Wp/bol/Abia

Abia State

state of Nigeria

Inception	27 August 1991
Official name	Abia
Native label	Abia
Named after	Aba River
Official language	English
Continent	Africa
Country	Nigeria
Capital	Umuahia
Located in the administrative territorial entity	Nigeria
Located in time zone	UTC+01:00
Coordinate location	5°25′0″N 7°30′0″E
Office held by the head of government	Governor of Abia State
Head of government	Alex Otti
Executive body	Executive Council of Abia State
Legislative body	Abia State House of Assembly
Owner of	Enyimba International F.C., Abia Warriors F.C.
Replaces	Imo State
Postal code	440001
Official website	https://abiastate.gov.ng/
Economy of topic	economy of Abia State
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Abia State, Nigeria

Jiha Abiya (Umuahia) jihaji lake yanki aushe mana dar ga Najeriya, la gontan iyaka GA gudi kala gudi mana aushi ga jihohi Enugu ga Ebonyi: kafa kala zoni ga jiha imo, jiha Cross River koga dar Akwa Ibom koga aushi mana dar kafa kala ga jiha Rivers koga aushi jiha ko wena Asali sunni ji koga yankuna la aji fatakoyi godom miyya GA goru : Ana, Bende, Isuikwauata ga kala Arochukwu. Siri birni jaha ye itaji Umuahia, ga yayila Aba ko kasantu laga tu Siro ka cibiya goma GA goruye.

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Koga jahohi 36 in Najeriya Abia itaji in 32 ga Fadi woli ka 27 ga godom miyya ga kiyasi miyya a kalla 3,720,000 ga bisa kidaya soninshe in 2016. Dangane GA yanayi woli jiha ye antu Nemga reta balau ga Neja delta swaep forest ko tetteke aushi goruye yanayi la foc'ani in Cross Nijer Transition Forest ga yanayi savanna in messe sassa goruye gontango ga Amma imo ga aba layan go to GA kwararru in zoni ga aushi iyaka Abiya.

Andi yarinshe godom LA dowasu GA yanki Abia , musamman iyamuarai . Ga lokaci Mulki turawa yanki Abia in inso andini ga ga yanki miyya Arochukwu in Dara aro kafin turawa ningo ga washi GA yanki Angola -Aro GA farko karni in 1900. Turawa mamayantun yanki ye kala mate zowantan ga yanki, aushi ga Najeriya wol woli Tarayya turawa, inko koga boii aji gontango koga yanki Najeriya ko Mulki Birtaniya; koboii gontayi jiha Abiya ningo cibiya adawa ga Mulki mallaka turawa inko yollako yanki monde ga aji zala ga 0loko.

Ahre Lardi Abia

LGA	Languages
Arochukwu	Igbo, Ibibio
Umuahia South	Igbo
Umuahia North	Igbo
Ikwuano	Igbo
Isuikwuato	Igbo
Ukwa West	Igbo
Aba South	Igbo
Aba North	Igbo
Isiala Ngwa North	Igbo
Isiala Ngwa South	Igbo
Obingwa	Igbo
Umunneochi	Igbo
Ugwunagbo	Igbo
Ukwa East	Igbo

