The Milliken Hill road, Ngwo, Enugu, an ancient, historic and undulating road, modernized with streetlights and other safety measures. The road was rebuilt by Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration, after decades of neglect, to showcase its potentials as a tourist attraction and the state’s natural roller coaster, which now serves as an alternative gateway into the city…

The word Enugu is from the Igbo words: Enu Ugwu which means “the top of the hill”. Enugu city is the capital and largest city in Enugu State, South Eastern Nigeria. The state is nicknamed: Coal City State The first European settlers arrived in the area in 1909, led by a British mining engineer named…

PRE-HISTORY Pre-historic facts about the people that inhabit the present Enugu State suggests that their earliest settlement date back to 6,000 BC based on early pottery work found in the Okigwe-Nsukka axis. Much of the pottery excavated by a team led by Thurstan Shaw of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1978 uncovered a rock…

Enugu State map with Local Government Areas ENUGU STATE, South-East of Nigeria, is one of the thirty-six States constituting the Nigerian Federation. It came into being on August 27, 1991 when the administration of President Ibrahim Babangida finally acquiesced to the long agitations of Waawa people for a State they could truly call their own.…

List of Autonomous Communities, the old 17 LGAs and the new 56 LGAs in Enugu State S/N OLD L.G.A NEW L.G.A HEADQUARTERS COMMUNITIES 1 ANINRI 1.Aninri East Ndeaboh Ndeabor,Agboechara Ndeabo, Amakovia Mpu, Achiore Mpu, Anekeoji Mpu,Okomigbo Mpu, Ekoli, Okpanku. 2.Aninri North Negba ObeaguOduma, Ukete Oduma, Amagu Oduma, Amaeke Oduma, Oduma Achara,Ohafia Ndumeze Oduma, Ezinese Oduma,…

Enugu State House of Assembly members and their Local Government Areas, constituencies, designations and political parties, as of 2015 S/N NAME LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONSTITUENCY DESIGNATION PARTY 1. Hon. Mathias junior Ekweremadu Aninri Aninri Chief Whip PDP 2. Hon. Sunday Kelly Enemchukwu Udeh-Okoye Awgu Awgu North Member PDP 3. Hon. Uduji Nelson lloabuchi Awgu Awgu South…

Enugu State Executive Cabinet (Commissioners) in Governor Sullivan Chime Administration, as of 2014 Barr. Sullivan ChimeGovernor Of Enugu State Mr Sunday OnyebuchiDeputy Governor Enugu State Barr. Amaechi OkoloSecretary To The State Government Mrs Ifeoma NwobodoChief Of Staff Mr. Chidi EzemaHead of Service Prof. Chris OkoroMinistry Of Education Mr Michael Chukwuma EneMinistry Of Agriculture Dr. Kester…

ENUGU STATE, South-East of Nigeria, is one of the thirty-six States constituting the Nigerian Federation. It came into being on August 27, 1991 when the administration of President Ibrahim Babangida finally acquiesced to the long agitations of Waawa people for a State they could truly call their own. Enugu State derives its name from the…

ENUGU STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, AND THEIR ROLES, AS OF 2010 ARE: 1. Rt. Hon. Barr. Eugene Odo. Igboetiti West. Hon. Speaker 2. Hon. Dennis Agbo. Enugu East. Deputy Speaker 3. Hon. Jonny Obidinma. Oji River. Leader of the House/ Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business 4. Hon. Nze Michael Onyeze. Igboeze North…

Enugu State derives its name from the capital city, ENUGU (top of the hill) which is regarded as the oldest urban area in the Igbo speaking area of Southeast Nigeria. The city owes its geopolitical significance to the discovery of coal in 1909 by a team of British geologists. The discovery of the solid mineral…