Egedege Dance is one of the most renowned traditional dance outfits and an Igbo traditional Royal-styled cultural dance in the whole of South-Eastern Nigeria. Founded in 1985, it is a reincarnation of an old version originally performed by the ancestors of the present-day Unubi.
Chief Dennis Nwankwo Nnabuke was born at Iyanba Umudim Nnewi on 11th March 1931. He attended St. Peter Clever Catholic School Okwuani Nnewi. Thereafter he served as a Clerk under the defunct UNITED UMUDIM TRADING COMPANY at Onitsha 1952- 1954.
Godson O. Moneke was Educated in Okongwu Memorial Grammar School, Nnewi, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos and University of Lagos, Lagos
CHIEF IKE OKOLI was born in Lagos on 27th July 1957 and attended St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Surulere, Lagos, 1963 1966 and St. Michael’s Catholic Primary School Umudim Nnewi 1967 1971. He attended Maryland Comprehensive Catholic Secondary School, Ikeja Lagos 1972 1976. He attended Yaba College of Technology 1976 -1983 where he...
Joe Obijiaku, the Chairman/Chief Executive of Middle Point Nigeria Limited is what he is today because of his acute determination, self-discipline very humble to the core, his simplicity and hard work.
Leonard Chukwuemeka udeh from uru umudim nnewi was born in July 1958 to Mr. and Mrs hyacinth use in uru umudim Nnewi. He started his early education in Nnewi and completed it at benin city after the civil war before going into business.
History recalls that the 7th Obi of Uruagu (Uruagu was formerly an Isu Kingdom), Eze Orimili hired Igbuzo mercenaries against Oraifite and Ichi communities, not only did Igbuzo help Eze Orimili’s Uruagu to win the war but also had Akabo Oraifite and Akabo Ichi annexed to Uruagu, Nnewi. The appropriation of Akabo Oraifite and Akabo...
Umudim as we know is the third quarter among the four quarters of Nnewi town. Others are Otolo, Uruagu and Nnewichi. Umudim Community has ten (10) Administrative wards as follows.
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).
Guest Author: Onyeagba Joseph Chinonye Professor Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, one of the prominent sons of Igboland once defined proverbs (ilu) as “the salt with which words are eaten”. Proverbs are the wisdom of a people in a nutshell. Complex stories and situations are concentrated in a few words and phrases which capture and...
