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Nnewi is the second largest city in Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria. [1]

115 relations: Africa, Agriculture, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Alusi, Anambra State, Anglican Communion, Anglicanism, Aristocracy (class), Arochukwu, Awka-Etiti, Bank, Biafra, British Empire, Business magnate, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Car, Catholic Church, Christian, Christianity, City proper, Civil law (common law), Cletus Ibeto, Combined statistical area, Cosmetics, Crime, Crop, Duke, Edward Ikem Okeke, Ekwe, Engine, Erosion, Forest, Goddess, Human rights, Human rights activists, Ifeanyi Ubah F.C., Igbo cuisine, Igbo people, Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III, Igwe of Nnewi kingdom, Igwe Orizu I (Eze Ugbonyamba), Ikechukwu Obiorah, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Jews, Joseph N. C. Egemonye, Journalist, Judiciary, Köppen climate classification, King, Kingsley Moghalu, ..., Law, List of national legal systems, List of sovereign states, Local government areas of Nigeria, Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, Marketplace, Marriage, Monarchy, Mr Bigg's, Muslim, Mythology, Natural law, New Yam Festival of the Igbo, Niger River, Nigeria, Nigerians, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Afiaolu Festival, Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Nnewichi, Nobility, Nwafor Orizu, Oba, Anambra, Obi (ruler), Obosi, Odinani, Ofala Festival, Ofo in Igboland, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Olisa Metuh, Onitsha, Oral history, Order of the British Empire, Order of the Niger, Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria, Osumenyi, Otolo, Palm oil, People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), Postal code, Roman Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Royal Highness, Sabena, Senate of Kenya, Snake, States of Nigeria, Supreme Being, Tradition, Tribal chief, Tropical rainforest, Tropical savanna climate, Udu, Ukpor, Umudim, Umuoji people, Uncle, United Africa Company of Nigeria, Uruagu, Village, Virginia Etiaba, War, Wedding, West Africa, West Africa Time. Expand index (65 more) »

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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All Progressives Grand Alliance

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is a political party in Nigeria.

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Alusi

Alusi or Alushi (also spelled Arusi or Arushi) are spirits that are worshiped and served in the Igbo religion.

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Anambra State

Anambra is a state in southeastern Nigeria.

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Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion with 85 million members, founded in 1867 in London, England.

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Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.

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Aristocracy (class)

The aristocracy is a social class that a particular society considers its highest order.

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Arochukwu

Arochukwu, sometimes referred to as Arochuku or Aro-Okigbo, (pronounced Aruchukwu) is the third largest city in Abia State (after Aba and Umuahia) in southeastern Nigeria and homeland of the Igbo subgroup, Aro people.

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Awka-Etiti

Awka-Etiti, historically known as Awka-Diedo; later mentioned as Awka-Nkakwu (Okankaku) by colonial authors, is a village-group and town comprising seven villages in Idemili South local government area of Anambra state, Nigeria.

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Bank

A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates credit.

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Biafra

Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in West Africa which existed from 30 May 1967 to January 1970; it was made up of the states in the Eastern Region of Nigeria.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Business magnate

A business magnate (formally industrialist) refers to an entrepreneur of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise or field of business.

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C. Odumegwu Ojukwu

Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966 and the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970.

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Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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City proper

A city proper is the area contained within city limits.

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Civil law (common law)

Civil law is a branch of the law.

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Cletus Ibeto

Cletus M. Ibeto (born November 6, 1952) is a Nigerian businessman from the industrial city of Nnewi.

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Combined statistical area

A combined statistical area (CSA) is composed of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) in the United States and Puerto Rico that can demonstrate economic or social linkage.

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Cosmetics

Cosmetics are substances or products used to enhance or alter the appearance of the face or fragrance and texture of the body.

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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.

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Crop

A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence.

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Duke

A duke (male) or duchess (female) can either be a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of royalty or nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch.

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Edward Ikem Okeke

Comrade Dr.

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Ekwe

An Ekwe is an Igbo traditional musical instrument.

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Engine

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one form of energy into mechanical energy.

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Erosion

In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Goddess

A goddess is a female deity.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.

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Human rights activists

Human rights defenders or human rights activists are people who, individually or with others, act to promote or protect human rights.

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Ifeanyi Ubah F.C.

FC Ifeanyi Ubah was founded following the acquisition of Gabros international Football Club by Dr.

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Igbo cuisine

Igbo cuisine is the various foods of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria.

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Igbo people

The Igbo people (also Ibo," formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria.

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Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III

Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III (born 1925) is the 20thDr.

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Igwe of Nnewi kingdom

The Nnewi monarchy, like the British monarchy, is a traditional inheritance of the throne based on Patrilineality and sonship heredity.

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Igwe Orizu I (Eze Ugbonyamba)

Igwe Orizu I (Eze Ugbonyamba; born 1881-1924) was the 18th Obi of Otolo and the Igwe of Nnewi kingdom.

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Ikechukwu Obiorah

Ikechukwu J. Obiorah (born 29 August 1961) was elected Senator for the Anambra South constituency of Anambra State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007.

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Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Joseph N. C. Egemonye

Joseph N. C. Egemonye (1933 - 2011) was a Nigerian Journalist and Writer.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public.

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Judiciary

The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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King

King, or King Regnant is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts.

