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  Enugu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enugu is the capital city of Enugu State, Nigeria.
Enugu was originally the capital of the Eastern Region from Nigeria's independence in 1960 until 1967, when it was declared the capital of the short-lived nation of the Republic of Biafra.
Enugu remained as the capital of the newly-created Enugu State, while Awka was named as the capital of the new Anambra State.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enugu   (453 words)

  
 Politics : How partnership breeds development: The Enugu Example
Simmons, before leaving Nigeria, in recognition of the high respect accorded her and her agency by government and the people of the state, was given the chieftaincy title of Ada Di-Oramma of Enugu, literally translated to mean, a daughter that is cherished by the people.
She told all present that Enugu was the flagship of DFID partnership with governments in Nigeria in that it had earned and maintained its first position in its partnership agenda.
Enugu State has not only learnt this useful symbiosis, but is blazing the trail in partnership, for the sake of development.
www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/politics/p306092004.html   (1325 words)

  
 Enugu - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Enugu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
City in Nigeria, capital of Enugu state; population (1992 est) 286,100.
The city was capital of the secessionist state of Biafra 1967–70 during the Nigerian Civil War (1967– 71) when the city became almost deserted; it has since regained most of its previous importance.
A campus of the University of Nigeria was founded in Enugu as a subsidiary to the main university at Nsukka, 70 km/43 mi to the north.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Enugu   (186 words)

  
 Enugu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Enugu City is located in what is now Enugu State, (A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country) Nigeria.
The people of Enugu belong to the (A member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria) Igbo ethnic group, which is the third largest single ethnic group in Nigeria.
Enugu was originally the capital of the Eastern Region, and then of the nation of (additional info and facts about Biafra) Biafra.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/en/enugu.htm   (375 words)

  
 Anambra State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State to the south, Enugu State to the east and Kogi State to the north.
The main towns of Anambra state are Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, Obosi, Ihiala, Aguata, and Atani.
School enrollment in the state is one of the highest in the country.In November 2004,Anambra suffered about 40Billion naira($300 million dollars) loss in burnt government edifices to arsonists believed to have acted in collaboration with the Federal Police force in the state.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anambra_State,_Nigeria   (353 words)

  
 Nigeria: ENUGU STATE - Enugu State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The state derives its name from the capital city which was established in 1912 as a small coal mining town, but later grew to become the capital of the former Eastern Region of Nigeria (Ministry of Information, 1992).
Nine years later, two states, Anambra and Imo, were carved out of the East Central State and Enugu continued to serve as the capital of Anambra state.
Administrative Structure: At the helm of affairs in the state is the executive Governor, assist ed by the Deputy Governor.
www.onlinenigeria.com /links/enuguadv.asp?blurb=254   (592 words)

  
 Enugu State
The state further suggested amendments to the draft electoral bill 2005 sections 5, 15[1] 25[1],33[3], 49, and 95[1]as it concerned the establishment of the commission’’s fund, election expenses, establishment of polling stations, announcement of election results and registration of voters.
The third senator from Enugu State, Senator Fidelis Okoro, the South East Caucus leader of the National Assem-bly, stepped down for Nnamani shortly before the election, which was held within the PDP Caucus, began.
The state chief executive also pointed out that the community had made a lot of sacrifice, in both land and human resources, for the development of the state and appealed to them to continue to live in peace with their neighbours.
www.igbofocus.co.uk /html/enugu_state.html   (2378 words)

  
 Nigeria - Customs and Traditions of Nigeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Nigeria is often described as a country of unity in diversity.
The State boasts of a temperate weather, a number of rising, picturesque Plateau and a near-rural population that boasts of the largest concentration of foreigners among the States of the North.
Nigeria's Premier University, the University of lbadan, Oyo State was established in 1948.
www.onlinenigeria.com /traditions_Customs.asp   (1166 words)

  
 Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Nigeria a federation of thirty six states and a federal capital territory is a sovereign and indivisible country recognisd by the United Nations and the international community.
From the fore-going, it is clear that the Foundation deliberately refused to distinguish the actions of the Enugu State government controlled by the Ibos from that of the Federal government of Nigeria in order to justify their fabrications.
The city of Enugu where the incident occurred is the capital of Enugu State one of the thirty six (36) states in Nigeria whose government is democratically elected by the people of the State.
www.nigeriaembassyusa.org /042202_1.shtml   (443 words)

  
 WIN News: Nigeria: the prohibition of infringement of a widow's and widower's fundamental rights law, 2001, No 3, Enugu ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
WIN News: Nigeria: the prohibition of infringement of a widow's and widower's fundamental rights law, 2001, No 3, Enugu State.
Nigeria: the prohibition of infringement of a widow's and widower's fundamental rights law, 2001, No 3, Enugu State.
Nigeria: A Law to protect the fundamental rights of widows and widowers was enacted.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:86049656&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (243 words)

