By: Ejiofor Nweze Foremost Nigerian historian, Prof. Adiele Afigbo, in his seminal Igbo history: Ropes of Sand, Studies In Igbo History and Culture stated at page 70 that : “It was as Nsukka Division that this amorphous group of villages came to achieve a distinct identity in recent Nigerian history and politics. And in spite
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…the SSG is among several other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road on Thursday A former Secretary to State Government, SSG, in Enugu State, Dr. Dan Shere has been abducted along Nsukka road. It was learnt the SSG is among several other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road on Thursday. Shere, a medical
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A middle-aged man in Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nnajiofor Donatus, last Saturday singled-handedly ‘arrested’ a deity which he claimed had been tormenting the entire community for a long time and making his honey business crash. Nnajiofor, who hails from Ibeku Opi community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, said that he
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There was pandemonium at the university town of Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, yesterday, following the shooting of the chairman, Ogige Market Traders Association Nsukka, OMATAN, Dr Ngozi Ozioko, by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The chairman was said to have closed from the Ogige Market after the day’s trading when gunmen trailed her
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There was uneasy calm at the Nsukka Local Government headquarters of Enugu State on Monday following a protest by Enugu North Senatorial District Women Forum, ENSDWF, over an alleged poor performance of some federal lawmakers from the area. The women group numbering over 700 challenged Senator Chuka Utazi, representing the district in the National Assembly,
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A tax collector in the university town of Nsukka Enugu state hanged self yesterday at an uncompleted building along Orba road in Nsukka local government area of the state. It was gathered that the tax collector simply identified as Emmanuel Eze Father of three children who hailed from Umuogili village in Eha-Alumona of Nsukka local
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