Abiya

Jihar Abiya Jiha ce dake yankin Kudu maso Gabashin  Najeriya, wacce ta hada iyaka daga arewa, da kuma arewa maso kudu da jihohin Enugu da Ebonyi; sai kuma  yamma da Jihar Imo, Jihar Cross River daga gabas, Akwa Ibom daga kudu maso gabas, sai kuma Jihar Rivers daga kudu. Jihar ta samo asalin sunanta ne daga yankunan da suka fi kowanne yawan jama'a a garin: Aba, Bende, Isuikwuato, da kuma Arochukwu."History of Abia State Nigeria". Retrieved 18 September 2021. Babban birnin jihar itace UmuahiaUmuahia - Wikipedia, a yayin da AbaAba, Nigeria - Wikipedia ta kasance mafi girma kuma cibiyar kasuwancin garin."Aba | History & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

Acikin jihohi 36 na Najeriya, Abia itace ta 32 a fadin kasa kuma na 27 a yawan jama'a da kiyasin mutane akalla 3,720,000 a bisa ƙidayar shekara ta 2016."Figure 1. Map of abia State showing the 17 local government areas". ResearchGate. Retrieved 12 March 2022. Dangane da yanayin kasa, jihar ta kasu zuwa kashi biyu,  Niger Delta swamp forests daga karshen kudancin garin, da kuma busasshen yanayi na Cross–Niger transition forests da yanayi savanna a sauran sassan garin. Sauran muhimman yankunan garin sun hada da Rafukan  Imo and Aba wadanda ke kwarara ta yammaci da kudancin iyakar Abiya.   

Akwai yaruka da dama da suke zaune a Jihar Abiya a yau, musamman Inyamurai. A lokacin mulkin turawa, yankin Jihar Abiya ta yau na daga cikin yankin mutanen Arochukwu na Daular Aro kafin a turawa su ci su da yaki a Yakin  Yakin Anglo-Aro a farkon karni na 1900. Turawa sun mamaye yankin bayan yakin, kuma suka sanya ta cikin Yankin Kudancin Najeriya karkashin kariyar Turawa, wacce daga baya aka hadeta cikin yankin Najeriya ta Mulkin Burtaniya; bayan an hade ta, Jihar Abiya ta zamo cibiyar adawa ga mulkin mallaka turawa wanda ya janyo yakin mata da aka fara a Oloko.   

Bayan samun 'yanci a shekarata alif 1960, Jihar Abiya ta yau na daga cikin Yankin Kudancin Najeriya , har zuwa shekarar 1967 lokacin da aka rarraba yankin zuwa yankin Jihar Gabas ta Tsakiya. Kasa da watanni biyu bayan faruwar hakan, tsohuwar yankin na Gashin Najeriya ta jawo yakin basasa na tsawon shekaru uku a Najeriya, tare da Abiya na daga cikin garuruwan tawaye na Biyafara. Bayan yakin ya kare kuma an sake hade yankunan a Najeriya, an mayar da Jihar Gabas ta Tsakiya har zuwa shekarar 1976 lokacin da Murtala Mohammed ya samar da sabuwar Jihar Imo (wacce ta hada da JIhar Abiya a cikin ta). Bayan shekaru sha biyar, an sake raba Jihar Imo inda aka cire gabashin Imo don samar da Jihar Abiya; amma a shekarar 1996, an sake raba jihar Abiya inda aka samar da Jihar Ebonyi ta yau."This is how the 36 states were created". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

Ta fuskar tattalin arziki, Jihar Abiya ta ta'allaka a samar da man-fetur da natural gas dadi da noma, musamman na doya, masara, taro, man-ja da rogo. Akwai kamfanoni sarrafe-sarrafe musamman a yankin Aba."Abia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 December 2021. Dangane da saurin habakar ta a fuskar yawan jama'a da masanaantu, Abiya ta shiga na 8 daga cikin jerin cigaban al'umma a Najeriya."Human Development Indices". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
Tana da yawan fili kimani na kilomita arabba’i 6,320 da yawan jama’a milyan biyu da dubu dari takwas da talatin da uku da dari tara da tisa'in da tara (kidayar yawan jama'a shekara 2006). Babban birnin tarayyar jahar ita ce Umuahia. Okezie Ikpeazu shi ne gwamnan jihar tun zaben shekara ta 2015 har zuwa yau. Mataimakin gwamnan shi ne Ude Okochukwu. Dattijan jihar sune: Eyinnaya Abaribe, Theodore A. Orji da kuma Mao Ohuabunwahttps://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Nigeria/States_Nigeria/Abia/Brief-History-of-Abia-State.htmlhttps://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Abia_State,_Nigeria_Genealogy.