  
 Nigeriaworld Feature Article (Enugu debacle: Politics in the name of God — Catholicism and Theocracy)
Immediately there were accusations and counter accusations about the involvement of the Enugu Government using its thugs who shot at the crowd, this was later changed to an accusation that the government agents actually used poisonous gas.
The fact that the Catholic Church is the source of this pandemonium is neither new nor peculiar to Enugu State.
In the USA for example, this is inspired by the Vatican and made possible through the National Council of Catholic Bishops who have continuously created the impression that they speak for the millions of Catholics in the USA and using this as a formidable political force to intimidate politicians.
nigeriaworld.com /letters/2002/mar/192.html   (1277 words)

  
 Enugu Insists on International Airport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Enugu State Government has lashed out at the Senate Committee Chairman on Aviation, Senator Chris Nshii over his statement that his committee preferred Owerri Airport in place of Enugu to be upgraded into an international airport.
Senator Nshii courted the anger of Enugu Government when he told newsmen last week at Abakaliki that given the facilities already in place at Owerri Airport, it would now take the place of Enugu in the plan to upgrade an airport in the South-east zone to an international status.
Eze therefore insisted that as far as the state government was concerned the plan to upgrade Enugu Airport was still on course, citing the assurance given by Minister of Aviation that his ministry would soon release N3 billion for the project.
www.naijapost.com /news/publish/printer_996.shtml   (226 words)

  
 CCP: Anti-Female Genital Cutting Program in Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with over 110 million people, has the largest number of circumcised women in the world with an estimated 27.1 million.
Within southeastern Nigeria, Enugu state has one of the highest rates of FGC prevalence, most recently estimated at 59% (RMS Report, 1999).
A state level media coverage of activities at the hamlet and LGA levels as the basis of a campaign to engage the public in an on-going dialogue on the practice of FGC.
www.jhuccp.org /africa/com_mob/nigeria_fgc.shtml   (844 words)

  
 Vanguard Online Edition : 18 die as cultists clash in Enugu
He regretted that Enugu State had consistently been in the forefront whenever issues relating to cultism in institutions of learning in the country were being discussed.
Said he: “Enugu State has consistently been in the forefront whenever issues relating to cultism in institutions of learning in Nigeria are being discussed.
They further demanded that ““law enforcement agents in the state should stop treating cultists with kid gloves”” saying a situation whereby cultists arrested with firearms and other dangerous weapons were released almost immediately after without being prosecuted should not only be stopped but discouraged if the war against cultism must succeed in the country.
www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/southeast/se117082004.html   (656 words)

  
 ENUGU STATE
Nwodo is the first Enugu State civilian Governor and then National Secretary of PDP and younger brother of then Minister of Information in the military regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, and whose father -- the late Chief John Nwodo -- was a known force in the Eastern Region politics).
The way things are, the losers are the people of Enugu State and I hope that commonsense will prevail and peace will reign in Enugu state while the agitated and desperate party should await their turn at the next polls to effect any change sans rigging.
Enugu State stands as an experiment to see how a political outsider without the amulet of godfathering will fare in the mucky and tumultuous political water of Nigeria.
www.dawodu.com /enugu3.htm   (1442 words)

  
 Enugu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Enugu City is located in what is now State Nigeria.
The of Enugu belong to the Igbo ethnic group which is the third single ethnic group in Nigeria.
The Advent and growth of Catholic Church in Enugu Diocese: A history written to mark the first centinary [sic] of Catholicism in Nigeria, east of the Niger
www.freeglossary.com /Enugu   (219 words)

  
 Search Results for Ibo - Encyclopædia Britannica
Arochukwu was the headquarters of the Aro, an Igbo (Ibo) subgroup that dominated southeastern Nigeria in the 18th...
It is bordered by the states of Enugu to the north, Cross River and Akwa Ibom to the...
Enugu is bounded by the states of Kogi and Benue to the north, Cross River to the east, Abia to the...
www.britannica.com /search?query=Ibo&submit=Find&source=MWTAB   (346 words)

  
 ICSN - Eastern States - Enugu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Administratively created on August 27, 1991 from the eastern half of the former Anambra state, it bordered by the states of Abia to the south, Anambra to the west, Kogi and Benue States to the north and Ebonyi to the east.
The state is situated on the highlands of the Agwu.
The state is in the region of the tropical rain forest and the great oil belt of Nigeria.
www.igbocsn.com /enugu.htm   (338 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Port Harcourt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The initial purpose of the port was to export coal that arrived in large quantities from the mining town of Enugu to the north via the Bonny River along which the port sits.
A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.
Maiduguri is the capital of Borno State in Nigeria.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Port-Harcourt   (746 words)

