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Orlu is the second-largest city in Imo State South East (Nigeria)|South East]],Nigeria,with a population of 420,600. It has a long history as the headquarters for the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and humanitarian relief agencies during the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War. The city houses the Nigerian headquarters of the British Cheshire Home. It is the second most developed city after Owerri in Imo state.
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Imo comprises three Senators representing Imo North,Imo East,and Imo West,and ten Representatives representing Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte,Orlu/Oru East,Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala,Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta,Ideato North/Ideato South,Okigwe North,Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo,Mbaitolu/Ikeduru,Owerri Municipal/Owerri North/Owerri West,and Nkwerre/Nwangele/Isu/Njaba.
Imo State is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria,bordered to the north by Anambra State,Rivers State to the west and south,and Abia State to the east. It takes its name from the Imo River which flows along the state's eastern border. The state capital is Owerri and the State's slogan is the "Eastern Heartland."
Ozara is a town located in Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State,Nigeria. It comprises seven villages:Umuogu,Umuokporoma,Umuezike,Umuobioma,Etitilabu,Ubahalanuwam,and Aboh. Umuogu is the oldest village in Ozara,while Aboh is the most recently established.
Ejemekwuru is an Igbo-speaking community that sits in the North-Western part of Imo State in the southeastern region of Nigeria.
Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni is a Local Government Area of Rivers State,in South-South Nigeria under Rivers West Senatorial District,with its headquarters at Omoku. With about 258,700 People according to 2006 Census. It is bounded by Imo,Delta,Bayelsa,and Anambra States and also by Ahoada West,Ahoada East and Emohua Local Government Areas of Rivers State. They are part of the Igboid speaking Areas of Rivers State with three Tribes starting with Ogba as the dominant tribe with 12 legislative wards,the Egbema and Ndoni people who are also found in Ogbaru L.G.A and Ukwuani L.G.A both with 2&3 legislative wards respectively. It is majorly upland and home to the highest upstream Oil and Gas exploration/exploitation activity in the State since the early 1960's with about 12 mining/producing fields operated by AGIP,Total Energies and Shell/NPDC with many other reserve/untapped fields. It is part of the Ogba / Egbema / Ndoni / Ahoada West constituency of the Nigerian House of Representatives. Hon. Vincent Job is the Executive Chairman of ONELGA.
Oru-East is a Local Government Area of Imo State,Nigeria. Its headquarters is at Omuma. The following are towns that make up Oru East:Akatta,Akuma,Amagu,Amiri,Awo-Omamma,and Omuma.
Rt. Hon. Chief Goodluck Nanah Opiah also known as Ugwumba Ikeoha is a Nigerian Politician and the former Nigerian Federal Minister of State for Education.
Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha is a Nigerian politician of Igbo extraction,from Imo State. He is the senator representing Imo West senatorial district at the 9th Nigerian Senate. From 2011 to 2019 he served as Governor of Imo State.
Njaba River,in the Niger Delta Basin is a major tributary of Oguta Lake in Nigeria's South East Imo State. With 4.5m mean depth,the river has a total stream length of 78.2 km,basin area of 145.63 square kilometers and an average specific discharge of about 1700 m3/hour.
Izombe in the northeast of Niger Delta is an oil town in Njaba River basin,Imo State Southeastern Nigeria.
The South East is the one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing both a geographic and political region of the country's inland southeast. It comprises five states –Abia,Anambra,Ebonyi,Enugu,and Imo.
Umuezukwe is an ancient trade route,a river port,and a farming community in Awo-Omamma,northeast of the Niger Delta region,Nigeria's South East,Imo State. It is one of the densely populated Awo-Omamma rural settlements in the Njaba River basin.
Rt Hon. Chief Barr. Sir Noel Agwuocha Chukwukadibia is a Nigerian lawyer,politician and author from Imo State. Noel was a member of the Imo State House of Assembly representing Ahiazu-Mbaise State Constituency,becoming the first Speaker of the 1st Imo Assembly. Immediately after his single tenure in the house of assembly,He was appointed to the position of Commissioner of Public Utilities and Rural Development by Achike Udenwa and again reappointed as Commissioner for Commerce and Industry in Imo State.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Imo State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Imo State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election,as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives;with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Imo State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections,including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate,will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
Kelechi Onuzuruike is a Nigerian politician. He is the Former Deputy Chief Whip of the Abia State House of Assembly. He formerly represented Umuahia North state constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly.
The Orlu State bill,was a proposed bill sponsored by Ikenga Ugochinyere and 15 other legislators from the South-east region of Nigeria. The bill,which passed its 1st reading at the Nigerian House of Representatives on 5 June 2024,sought to carve out parts of Imo,Abia,and Anambra states to create a new state officially to be known as Orlu. Its proposed capital would be Orlu,currently the second-largest city in Imo State and Ideato,its Senatorial District.
Chigozie Nwaneri is a Nigerian politician and lawmaker,currently serving as the Chief Whip,representing Oru East constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly.
Dibiagwu Eugene Okechukwu is a Nigerian politician. He is currently a member representing Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
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