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Kingsley Moghalu

Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, political economist, lawyer and former United Nations official, is Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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List of national legal systems

The contemporary legal systems of the world are generally based on one of four basic systems: civil law, common law, statutory law, religious law or combinations of these.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Local government areas of Nigeria

Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs).

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Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu

Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, KBE, (1908–1966) was a Nigerian business tycoon from the Ojukwu family of Nwakanwa quarters obiuno umudim Nnewi.

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Marketplace

A market, or marketplace, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a group, generally a family representing a dynasty (aristocracy), embodies the country's national identity and its head, the monarch, exercises the role of sovereignty.

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Mr Bigg's

Mr Bigg's is one of Nigeria's fast food restaurants.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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Mythology

Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the study of such myths.

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Natural law

Natural law (ius naturale, lex naturalis) is a philosophy asserting that certain rights are inherent by virtue of human nature, endowed by nature—traditionally by God or a transcendent source—and that these can be understood universally through human reason.

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New Yam Festival of the Igbo

The New Yam Festival of the Igbo people (Orureshi in the idoma area, Iwa ji, Iri ji or Ike ji, depending on dialect) is an annual cultural festival by the Igbo people held at the end of the rainy season in early August.

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Niger River

The Niger River is the principal river of West Africa, extending about.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Nigerians

Nigerians or Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria.

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Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka is a Federal university in Nigeria.

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Nnewi Afiaolu Festival

Afiaolu (New yam festival) is a traditional festival held annually in Nnewi around August.

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Nnewi North

Nnewi North is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria.

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Nnewi South

Nnewi South is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria.

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Nnewichi

Nnewichi is a town in Nnewi North, Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Nobility

Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.

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Nwafor Orizu

Prince Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor Orizu (July 17, 1914 – 1999).

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Oba, Anambra

Oba is a town in Nigeria.

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Obi (ruler)

An obi is the central building in an Igbo homestead, one used most commonly as a place for the reception of guests.

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Obosi

Obosi is a town in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria.

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Odinani

Odinani comprises the traditional religious practices and cultural beliefs of the Igbo people of southern Nigeria.

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Ofala Festival

The Ofala Festival, is an annual ceremony practiced by the indigenes of Onitsha, and of recent years by other neighboring Igbo communities such as Nnewi in Anambra State, SouthEastern Nigeria and Ukpo in Dunukofia Local Government Area.

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Ofo in Igboland

Ofo/Ofor refers to a particular type of staff (as well as the wood/bronze from which it is made from) carried by selected Igbo elder men - notably patrilineage priests, kings, Onyishi and some masqueraders typifying authority, right to command, legal administrative powers, leadership conferment or power bestowed by the gods.

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Ohanaeze Ndigbo is an apex Igbo socio-cultural group in Nigeria.

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Olisa Metuh

Olisa Metuh is a Nigerian Lawyer, Politician and the National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party.

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Onitsha

Onitsha (or just Ọ̀nị̀chà) is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Nigeria's Anambra State.

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Oral history

Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Order of the Niger

Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960 and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria

Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of Nigeria every year.

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Osumenyi

Osumenyi is a town in Nnewi South Local government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Otolo

Otolo is a town in Nnewi North, Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Palm oil

Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa.

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People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) is a major contemporary political party in Nigeria.

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Postal code

A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, Eircode, PIN Code or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nnewi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nnewi (Nnevien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Nnewi in the Ecclesiastical province of Onitsha in Nigeria.

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Royal Highness

Royal Highness (abbreviated HRH for His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness) is a style used to address or refer to some members of royal families, usually princes or princesses.

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Sabena

The Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, (French; "Belgian Corporation for Air Navigation Services"), better known internationally by the acronym Sabena or SABENA, was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, with its base at Brussels National Airport.

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Senate of Kenya

The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Kenya.

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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States of Nigeria

A Nigerian State is a federated political entity, which shares sovereignty with the Federal Government of Nigeria, There are 36 States in Nigeria, which are bound together by a federal agreement.

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Supreme Being

Supreme Being is a term used by theologians and philosophers of many religions, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Jainism, Deism and Zoroastrianism, often as an alternative to the term God.

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Tradition

A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.

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Tribal chief

A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.

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Tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories "Aw" and "As".

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Udu

The udu is a plosive aerophone (in this case implosive) and an idiophone of the Igbo of Nigeria.

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Ukpor

Ukpor is the headquarters of Nnewi South Local Government Area in Anambra State, South-East Nigeria.

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Umudim

Umudim is a town in Nnewi North, Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Umuoji people

The Umuoji people, who occupy this present place known as Umuoji town, in the present Idemili North Local Government of Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, an Igbo speaking ethnic group, naturally fall among the people whose early history is much affected by lack of or non existence of a written record.

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Uncle

Uncle (from avunculus the diminutive of avus "grandfather") is a male family relationship or kinship within an extended or immediate family.

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United Africa Company of Nigeria

The United Africa Company of Nigeria is a company based in Nigeria.

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Uruagu

Uruagu is a town in Nnewi North, Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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Virginia Etiaba

Dame Virginia Ngozi Etiaba (born 11 November,1942)was the Governor of Anambra State, a state in south-east Nigeria, from November 2006 to February 2007.

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War

War is a state of armed conflict between states, societies and informal groups, such as insurgents and militias.

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Wedding

A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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West Africa Time

West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa; with countries west of Benin instead using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; equivalent to UTC with no offset).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnewi

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