Mikkya in asse ga gah guru Abia

• Abai Ikwechegh - Jurist
• Acho Nwakanma - Politician, and Former Deputy Governor of Abia State
• Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani – novelist and essayist
• Adolphus Wabara - Former Senate President of Nigeria.
• Akwaeke Emezi – novelist
• Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, politician, businessman and philanthropist
• Alexx Ekubo, Nollywood actor and Top Model
• Alex Otti - Former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank PLC.
• Alvan Ikoku, OBE educationist (1900–1971)
• Anthony Eze Enwereuzor - Politician Former member of the Abia State House of Assembly
• Anya Oko Anya, technocrat and academic
• Ashley Nwosu - Former Nigerian Actor
• Arunma Oteh – Former World Bank Vice President and Treasurer.
• Azubuike Ihejirika – Lt. General and former Chief of Army Staff
• Azubuko Udah - Former Deputy-Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force
• Basketmouth – comedian
• Benjamin Kalu – politician and member of the House of Representatives
• Blessing Nwagba - Female Politician
• Bob Nwannunu - Politician
• Bright Chimezie – Highlife Musician
• Buchi Atuonwu - Gospel Artiste
• Chelsea Eze – award-winning Nollywood actress
• Chidi Imoh - Athlete
• Chijioke Nwakodo - Politician
• Chika Chukwumerije – Olympic Taekwondo Medalist (Beijing 2008); 3-time Olympian; first Black African Olympic Medalist in the Martial Arts.
• Chika Okeke-Agulu - Art historian.
• Chinedu Ikedieze – award-winning Nollywood actor
• Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji - Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly
• Chinweizu Ibekwe - Renowned essayist, poet, and journalist.
• Chinyere Almona – business executive
• Chinyere Kalu – Nigeria's first female pilot.
• Chioma Agomo - Academician and a Professor of Law.
• Chioma Onyekwere – Nigeria's Discus Champion.
• Chioma Toplis - Nollywood Actress.
• Chisom Chikatara - Professional Footballer
• Christy Ucheibe - Female Nigerian Professional Footballer
• Chuku Wachuku – Statesman and former Director-General of Nigeria's NDE: National Directorate of Employment
• Christopher Kanu - Former Nigerian Professional Footballer.
• Christopher Osondu - Former Navy Captain and Military Administrator of Cross River State
• Chukwuemeka Ngozichineke Wogu - Former Minister of Labour and Productivity
• Clifford Ohiagu - Politician
• Daniel Kanu - Nigerian-American Politician.
• Dike Chukwumerije – Award-winning Novelist, Poet, Public Speaker and Spoken-word artiste. Listed on 100 most influential Africans.
• Ebitu Ukiwe – former Military Vice President; Former Governor of Niger and Lagos States.
• Ejike Asiegbu- Nollywood Veteran actor
• Ejikeme Ikwunze - Sports Journalist
• Emma Ugolee - Media Personality and Author
• Emmanuel Acho - Former American Football Player; Analyst at Fox Sports 1
• Emeka Ananaba - Former Deputy Governor of Abia State
• Eni Njoku – pioneer Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos and first black Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria Nsukka.
• Enyinnaya Abaribe – Senator and former Deputy Governor
• Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi - Environmental biochemist, Soil Scientist, and Toxicologist
• Ezinne Kalu, Female Basketballer
• Eziuche Ubani - Female Politician
• Felix Nmecha - Professional Football Player
• Fortunatus Nwachukwu - Catholic Prelate
• Francis Ezeh - Professional Football Player
• Godswill Obioma - Former National Examination Council Registrar
• Ifu Ennada - Actress, Fashion Designer, and Former Big Brother Naija Housemate.
• Iheanacho Obioma - Politician
• IK Ogbonna, Nollywood Actor and Top Model
• Ike Ibeabuchi, Professional Boxer.
• Ike Nwachukwu, military officer, former state governor, diplomat, former senator and former chairman of the governing board of Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.
• Ikechi Uko- Renowned travel consultant
• Ikechukwu Uche - Former Nigerian Professional Footballer
• Ikeogu Oke - Author, Journalist, and Award-winning Poet
• Isaac Nwaobia - Anglican Bishop
• Ivy Uche Okoronkwo - First Female Deputy Inspector General of Police
• J. Martins, Afro-pop artiste
• Jaja Wachuku – First Minister of Foreign Affairs in Nigeria, First indigenous Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria and first Nigerian Permanent representative to the UN.
• Joe Irukwu - Nigeria's First Professor of Insurance.
• Joel Kachi Benson, documentary film maker.
• John Godson – Polish lawmaker and philanthropist.
• Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi – Nigeria's Military Officer and former Head of State.
• Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku - Former Eze of Ngwa land.
• Joyce Kalu - Nollywood Actress
• Kalu Uche - Former Nigerian Professional Footballer