 Labarin kasa 
Jihar Abiya wacce ta mamaye fadin kasa kimanin  6,320sqkm, ta hada iyaka daga kudu da kudu maso gabas da jihohin Enugu da Ebonyi. Jihar Imo daga yamma, Jihar Cross River daga gabas da kuma Jihar Akwa Ibom daga kudu maso gabas, sai kuma Jihar Rivers daga kudu. Sashin kudancin garin na fuskantar ruwan sama mai karfi na kimanin 2,400 millimetres (94 in) a duk shekara, kuma yafi karfi a tsakanin watannin Aprelu zuwa Octoba."abia". www.usafricaonline.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020. Rafuka mafi muhimmanci a jihar sune; Imo da Kogin Aba wanda ke kwarara acikin tekun Atlantic ta jihar Akwa Ibom.Nigeria, Media (22 March 2018). "Major Rivers In Abia state". Media Nigeria. Retrieved 13 February2022.

 Tarihi da yawan jama'a 
Abiya na daga cikin jihohi 36 na Najeriya kuma tana da kananan hukumomi guda 17. An kafa jihar Abiya a ranar 27 ga watan Augustan shekara ta 1991, a lokacin mulkin General Ibrahim Babangida. Jihar na zaune a yankin kudu maso gabashin Najeriya. An samar da jihar Abiya daga cikin jihar Imo kuma jihohin biyu sun hada iyaka. Jihar Abiya na daga cikin garuruwan Niger Delta. Babba birnin jihar itace Abiya, sannan ana mata lakabi da GOD’s OWN STATE. Jihar Abiya ta samo asalin sunanta ne daga yankunan ta hudu da sukafi ko ina yawa wato: Aba, Bende, Isuikwuato, da Afikpo."History of Abia State Nigeria | AllNigeriaInfo". Retrieved 18 September 2021."Abia State history". Abia-union.org. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

Jihar Abiya jiha ce ta Inyamurai kuma da yaren Igbonci ake magana a garin. Inyamurai ne suka cike kusan kaso 95% na yawan mutanen garin."Enugu State". Igbofocus.co.uk. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2012. Sannan haka zalika ana amfani da harshen turanci a garin, kuma shine matsayin yaren gwamnati da kuma cinikayya. A jihar Abiya, fiye da mutum miliyan 7 kiristoci ne."Abia | state, Nigeria". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

 Tattalin arziki da ababen more rayuwa 
Samar da man-fetur da gas sune muhimman tattalin arzikin Jihar Abiya, wanda yake wakiltan kaso  39% na kudaden shiga (GDP) na Jihar.Nigeria's 36 States and the FCT, Economic, societal and political profiles, World Bank Report Amma duk da haka kwararan kamfanonin gida na jihar dangane da shirin Marginal Fields Programme (MFP)- na samun karancin kudade da zai basu damar hakan mai a rijiyoyi kusan 50 dake jihar."Channelstv, Nigeria (14 April 2013). "Harnessing Abia's oil and gas potentials". channelstv.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

Masana'antun kere-kere na wakiltar kudaden shiga kashi 2% kacal. Cibiyar masana'antun Jihar Abia na nan a birnin Aba, wanda suka hada da kamfanonin sarrafa magunguna, sabulai, robobi, siminti, takalma da kuma kayan kwalliya.Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I (15th ed.). Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 32. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8. Bugu da kari, Jihar Abiya ta samar da wurin taro na kasa da kasa mai daukan mutum akalla 9000 a babban birnin Umuahia. Gwamna  T.A Orji ya gina wannan katafaren wuri don bunkasa tattalin arziki ta hanyar tarar baki a tarukan kasa da kasa ko kuma na gida Najeriya da kuma masu yawan bude idanu a Jihar.  

Noma na wakiltar kaso  27% na kudaden shiga na Jihar (GDP), kuma ta samar da aiki ga kaso 70% na mutanen garin. Dangane da ruwan sama mai yawa a Jihar, Abiya na da kasar noma mai kyau kuma suna noman doya, masara, dankali shinkafa, kashuw, plantain, taro da kuma rogo. Kwakwan manja ya kasance muhimmin kayan masarufi na siyarwa a Jihar.

