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May

07

2018

Breaking: Construction of Abiriba-Nkporo-Ohafia road awarded

Ohafia, PoliticsAbia State, Nigeria, Ohafia, Personality, Politics, Rt. Hon. Uko Nkole

The road construction is expected to cover Abiriba through Amurie-Etitiama-Elughu Nkporo-Nguzu Junction, to Ohafia. It is hoped that when completed, this road will add value to the people of this axis to ensure easy movement and intra-communal accessibility that will help boost economic, social and business life of the people. The news was revealed to OhafiaTV when Hon. Uko Nkole paid a courtesy call to the palace of H.R.H. Eze U. I. Eme (Egwugwo 1 of Amudu Autonomous Community, Etitiama Nkporo) and Chairman, Nkporo Council of Traditional Rulers to introduce the Project Supervisor, Engr. Yusuf Ademoh Ogere from the Federal…

We Will Deploy 4 Attack Planes To Fight Insecurity In Igbo Land – NAF

News, Ohafia, PoliticsAbia State, Crime, Nigeria, Ohafia, Personality, Politics, Reviews

The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar has promised to deploy four attacking and one training aircraft to Enugu He said this would help in tackling security problems in the South East. Air Marshall Abubakar disclosed this during a ground breaking and foundation laying ceremony of Air Force ground training command, GTC, complex headquarters in Enugu, Wednesday. He disclosed that the purpose of Air Force training command complex in Enugu was to reposition the Nigerian Air Force to tackle insurgency in the country. Lauding Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his efforts at restoring lasting peace and unity in the…

Ohafia Community History, Culture and Heritage

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, OhafiaAbia State, Metro, Ohafia

The Ohafia are an Igbo speaking people who live in a region of about 100 square miles located west of the Cross River in Southeastern Nigeria. On these rolling hills twenty-six villages are found, the smallest are comprised of only a few households. The largest is the village of Akanu, the population of which was estimated by Phillip Nsugbe (1974:8) in the mid-sixties to be around 12,000. The ancestral capital of Ohafia is the centrally located village of Elu. The old part of Elu centers on the site where Udumeze, the founder, first built his fire. This is where the shrine of…