The ancient city of Nnewi hosts a number of traditional and formal learning institutions and places of learning, which include a
Author: anaedo (Anthony-Claret Onwutalobi)
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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 Life and career She was born on 14 June 1948 at Nnewi North, Anambra State, Nigeria. She had her secondary education at Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls’ School Elelenwo, Port Harcourt, where she obtained...
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Sir Louis-Philippe Odumegwu-Ojukwu
Sir PHILLIP ODUMEGWU-OJUKWU- reputedly first African multimillionaire in colonial Africa whose commitment to his people saved the African Continental Bank from British machinations
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Photos of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Final Funeral Ceremony
Final Funeral Ceremony for Ikemba Nnewi Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
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A Tribute to Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu by Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige
Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (November 4th 1933- November 26, 2011) Today, you begin your final journey to a place prepared for you by your maker, who saddled you with great responsibility and endowed you with a lion heart and a strong shoulder to carry it. having sacrificed your all to the people you loved so...
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Bianca Ojukwu: Tribute To My Husband Dim Oma!
You were the lion of my history books, the leader of my nation when we faced extinction, the larger-than-life history comes to my life - living, breathing legend. But unlike the history books, you defied all preconceptions. You made me cry from laughter with your jokes, many irreverent. You awed me with your wisdom.
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Biography of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
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. He was active as a politician from 1983 to 2011 when he died aged 78.
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Nnewi Church Photos
Religion occupies a central place in the heart of Nnewi people. This counts for the huge churches and religious practices in the city. The people of Nnewi are 96% Christian, with small fractions of other faiths: 2% traditionalist, 0.2% Jews, 0.3% Muslims and 1.5% others. Among the Christian community, the catholic and Anglican Communion shares a greater number of followers followed by other Pentecostal Christian groups.
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Photos of Nnewi New Yam festival (Afiaolu)
Nnewi people celebrate their usually at the end of August during which assortment of festivities marks the eating of new yam. These festivities normally include a lot of variety entertainment including the performance of ceremonial rites by the Igwe (King), cultural dances by Igbo men, women and their children as well as a display of Igbo cultural activities in the form of contemporary shows, masquerade dance, and feasting at a grand scale on a wide variety of food making up the menu of the Igbos.
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Photos of Ofala Nnewi Festival
The Ofala Festival also called Ofala Nnewi, is an annual ceremony practised by the indigenes of Nnewi and Onitsha in Anambra State, South-Western Nigeria. The term ofala (English: the authority of the land) is derived from two Igbo words - ofo (English: authority) and ala (English: land).