 Hako Man-fetur da Gas 
Akwai akalla rijiyoyin mai guda 100 da kuma masarrafu guda uku a jihar Abiya."Channelstv, Nigeria (14 April 2013). "Harnessing Abia's oil and gas potentials". channelstv.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015."Vanguard, Nigeria (7 August 2012). "Our problem is poor funding – ASOPADEC Chairman". vanguardngr.com. Retrieved 30 November 2015. Akwai kuma masarrafar gas na "Abia/NNPC gas plant". Yi zuwa shekara ta 2012, cibiyar boundary C ta sanar da cewa ta maido da rijiyoyin mai 42 daga Jihar Rivers zuwa Abiya. Hakan na nufin cewa, Jihar Abiya ta zamo na hudu a samar da man fetur a Najeriya. Mashahuriyar kamfanin man fetur wato  Shell, ke da mallakin mafiya yawan rijiyoyin man da ke Jihar, kuma ta ware kusan guda 50 wanda ake dauka a matsayin mafi muhimmanci.

Jihar tana samar da 36,000 barrels na man-fetur a duk rana; "Imoturu na samar da barrel 23,000 a duk rana; a yayin da ita kuma tashar man-fetur na Isimili ke samar da fiye da ganga 8,000 a duk rana. Akwai rijiyoyin mai guda 4 a yankin mabubbugan Izaku zuwa Obigo. Akalla rijiyoyin mai guda  30 suna kwarara zuwa Umuri sannan kuma akalla rijiyoyin mai guda 8 suna kwarara daga Umurie zuwa Afam" kamar yadda Samuel Okezie Nwogu, Chairman na Abia State Oil Producing Development Area Commission (ASOPADEC). Amma duk da haka, jihar na kukan rashin isasshen kudi daga kudaden da ake samu na man fetur daga Gwamnatin Tarayya.

 Matsalolin Muhalli 

 Bola 
Kungiyar kula da muhalli wato Municipal solid waste management (MSWM), ke da alhakin  kwashe shara da tattara ta, da zubar da ita don tabbatar da cewa bata cutar da mutane ba. Akwai matsaloli da dama da suke jawo tara shara a yankuna birane, wanda suka hada da yanayin samun kudi, yanayin sararin samaniya, birane da kuma habakar tattalin arziki.Ezechi, Ezerie Henry; Nwabuko, Chima George; Enyinnaya, Ogbonna Chidi; Babington, Chibunna John (September 2017). "Municipal solid waste management in Aba, Nigeria: Challenges and prospects". Environmental Engineering Research. 22(3): 231–236. doi:10.4491/eer.2017.100. ISSN 1226-1025. Ma'aikatar MSW a jihar Abiya ta kasu kashi uku;

 Sharar gida (shara daga gidaje, wuraren cin abinci, kasuwanni da sauran wuraren cinikayya)
 Sharar Masana'antu (wanda suka hada da abubuwa masu cutarwa wanda ke bukatar kulawa ta musamman)
 Sharar Ma'aikatu (wannan sun hada da shara daga ma'aikatun gwamnati, makarantu, asibitoci da wuraren shakatawa)

 Ma'adanan Jihar Abiya 
 Zinare
 Lead/Zinc
 Limestone
 Oil/gas
 Salt
 Kaolin
 Limestone

 Jami'oi da Kwalejoji 
Akwai jami'oi shida a jihar, akwai na gwamnatin tarayya wato Michael Okpara University of Agriculture a Umudike,"List of GUU (Gregory University Uturu ) Degree Courses". www.myschoolgist.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021. Abia State University a Uturu, akwai kuma ta 'yan kasuwa Gregory University dake Uturu,"List of GUU (Gregory University Uturu ) Degree Courses". www.myschoolgist.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.  Rhema University a Abia,"List of Courses Offered by Rhema University". www.myschoolgist.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021. Spiritan University a Umu Nneochi da kuma  Clifford University da ke Owerrinta. 

Akwai kuma kwalejin Ilimi na Abiya dake Arochukwu, akwai kuma kwalejin Kiwon Lafiya dake Aba. Temple Gate Polytechnic dake a Aba, da kuma  Abia State Polytechnic."List of Courses Offered at Abia State Polytechnic". Nigerian Scholars. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

 Sufuri 
Tashar jirgin sama mafi kusa a Jihar Abiya itace tashar Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport (Tashar Jirgin sama na Owerri), tafiyar sa'a daya na iya kai mutum i zuwa Umuahia, Aba kuma tafiyar sa'a biyu ne zuwa Tashar jirgin saman  Port Harcourt International Airport. Za'a iya ziyartar tashar jirgin sama na Akwa Ibom Airport (dake Akwa Ibom). Akwai nisan kimanin kilomita 73.28 (45.53 mi) a tsakanin Birnin Uyo (Akwa Ibom) da Birnin Umuahia (Abia). 