• Kalu Idika Kalu – former Finance Minister and politician
• Kalu Ikeagwu - Movie Actor and Writer.
• Kalu Ndukwe Kalu - Political scientist and Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science and National Security Policy at Auburn University
• Kelechi Emeteole - Former Nigerian Professional Footballer
• Kenneth Omeruo - Nigerian Professional Footballer
• Larry Gaaga - Renowned Songwriter and Music Producer
• Linda Ejiofor - Nollywood Actress
• Lukas Nmecha - Professional Football Player
• Mao Ohuabunwa, industrialist and politician
• Mary Ikoku - Development Consultant
• Mary Lazarus - Nollywood Actress
• Martins Azubuike - Former Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly.
• Michael Okpara – premier of Nigeria's Eastern Region from 1959 to 1966
• Mr Raw – Igbo rap music pioneer
• Nathan Kanu - Anglican Bishop
• Ndubuisi Kanu – Former Governor of Lagos State and old Imo State.
• Njoku Nnamdi - Former Member of the Abia State House of Assembly
• Nkechi Blessing Sunday - Nollywood actress
• Nkechi Justina Nwaogu – Two Time Senator Abia Central Senatorial District and Immediate Past Pro Chancellor University of Calabar.
• Nkiru Sylvanus - Awarding winning Nollywood actress
• Nnamdi Kanu – founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group.
• Nnamdi Udoh - Aeronautical Engineer
• Ndubuisi Ekekwe - Notable Inventor
• Nnenna Elendu Ukeje - Female Politician
• Nwabueze Nwokolo - British Lawyer
• Nwankwo Kanu – Two time African Footballer of the year and Arsenal FC legend.
• OC Ukeje – Lagos-based Multiple Award Winning Nollywood actor
• Ogbugo Kalu - Renowned Army Officer.
• Oji Umozurike, professor of law
• Ojo Maduekwe - Former Nigerian Politician.
• Okechukwu Enelamah – former Minister for Trade and Investment (2015–2019)
• Okezie Ikpeazu – Abia State Governor
• Olu Oguibe - Professor of art at the University of Connecticut and senior fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC
• Oluchi Onweagba - International model and first winner of M-Net Face of Africa
• Onwuka Kalu - Business Mogul and co-founder of Fidelity Union Merchant Bank
• Onyema Ogbuagu - Medical Researcher
• Onyema Ugochukwu - First Executive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC)
• Orji Uzor Kalu – chairman, SLOK Group; Former State Governor and one time Founder of Progressive People's Alliance (PPA); Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Pascal Atuma – Canadian-Nigerian actor, screenwriter, film producer, director and CEO/Chairman TABIC Record Label. born in Ikwuano Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.
• Pascal Ojigwe - Nigerian former professional footballer and Abia State Commissioner of Sports.
• Paul Agbai Ogwuma – former Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank
• Randy Onuoha, Professional Footballer.
• Rosemary Inyama - Female Politician
• Ruggedman, Afro-Rap artiste.
• 2Shotz, AfroRap Artiste
• Sam Acho - ESPN Sports Analyst and Veteran American Football Player.
• Sam Ohuabunwa - Founder of Neimeth Pharmaceutical and Former President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria
• Samuel Achilefu – Notable Inventor
• Samuel Chukwueze – Nigeria National Team football player
• Samuel Kalu - Nigerian Professional Footballer.
• Sunday Mba - Nigerian Professional Footballer
• Theodore Orji – former State Governor and a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
• Uche Jombo, award-winning Nollywood actress.
• Macebuh Chinonyerem - Former member of the Abia State House of Assembly
• Mike Ezuruonye – Award-winning Nollywood actor.
• Nwakanwa Chimaobi - Former member of the Abia State House of Assembly
• Uche Chukwumerije – 3-time Senator of Fed Rep of Nigeria; Former Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture; Former Biafran Minister of Information; Publisher Afriscope Magazine.
• Uche Elendu - Nollywood actress
• Uche Okechukwu – former Nigerian Team footballer
• Uchechukwu N. Maduako - Former Member of the Abia State House of Assembly
• Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah – Businessman and Politician
• Uchenna Ikonne – Academic and Public Administrator
• Uchenna Kanu - Female Nigerian Professional Footballer
• Ude Oko Chukwu - Deputy Governor of Abia State
• Uko Nkole - Politician
• Uma Ukpai – evangelist.
• Umeh Kalu - Former Commissioner of Justice for Abia State.
• Uzo Asonye - Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell
• Uzodinma Iweala – US-based medical doctor and author of the book Beasts of No Nation.
• Uzoma Emenike- Nigeria's Ambassador to the United States of America.
• Victoria Inyama - Nollywood Actress.
• Vincent Eze Ogbulafor - Former National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party
• Waconzy - Musician
• Yagazie Emezi - Award-winning photojournalist
• Yvonne Okoro - Ghanaian-Nigerian actress