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14-581: The Eke-Isu Market serves the locals in the centre of the village. The settlement contains the St Mary's Catholic Church and the Assemblies of God Church. The Community School was opened in 1948. Obiangwu like several other villages in the Owerri vicinity was an area of "intense missionary activity" in the early 20th century. The Community Pry School in the village was established in 1948. In January 1981,

28-467: A major Nigerian football club: Heartland F.C. It was known previously as Iwuanyawu Nationale , but the team retained its nickname: The Naze Millionaires. Popular super Eagle players hails from owerri, people like Emmanuel Emenike , Kelechi Iheanacho who played for major English clubs like Manchester City F.C. and Leicester City F.C. , Former Inter Milan , Arsenal , Portsmouth F.C. striker and Nigeria national football team player Nwankwo Kanu

42-589: Is approximately 100 square kilometres (40 sq mi) in area. Owerri is bordered by the Otamiri River to the east and the Nworie River to the south. The Owerri Slogan is Heartland . It is also called the Las Vegas of Africa, due to the night life of the city and the numerous hotels, casino and leisure parks all over the city. Owerri was founded by in the 14 century CE by Ekwem Oha. Owerri

56-654: Is known as ofe owerri (ofe means soup, while Owerri is the capital of Imo state). It is sometimes referred to as the king of soup and in some Igbo communities, beautiful women are sometimes likened to Ofe Owerri. Ingredients for the soup, include snails , ponmo (cow skin), goat meat , okporoko (dried hake fish), dried fish , oporo (smoked prawns ), grounded dried crayfish , wraps of ogili (fermented soya beans), fresh pepper, grounded dried pepper, grounded uziza seeds ( Ashanti pepper ), cocoyam , palm oil , sliced ugu leaves (pumpkin leaves), sliced oha leaves, sliced uziza leaves, stock cubes , achi powder and salt . Owerri has

70-590: Is now an International Cargo Airport. Some major roads that go through the city are Port Harcourt Rd ., Aba Rd., Onitsha Rd., and Okigwe Rd. Roads within the city include Douglas Rd., Weatheral Rd., Tetlow Rd., and Works Rd. Relief market is the main market in Owerri after the demolition of Eke Ukwu Owere. Owerri sits in the rain forest and produces many agricultural products, such as yams , cassava , taro , corn , rubber and palm products. Owerri also sits on huge crude oil and natural gas reserves like most of

84-737: The 1.7 million people in the area are members of the Catholic Church. The Anglican cathedral church of the transfiguration of our lord (CATOL) is the Anglican Cathedral for the Anglican faithfuls in the Anglican Diocese Of Owerri. There are about 700,670 members of the Anglican Church in the Owerri metropolis. All Saints Cathedral, Egbu, Owerri is the first and Largest Anglican Church in Owerri and

98-570: The Igbo land areas. Owerri has a tropical wet climate according to the Köppen-Geiger system. Rain falls for most months of the year with a brief dry season. The Harmattan affects the city in the early periods of the dry season and it is noticeably less pronounced than in other cities in Nigeria. The average temperature is 26.4 °C. One major food that is particular to the Owerri people

112-657: The Iriji Festival in Obiangwu at his estate. Owerri Owerri ( / oʊ ˈ w ɛr i / oh-Way-Ray , Igbo : Owèrrè ) is the capital city of Imo State in Nigeria , set in the heart of Igboland . It is also the state's largest city, followed by Orlu , Okigwe and Ohaji/Egbema . Owerri consists of three Local Government Areas including Owerri Municipal , Owerri North and Owerri West , it has an estimated population of 1,401,873 as of 2016 and

126-485: The NSCDC reported that two workers from the telecommunications company MTN Nigeria had also been killed, but this was denied by the company. Isuobiangwu lies immediately to the west of Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport , 31.7 miles (51.0 km) by road northwest of the city of Aba , and 16.2 miles (26.1 km) to the southeast of the city Owerri . Umuene Obiangwu lies to the northwest. The settlement contains

140-468: The St Mary's Catholic Church and the Assemblies of God Church. The Eke-Isu Market serves the locals in the centre of the village. The Community School in close proximity to the churches in the eastern side of the village. There is a secondary school at Umuene Obiangwu. The principal health centre is Obiangwu Primary Health Center, which was announced to have been completed in a report dated to 2010. On 18 October 2018, local royal James Ibenyenwa Diala opened

154-621: The construction of the Enyiogugu Eziala - Obiangwu Umuawa Road was approved. In April 2022 it was reported that the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu , Ebonyi State had floated a tender for the rehabilitation of Eke-Isu Market in Obiangwu. In late March 2023, it was reported that gunmen killed three personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at Eke-Isu Market in the village. An official of

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168-704: The museum at Umuahia, Abia State. On 5th April 2021, a mass prison break happened in Owerri, in which 1,844 inmates were released. It is alleged that the Eastern Security Network was responsible for the attack. Owerri has an airport 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of the city, called the Imo Airport , located in Obiangwu, Ngor Okpala LGA. The Airport (Sam Mbakwe Airport) provides flight services to Abuja , Lagos , Port Harcourt , and Enugu . Right now, it serves as an alternate for Port Harcourt . Sam Mbakwe (Imo) International Cargo Airport

182-588: Was born and raised in Owerri. He attended Holy Ghost College, a renowned local secondary school in the Owerri town. Christianity is the dominant religion in Owerri. Catholics and Anglicans have the largest followings and Owerri is home to Assumpta Cathedral , the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri (Latin: Archidioecesis Overriensis) and the Seat of Wisdom Seminary. The archdiocese covers an area of 2,996 square kilometres. 670,986 of

196-474: Was the last of three capitals of the Republic of Biafra in 1969. The capital of the secessionist state was continuously being moved as Nigerian troops captured the older capitals. Enugu and Umuahia were the other capitals before Owerri. Present-day Owerri does contain some statuary memorializing the war, particularly in locations which suffered heavy bombing, but most war artifacts and history are located in

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