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Aba is a city in southeastern Nigeria and the commercial centre of Abia State.Upon the creation of Abia State in 1991, the old Aba township was divided into two local government areas, being Aba South and Aba North, while the suburban neighborhood of what was then known as Obioma Ngwa L.G.A. was divided into three L.G.A.s (namely Osisioma Ngwa, Obingwa and Ugwunagbo) for administrative ...
2024 Aba killings. The 2024 Aba killings were an armed conflict that occurred in Aba, Nigeria, on 30 May 2024 in which at least 11 people were killed following the conflicting sit-at-home orders [ 2] issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) to commemorate deceased Biafran Heroes/Heroines.
The intent to construct the temple in Aba, in the state of Abia, to serve the nation's 68,000 Latter-day Saints was announced on April 2, 2000. This was the third temple to be built in Africa. The highly visible temple site is 2.5 hectares (6.3 acres) on the outskirts of Aba along the Ogbor River. A bridge had to be built over the river to ...
The Christ the King Cathedral[ 1][ 2] is a religious building in the Catholic Church that serves as the cathedral of Aba, a city with more than 500,000 inhabitants in Abia State in of Nigeria. [ 3][ 4] The church is the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Aba in Nigeria. The first small church of Christ the King in Aba was built by Eugene ...
Ugwuzor was born on 4 April 1963 in Umudim. He was educated at Ngwa High School, Aba and the University of Calabar. He was ordained deacon in 1992 and priest in 1993. He served in Asa-Umunka, Ukpakiri and Umuokpoji. He became a Canon in 2002 and Archdeacon in 2005. Ugwuzor has also been a prison chaplain, secretary of Aba Synod and a lecturer ...
Nwanyeruwa. Nwanyeruwa // ⓘ, also known as Madame Nwanyeruwa, was an Igbo woman living in colonial Nigeria who gained prominence for her role in the Aba Women's Riots, better known as the Women's War. The revolt stemmed for the reluctance of Nigerian women to be taxed amidst the economic hardships of the Great Depression.
Abia State is one of the thirty-six States in Nigeria, and has about seventeen Local Government Areas, out of the 774 Local Government Areas that make up the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Abia State was created on the 27th of August 1991, during the government of General Ibrahim Babangida. The State is located in the south-eastern part of ...
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