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Nnewi

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

69 relations: Akabo, Akolisa Ufodike, Anambra State, Anglican Diocese of Nnewi, Awka, Awka-Etiti, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Blossom Chukwujekwu, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Christian Onoh, Chukwudi Onuamadike, Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Cletus Ibeto, Cosmas Maduka, Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Daniel Akpeyi, Eastern Region, Nigeria, Ebele Ofunneamaka Okeke, Ekwulobia, Ekwulumili, Enugu Rangers, Eze Ukwu, Gabros Stadium, Hugh Trenchard in Nigeria, Ifeanyi Ubah, Ifeanyi Ubah F.C., Igbo people, Igbuzo, Igwe Iwuchukwu Ezeifekaibeya, Igwe Josiah Orizu II, Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III, Igwe of Nnewi kingdom, Igwe Okafo, Igwe Orizu I (Eze Ugbonyamba), Ihembosi, Innocent Chukwuma, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Joseph Achuzie, Joseph N. C. Egemonye, Joy Chinwe Eyisi, List of cathedrals in Nigeria, List of cities in Nigeria, List of Igbo Nnewi monarchs, List of Nigerian traditional states, Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Afiaolu Festival, Nnewi North, Nnewichi, ..., Nnofo royal lineage, Nwafor Orizu, Oba, Anambra, Ofala Festival, Operation Hiroshima, Orsu, Osumenyi, Ozubulu, Railway stations in Nigeria, Roman Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Second Invasion of Onitsha, Stella Chinyelu Okoli, Umudim, Virginia Etiaba, Zacheus Chukwukaelo Obi, 1964 in Nigeria, 2013–14 Stationery Stores season, 2016–17 Al-Masry SC season, 2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds. Expand index (19 more) »

Akabo

Akabo is a village complex in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, West Africa.

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Akolisa Ufodike

Akolisa Ufodike (born October 6, 1973 in Maiduguri) is a Nigerian-Canadian entrepreneur, finance executive and politician.

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Anambra State

Anambra is a state in southeastern Nigeria.

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Anglican Diocese of Nnewi

Diocese of Nnewi is one of the Dioceses in Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).

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Awka

Awka is the capital of Anambra State, Nigeria with an estimated population of 301,657 Nigerian census.

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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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Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (born Bianca Odinaka Olivia Onoh, 5 August 1968) is a Nigerian politician, diplomat and lawyer, businesswoman and multiple pageant titleholder.

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Blossom Chukwujekwu

Blossom Chukwujekwu is a Nigerian actor, who made his professional acting debut in 2009.

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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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Christian Onoh

Christian Onoh, popularly known as CC Onoh, (27 April 1927 – 5 May 2009) was a Nigerian businessman and lawyer who became governor of Anambra State in 1983 at the end of the Nigerian Second Republic.

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Chukwudi Onuamadike

Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike, popularly known as Evans, is a Nigerian alleged kidnapper.

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Chukwuedu Nwokolo

Chukwuedu Nathaniel II Nwokolo (19 April 1921 – 18 May 2014) was an internationally distinguished tropical diseases, nutrition, human, medical, biological and life sciences expert; plus research scientist, scholar, pioneer medical doctor, author, humanitarian and acclaimed professor of medicine.

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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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Cosmas Maduka

Cosmos Maduka CON is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, the Founder, President and Chairman of the Cocharis Group, an indigenous conglomerate with diverse interest in Manufacturing, ICT, Petrochemical, Auto care and Auto Components, Automobile Sales and Services, Agric and Agro Allied business sectors.

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Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi

Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi (born in Aguleri, Anambra State, Nigeria in September 1903 – died in Leicester, England, 20 January 1964) was an Igbo Nigerian ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria on 19 December 1937.

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Daniel Akpeyi

Daniel Akpeyi (born 8 March 1986) is a Nigerian football goalkeeper who plays for Chippa United.

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Eastern Region, Nigeria

The Eastern Region was an administrative region in Nigeria, dating back originally from the division of the colony Southern Nigeria in 1954.

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Ebele Ofunneamaka Okeke

Ebele Ofunneamaka Okeke CFR and OON (Born 14, June 1948) is a Nigerian Civil engineer and former Head of Nigerian Civil Service.

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Ekwulobia

Ekwulobia is an Igbo speaking town in south eastern Nigeria.

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Ekwulumili

Ekwulumili is a town in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of the Nnewi county of Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Enugu Rangers

Rangers International Football Club, commonly known as Enugu Rangers, is a Nigerian professional association football team.

