The University of Nigeria,commonly referred to as UNN,is a federal university located in Nsukka,Enugu State,Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960,the University of Nigeria has three campuses in Enugu State–Nsukka,Enugu,and Ituku-Ozalla –and the Aba campus in Abia State.
Enugu State is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria,bordered to the north by the states of Benue and Kogi,Ebonyi State to the east and southeast,Abia State to the south,and Anambra State to the west. The state takes its name from its capital and largest city,Enugu.
Chimaroke Nnamani is a medical doctor and Nigerian politician from Enugu State. He was elected Governor of Enugu State in the 1999 Enugu State gubernatorial election from 1999 to 2007. He subsequently served as a People's Democratic Party (PDP) Senator for Enugu East Senatorial District from 2007 to 2011 and was re-elected in 2019.
Sam Ominyi Egwu CON is a Nigerian politician and member of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria. He was elected Governor of Ebonyi State in the 1999 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Dr Egwu is noted as pillar of educational development in Ebonyi state and Nigeria. He attended the University of Nigeria,Nsukka where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Agricultural in 1981. He later received a master's degrees in Agricultural from the University of Nigeria,Nsukka in 1987 and Doctorate in Agronomy from Enugu State University of Technology in 1996. He was a senior lecturer at Enugu State University of Technology and served as commissioner for education in Ebonyi state contributed to the successes recorded in education sector during his tenure as governor.
Fidelia Akuabata Njeze is the current Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Njeze was previously appointed Nigerian minister of Aviation on 6 April 2010,when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet. Before that appointment,she served as Minister of State for Agriculture and Water Resources and also Minister of State for Defence in the cabinet of late President Umaru Yar'Adua.
Sen. Ayogu Eze was elected Senator for the Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State,Nigeria,taking office on June 05,2007. He is currently a member of the All Progressives Congress,APC but was elected to the senate under the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Effiong Dickson Bob(Listen) from Ikot Ekwere,Ubium in Akwa Ibom State is the Pro Chancellor of the University of Benin. He was elected Senator for the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State,Nigeria. He took office on 29 May 2003,and was re-elected in 2007 and served till 2011. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Ifeoma Okoye is a Nigerian novelist. She has been referred to by fans as "the most important female novelist from Nigeria after Flora Nwapa and Buchi Emecheta," according to Oyekan Owomoyela. She was born in Anambra State in Eastern Region,Nigeria. She went to school at St. Monica's College in Ogbunike to receive a teaching certificate in 1959. She then graduated from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka to earn a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in English in 1977. She wrote novels including Behind the Clouds,children's novels and short stories,such as The Village Boy and Eme Goes to School.
Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi CON is a Nigerian politician who was elected as the Governor of Enugu State in April 2015,and was sworn on 29 May 2015. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for 12 years. He is a member of People's Democratic Party (PDP) who re-presented Igboeze North/Udenu Federal Constinuency of Enugu State. Ugwuanyi was elected the Governor of Enugu State under the PDP. He was sworn in as the governor of Enugu State for a second tenure on May 29,2019.
Mao Arukwe Ohuabunwa is a Nigerian politician,businessman and currently a serving Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly having served in the 4th and 5th National Assembly as Member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia constituency of Abia State under the People's Democratic Party between 1999 and 2007.
Ebele Okaro Onyiuke is a Nigerian actress and film producer.
Gilbert Emeka Nnaji is Nigerian politician. He is the senator representing Enugu East senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate. He was a senator of the 8th Senate of Nigeria.
Istifanus Gyang is a Nigerian senator who is representing Plateau North Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly. He is an indigene of Plateau state.
Dr. Samuel Maduka Onyishi was born in Nsukka,Enugu State,in November 1963 and is considered a successful business mogul of the Enugu Northern extraction. owing to the loss of his father in his first year in secondary school,an incidence that forced him to assume the role of pseudo breadwinner to his family consisting of his widowed mother and siblings. Dr. Sam Onyishi,as he is mostly called,attended the Enugu Road Primary School,Nsukka from 1971 to 1976 then was admitted into Bubendorf Grammar School,Adazi,in the present day Anambra State. He contemplated tearing his certificate,since education seemed to mean nothing then given his reality. But an encounter with a kinsman who was 2 years below him in primary school a few years later would make him change his view about education,he returned to school later in life. He got admission to do a Diploma Program at University of Nigeria,Nsukka,between 1993 –1996 and later,a degree program from 1996 –1999. He graduated with a Second Class Upper in Social works and Community development. He later got a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Entrepreneurship from the Institute for Transformative Thought and Learning in the Doctoral Research Centre of the University of Arizona,Phoenix,in the United States.
Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He is Nigeria's Minister of Environment. He was Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for Nasarawa State and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). He is a solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Aloysius-Michaels Nnabugwu Okolie,often known as A. M. N. Okolie,is a Nigerian political scientist. He is a professor at the University of Nigeria,Nsukka. Okolie has been both the President of the Nigerian Political Science Association and a member of that organisation's Board of Trustees. He studies political institutions and the development in Nigeria,Nigeria's international relations,and political economy.
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Enugu State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Enugu State. Gilbert Nnaji representing Enugu East,Ike Ekweremadu representing Enugu West and Utazi Chukwuka representing Enugu North all won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.
Chukwuma Frank Ibezim is a Nigerian politician and current senator representing the North Senatorial District of Imo State in the national assembly of Nigeria. He is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) party,the country's ruling party.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Enugu State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election,as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives;with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
listen ) CON (born 16 October 1961 in Nkpologu,Uzo Uwani,Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician. [1] He is the senator representing Enugu North senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate. [2] [3] [4] He is a senator of the 8th and 9th Senate of Nigeria. Chukwuka was first elected on 9 June 2015.