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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.
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Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba,is a Nigerian politician who served as Senator for the Anambra South Senatorial District of Anambra State from 2011 to 2019. Uba also won the 2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election on the platform of the People's Democratic Party but was declared unduly elected by the Supreme Court of Nigeria a month later. He defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress in February 2017,the leadership crises engulfing the former ruling party PDP may have motivated his decision.
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Obinna "Obi" Iyiegbu,commonly known as Obi Cubana,is a Nigerian entrepreneur/businessman,Socialist,Entertainer and Philanthropist. He currently chairs the Cubana Group.
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Events in the year 2022 in Nigeria.
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