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Eze Ukwu

Eze Ukwu (born 1799-1862) was the 15th Obi of Otolo and Igwe of Nnewi kingdom.

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Gabros Stadium

Gabros Stadium is a 3,000-capacity multi-use stadium in Nnewi, Nigeria, adjacent to the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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Hugh Trenchard in Nigeria

Hugh Trenchard saw service in Nigeria from 1903 to 1910 where he was involved in efforts to bring the interior under settled British rule and quell inter-tribal violence.

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Ifeanyi Ubah

Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah (born), is a Nigerian business mogul, politician and entrepreneur and CEO of Capital Oil which he founded in 2001.

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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 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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Igbuzo

Igbuzo, also known as Ibusa is a community in Delta State, Nigeria, founded in 1450.

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Igwe Iwuchukwu Ezeifekaibeya

Igwe Iwuchukwu (Ezeifekaibeya,1855-1904) was the 17thDr.

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Igwe Josiah Orizu II

Igwe Josiah Nnaji Orizu II (1902–1962) was the 19th Obi of Otolo and Igwe of Nnewi kingdom.

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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 Okafo

Igwe Okafo(born 1830-1891) was the 16th Obi of Otolo and Igwe of Nnewi kingdom.

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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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Ihembosi

Ihembosi is a village in Anambra State Nigeria, Located 20 miles south-east of the city of Onitsha and 7 miles south of Nnewi.

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Innocent Chukwuma

Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma (born 1961 in Nnewi, Anambra State) is a Nigerian business magnate and investor.

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Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co.

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Joseph Achuzie

Joseph "Hannibal" Achuzie (1929 – 26 February 2018) was a Major in the Biafran Army.

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Joseph N. C. Egemonye

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

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Joy Chinwe Eyisi

Joy Chinwe Eyisi (born 3 September 1969) is an Igbo Nigerian professor, author, scholar, educationalist, and philanthropist.

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List of cathedrals in Nigeria

This is the list of cathedrals in Nigeria sorted by denomination.

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List of cities in Nigeria

This is a list of cities in Nigeria.

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List of Igbo Nnewi monarchs

The Monarchy of Nnewi concerns the monarchical head of state of Nnewi, which is a traditional and hereditary monarchy with a tetrarchy system.

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List of Nigerian traditional states

There are many traditional states in Nigeria.

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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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Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria

Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria – also abbreviated as MBGN – is a pageant organised by Silverbird Group with the main purpose of sending representatives to international competitions.

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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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Nnewichi

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

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Nnofo royal lineage

The ruling house of Otolo which is as well that of the entire Nnewi is in Nnofo family in Otolo.

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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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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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Operation Hiroshima

Operation Hiroshima was a military operation conducted by the Biafran 4th Commando Brigade in an attempt to recapture Onitsha from the Nigerian 2nd Division.

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Orsu

Orsu is an LGA (Local Government Area) and tribe in the Imo State of Nigeria.

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Osumenyi

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

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Ozubulu

Ozubulu is a larger town in Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Railway stations in Nigeria

Railway stations in Nigeria include.

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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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Second Invasion of Onitsha

The Second Invasion of Onitsha(January 2 - March 20, 1968) was military conflict between Nigerian and Biafran military forces.

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Stella Chinyelu Okoli

Stella Chinyelu Okoli (MON, OON) (born) is a Nigerian pharmacist and entrepreneur.

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Umudim

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

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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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Zacheus Chukwukaelo Obi

Zacheus Chukwukaelo Obi, (1896-1993) Eze-onunekwulu-Igbo, (spokesman for the Igbo) was an Igbo leader who was born in Nnewi; he was educated at the C.M.S. school, Nnewi.

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1964 in Nigeria

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Nigeria and its people.

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2013–14 Stationery Stores season

The 2014 Stationery Stores F.C. season was the first season for Stationery Stores F.C. in the Nigerian National League (and at any level in Nigerian football) since 2004, when the club couldn't complete their fixtures due to lack of finances and in-fighting amongst the Adebajo family that owned the club.

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2016–17 Al-Masry SC season

The 2016–17 season is Al-Masry's 56th season in the Egyptian Premier League which enters its 58th season since its inception in 1948.

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2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 10 February to 22 April 2017.

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List of cities in Anambra state, Nnewi City Anambra State, Nnewi kingdom.

References

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

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