  
 Congressional citation for Governor Nnamani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
At the Enugu Association USA convention in Houston Texas, the Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria, West Africa, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani was presented with a congressional citation for services rendered to humanity in the USA while working as a renowned obstetrician and gynecologist with a sub specialty as a maternal fetal specialist.
The citation also noted the services he is currently rendering as the Governor of his home state of Enugu.
Enugu Association USA is the umbrella association of people from Enugu State in Nigeria with the head office in Washington, DC.
www.kwenu.com /enugu/citation.htm   (189 words)

  
 Enugu -- Enugu City is located in what is now Enugu State, Nigeria. Its popu...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Enugu -- Enugu City is located in what is now Enugu State, Nigeria.
Enugu City is located in what is now Enugu State, Nigeria.
Enugu has a stadium with a capacity of 25,000 and a first division professional league team, Enugu Rangers.
enugu.en.tracking24.net   (306 words)

  
 Enugu State, Nigeria - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Women cooperatives, and power redistribution in rural Nigeria: A case study of Nsukka, Enugu State
Reconciliation: A community celebration : a case-study in inculturation for Igbo Catholics in Enugu State Nigeria (Münsteraner theologische Abhandlungen)
Nigeria Union of Teachers (Anambra State Wing) third biennial conference at Hotel Presidential, Enugu on 16th December, 1986: Continuous assessments, problems and solutions
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /enugu_state,_nigeria.htm   (108 words)

  
 Mathematics in Nigeria Today
Indigenous contemporary mathematics research activities in modern Nigeria were pioneered by Chike Obi, Adegoke Olubummo, and James Ezeilo who obtained their doctorates in mathematics from British Universities in the 1950's.
Nigeria has also been a leader in aiding in the development of Mathematics on the entire continent.
The main sachools of functional analysis in Nigeria are located at the University of Ibadan, University of Benin, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and University of Nigeria at Nsukka.
www.math.buffalo.edu /mad/Africa-today/nigeria_math_today.html   (439 words)

  
 Abakaliki --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It lies at the intersection of roads from Enugu, Afikpo, and Ogoja.
town, capital of Enugu state, south-central Nigeria, at the foot of the Udi Plateau.
It is on the railroad from Port Harcourt, 150 miles (240 km) south-southwest, and at the intersection of roads from Aba, Onitsha, and Abakaliki.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003220   (320 words)

  
 Articles - Nigeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Northern and Southern Nigeria became British protectorates in 1901 and were amalgamated into a single colony in 1914.
With the majority of Nigerian's believing that the Obansanjo regime is the most corrupt in the history of Nigeria, the majority of Nigeria professionals are leaving the country causing a massive brain drain on the economy.
The corruption of the Nigerian political class is exemplified by the arrest and trial of the Inspector General of Police and the recent arrest of a governor of one of the southern states in the United Kingdom on money laundering charges.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Nigeria   (3521 words)

  
 Enugu, Nigeria - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Nigeria is investigating allegations that the consortium kicked back as much as $180 million to secure a contract for the TSKJ liquefied natural gas project.
Nigeria is among 63 countries that are yet to abolish the deathpenalty in criminal jurisprudence.
THE intervention by Governor Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State in the face-off between the state House of Assembly and the Caretaker Committee chairman of...
www.4newz.net /world/am/Enugu.html   (6839 words)

  
 Nigeria Women's Organisations
We are in the forefront for the propagation for the upliftment of the status of women, fighting against harmful traditional pra ctices against woment, and also have vocational training centres for the less privileged women were skill are acquired after which micro credit facilities are given to establish small businesses.
It is an umbrella NGO which acts as a bridge for linking women of Nigeria irrespective of creed, tribe or class; it is a platform for disseminating women's opinions and a liaison between the women and the Government of the day.
It is the voice of the women of Nigeria and it is strictly non-political.
www.distel.ca /womlist/countries/nigeria.html   (709 words)

  
 USAID Nigeria Mission: Enugu State
This clinic and community-based project is designed to increase availability, access and utilization of family planning and reproductive health information and services to residents of Abakpa Nike in Enugu State of Nigeria.
The project is increasing access to family planning and reproductive health services in the Nigeria Police community through direct support to Police facilities in Lagos, Makurdi, Orji River, Enugu and Kaduna.
Advocacy visits have been conducted to the Inspector General of Police to secure the support of the police hierarchy for the project.
www.usaid.gov /ng/enugu.htm   (245 words)

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