Nigerian politician and professor of applied geophysics who served as the vice-chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka,Anambra State,for 22 days. He was the Secretary to the Ebonyi State Government from 2015 to 2018. He also was the gubernatorial nominee of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Ebonyi State in 2023.
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital is a federal government of Nigeria teaching hospital located in Nnewi, Anambra state. The current chief medical director is Joseph Ugboaja.
Christian Nwachukwu Okeke is a professor of International Law,Jurisprudence and Comparative Law at Golden Gate University School of Law,San Francisco California. He is the Director of Sompong Sucharitkul Center for Advanced International Legal Studies and the director of LL.M. and S.J.D. Programs in international legal studies of the institution. He is a former Emeritus Pioneer Dean of Faculty Law at Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka,Nigeria, and a recipient of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice. Currently,he is the Pro Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University.
Benedict Okechukwu “Okey”Oramah,CON,is a Nigerian economist who currently serves as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).
Patience Ogoamaka Osadebe is a Nigerian professor of pharmaceutical chemistry of the University of Nigeria,Nsukka. She was former National Chairman of the National Association of Pharmacists in Academia (NAPA) in Nigeria and had served several times as Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical &Medicinal Chemistry,University of Nigeria,Nsukka,and,Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,University of Nigeria,Nsukka. Osadebe delivered the 69th Inaugural lecture of the University of Nigeria entitled,“From the Lab Bench through the Gardens to the Apothecary:Journey So Far”. She was Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies,University of Nigeria,Nsukka. She is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science,Fellow,Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (NAPharm). and Fellow,Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN),2024. Osadebe's publications have been cited 2,327 times according to the AD Scientific index ranking,and 2,335 times according to the google scholar index.
Greg Nwakoby is a Nigerian professor of law who served as the acting vice-chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University from 2018 to 2023. He was appointed following the terminal leave of Fidelis Okafor.
