Nnewi North

Nnewi North
LGA
Country  Nigeria
State Anambra State
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

Nnewi North is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria. Nnewi is the only town in Nnewi North LGA. It has four villages (sub-towns) that make up the one-town local government, which includes; Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim and Nnewi-ichi. The traditional ruler of Nnewi- Igwe of Nnewi -presently is Igwe Kenneth Orizu the 3rd of which this royal family is from Otolo Nnewi, and for this reason, is regarded as first among equals of the four villages. Other traditional rulers exist in other villages and they oversee the traditional affairs of their respective villages, amongs which are Obi Nnamdi AC Obi (ogidi)who is obi of Uruagu, Obi Umudim And obi Onyekaba Of Nnewichi. In this vein one may ask who is now Obi of Otolo since the royal family of Igwe oversees the traditional affairs of entire nnewi.

Schools

Here is the list of secondary schools in Nnewi North Local Government Area:

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Notable people

Ebele Ofunneamaka Okeke, Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR and Officer of the Order of Niger, OON (Born 14, June 1948) is a Nigerian Civil engineer and former Head of Nigerian Civil Service

Chief Charles Ages Okeke (Born 10, April 1955) is a Nigerian business man and a legend in Anambra State

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