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Enugu State verbally pronounced as "Enụgwụ" by the igbo indigenes is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria,bordered to the north by the states of Benue and Kogi,Ebonyi State to the east and southeast,Abia State to the south,and Anambra State to the west. The state takes its name from its capital and largest city,Enugu. The city acquired township status in 1917 and was called Enugwu-Ngwo. Due to the rapid expansion towards areas owned by other indigenous communities,it was renamed Enugu in 1928.
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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.
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Peter Gregory Obi is a Nigerian politician and businessman who was the Governor of Anambra State under President Olusegun Obasanjo from 17 March 2006 to 3 November 2006,when he was impeached. He was reinstated on 9 February 2007 and continued his tenure until 2010. He was reelected for his second term until 7 March 2014. A member of the Labour Party since 2022,he was the presidential candidate in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election.
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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Navy Commodore Anthony E. Oguguo was military governor of Imo State in Nigeria from 1990 to 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. During his administration,Imo State airport was commissioned and built and still operates today. He very famously said "I saw money and looked away,it is not everything;we can all do the same and teach it to our children."
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Colonel (retired) Robert (Bob) Nnaemeka Akonobi was appointed military governor of Anambra State,Nigeria,from December 1987 to August 1990 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Ayogu Eze was a Nigerian politician,elected Senator for the Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State,taking office on 5 June 2007. He was later a member of the All Progressives Congress,APC but was elected to the senate under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Isu people are the largest group of the Igbo people of Nigeria. Isuama,in which the purest Igbo is said to be spoken,is to be found the heart of the Igbo nationality;consequently it is quite reasonable to look among its people for the original fountain-head from which all the other clans have sprung. This inference too is supported not only by the purity of the language,but by this right of dispensing or rather of confer-ring royalty which is undoubtedly the prerogative of the Nri or N'shi people. In the pre-colonial era,the Igbo people were protected from external invasion by the dense forests of the region,which also had the effect of encouraging diversity. Thus as warriors the neighboring Oratta (Uratta) people looked down on the Isu people,who were traders.
The Waawa clan of Northern Igboland,also referred to as Ndi Waawa,Wawa People,are a unique sub-group of the Igbo people in Enugu and Ebonyi State,Nigeria,consisting of several communities,who all speak a unique dialect of Igbo called Waawa. The most notable among these are the Agbaja and Ngwo which consist of peoples between the wooded lands of Awka to the rocky valleys of Enugu. The Agbaja are made up of communities in present-day Ngwo clan,Udi,Ezeagu,Umulokpa,Igbo-Etiti,Oji River,greater Awgu,Aninri and Enugu East Local Government Areas. Other notable parts of the Waawa clan include Nkanu,Nsukka,Abia,Nike,Agbani,Owo,and other communities in Enugu State. The Waawa are most notably associated with Chief Onyeama's people from Eke,who was the paramount ruler of Agbaja in the early 20th century.
The 1979 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28,1979. NPP's Jim Nwobodo won election for a first term to become Anambra State's first executive governor by defeating NPN's Christian Onoh,his closest contestant to win the contest.
The 2023 Enugu State gubernatorial election took place on 18th March 2023,to elect the Governor of Enugu State,with Peter Mbah declared winner alongside his running mate Barrister Ifeanyi Ossai of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria),after they got the plurality of votes and won over 25% of the votes in two-third of the state. Mr Mbah polled 160,895 votes to defeat his closest competitor,the Labour Party (Nigeria) candidate,Chijioke Edeoga,who scored 157,552 votes. The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA),Frank Nweke Jr,garnered 17,983 votes to come a distant third,while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Uche Nnaji,came fourth position,with 14,575 votes. The election was contested in the Tribunal by Chijoike Edeoga but the tribunal eventually upheld the victory of Peter Mbah.
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