Nsukka is a town and a Local Government Area in Enugu State,Nigeria. Nsukka shares a common border as a town with Edem,Opi,Ede-Oballa,and Obimo.
Enugu State 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.
Chimaroke Nnamani is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician from Enugu State. He was elected Governor of Enugu State in the 1999 Enugu State gubernatorial election from 1999 to 2007. He subsequently served as a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator for Enugu East Senatorial District from 2007 to 2011 and was re-elected in 2019.
Udenu is a Local Government Area of Enugu State,Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Obollo-Afor on the A3 highway.
Liyel Imoke is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Cross River State,Nigeria from 29 May 2007 till 29 May 2015. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Sullivan Iheanacho Chime was elected governor of Enugu State in Nigeria in April 2007,taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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).
Ogui is an autonomous community in Nike,in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State in the southeastern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It comprises Umunevo Village,Ihewuzi Village and Onuato Village. Ogui Nike,as it is usually called,is a major landlord to the administrative,political and economic hub of Enugu City,in that major public and private institutions,shopping malls,hotels,parks,banks and so on are situated on Ogui land.
Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Enugu State from 2015 to 2023. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Igboeze North/Udenu federal constinuency from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Agbani is a town located in Nkanu West Local Government area of Enugu State,Nigeria.
Ifeanyi Chudy Momah is a Nigerian lawyer and businessman currently serving in the House of Representatives and represents Ihiala Federal Constituency,Anambra State. He is the chairman of the House Committee on Federal Capital Territory Judiciary and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Samuel Maduka Onyishi was born in Nsukka,Enugu State,in November 1963 and is business from Enugu Northern extraction. Owing to the loss of his father in his first year in secondary school,an incidence that forced him to assume the role of pseudo breadwinner to his family consisting of his widowed mother and siblings. Dr. Sam Onyishi,as he is mostly called,attended the Enugu Road Primary School,Nsukka from 1971 to 1976 then was admitted into Bubendorf Grammar School,Adazi,in the present day Anambra State. He contemplated tearing his certificate,since education seemed to mean nothing then given his reality. But an encounter with a kinsman who was 2 years below him in primary school a few years later would make him change his view about education,he returned to school later in life. He got admission to do a Diploma Program at University of Nigeria,Nsukka,between 1993 –1996 and later,a degree program from 1996 –1999. He graduated with a Second Class Upper in Social works and Community development. He later got a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Entrepreneurship from the Institute for Transformative Thought and Learning in the Doctoral Research Centre of the University of Arizona,Phoenix,in the United States.
The 2019 Enugu State gubernatorial election was held on 9 March 2019. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who won his party (PDP) primaries unopposed,got re-elected for office,Choosing Hon Mrs Cecilia Ezeilo as his deputy.
The 2015 Enugu State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Enugu State. on April 11,2015,the People's Democratic Party nominee Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi won the election,defeating Okey Ezea of the All Progressives Congress.
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 challenger,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,placed fourth,with 14,575 votes. The election was contested in the Tribunal by Chijoike Edeoga but the tribunal eventually upheld the victory of Peter Mbah.
Peter Ndubuisi Mbah is a Nigerian maritime lawyer,financial analyst,and politician who has served as Governor of Enugu State since 2023. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Ltd.
Malachy Ikechukwu Okwueze is a Nigerian Professor of Religion and Ethics,in the Department of Religion and Cultural Studies,University of Nigeria,Nsukka. He was the first Vice Chancellor of the Coal City University between 2016 and 2020,
Sunday Cyriacus Umeha is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He represents the Ezeagu/Udi Federal Constituency of Enugu State in the 10th National Assembly,having been elected on the Labour Party platform. Umeha serves as the Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Justice and is a member of the House Committee on Constitution Review.
Noel Ifeanyi Alumona is a special education expert working with Metro Nashville Public Schools,Tennessee. He is the founder of Hope for African Children,and also the Boys Champions,a nonprofit boy-child advocacy organization that partners with the UN Women and Nigeria's Ministry of Gender and Women Affairs. Alumona's work with his organization led to his being the first African recipient of the $10,000 American Field Service (AFS) Award for Young Global Citizens at the 2022 AFS Youth Assembly,part of the AFS Intercultural Programs. He is an Obama Foundation Fellow,United States Institute of Peace Fellow,and United Nations Youth Assembly Delegate. He was also shortlisted for the $100,000 Global Student Prize.
Emeka Mamah (Ideh) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and politician who served as commissioner for environment and mineral resources,Enugu State from 2018 to 2019,and commissioner for chieftaincy and rural development from 2020 to 2023. He also served as special adviser on transport to the governor of Enugu State in 2010. Mamah is the group managing director,Ifesinachi transport limited and a prince of the Ugbaike Kingdom of Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State.