Har wayau, akwai kuma tashar jirgin kasa wacce ake zirga-zirga ta hanyoyinta, amma ana kan gyaranta a yanzu. Aba ta hade da jihar Porthacourt ta titin jirgin kasa. Birnin Umuahia ta hade da Aba da Enugu ta titin jirgin kasa. Ana iya zirga zirga ta yankunan ruwayen garin akan jirgin ruwa ko kwale-kwale.

 Yaruka 
A kasa akwai jerin harsuna da ake amfani dasu a Jihar Abiya dangane da kananan hukumominsu:

 LGA  Languages Arochukwu  Inyamuranci Ini  Inyamuranci Obi Ngwa  Inyamuranci Umuahia SouthInyamuranci Umuahia NorthInyamuranciIkwuanoInyamuranciIsiukwatoInyamuranciUkwa WestInyamuranciAba SouthInyamuranciAba NorthInyamuranciIsiala Ngwa NorthInyamuranciIsiala Ngwa SouthInyamuranciObingwaInyamuranciUmunneochiInyamuranci Ugwunagbo  Inyamuranci Ukwa East  Inyamuranci

 Siyasa 
Gwamnan jihar shi ke gudanar da harkokin siyasa a jihar tare da taimakon mukarrabansa na majalisar dokokin jihar. Babban birnin Jihar itace Umuahia."Umuahia | Location, Facts, & Population | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022. Akwai kananan hukumomi 17 a jihar.

A lokacin da ta zamo jiha a 1991, shugaban kasa Ibrahim Babangida ya nada jagoran yankin wato Frank Ajobena kafin a zabi Ogbonnaya Onu  a matsayin gwamna a Tarayyar Najeriya ta uku. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, shugabankasa Sani Abacha ya kawo karshen Tarayyar Najeriya ta Uku (Third Republic) kuma ya tilasta mulkin soja a ko ina. A zamanin mulkin Abacha, an sake nada mutane uku (Chinyere Ike Nwosu, Temi Ejoor, da kuma Moses Fasanya) har zuwa lokacin da Abacha ya mutu shi kuma  Abdulsalami Abubakar ya cigaba da mulki. Abubakar ya sake nada mai gudanarwa soja Anthony Obi, kafin a fara aiki da dimukradiyya a shekarar 1998.

A 1999, Najeriya ta cigaba da bin tsarin dimukradiyya kuma an zabi Orji Uzor Kalu a matsayin gwamna a karkashin jam'iyyar PDP. An rantsar dashi a ranar  29 ga watan Mayun 1999. A sabon zabe a shekara ta 2003, Kalu ya sake fitowa takarar gwamna kuma an sake zabar sa har zuwa shekara ta 2007 inda wa'adinsa na wa'adi biyu suka zo karshe. Theodore Orji (PPA) yayi nasarar kayar da Onyema Ugochukwu (PDP) a zaben gwmanan jihar Abiya a 2007. A zaben shekara ta 2011, Theodore Orji  ya fice daga jam'iyyar PPA zuwa jam'iyyar PDP bayan nan a sake zaben shi don komawa wa'adi na biyu a matsayin gwamna.

A zaben shekara ta 2015, an zabi Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP) a matsayin gwamnan jihar Abiya na tara.INEC Declares Ikpeazu Winner Of Abia Governorship Election Ya sake yin nasara a zaben shekara ta 2015, inda ya kayar da  Uche Ogah na jam'iyyar APC da Alex Otti na jam'iyyar APGA kuma an rantsar dashi a ranar 29 ga watan Mayun 2019.

 Kananan Hukumomi 
Jihar Abia nada Kananan Hukumomi guda goma sha bakwai (17), Sune:

Aba ta Arewa
Aba ta Kudu
Arochukwu
Bende
Ikwuano
Isiala Ngwa ta Arewa
Isiala Ngwa ta Kudu
Isuikwuato
Obi Ngwa
Ohafia
Osisioma Ngwa
Ugwunagbo
Ukwa ta Gabas
Ukwa ta Yamma
Umuahia ta Arewa
Umuahia ta Kudu
Umu Nneochi

 Sarakunan Jihar 
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! Mukami || Ethnic Group || Suna || Class || Karamar Hukuma || Fada
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| Enyi (Eze) na Aba || Igbo / Eziama Aba || Eze Issac Ikonne || 1 || Aba ta Arewa || Osusu Aba
|-
| Ochiudo 1 na Aba Ukwu || Igbo / Aba || Jonathan U. oguejiofor (JP): Alkalin Zaman Lafiya na Tarayyar Nijeriya, Jihar Abia || || ||
|-
| Osimiri III na Aba || Igbo / Aba || Eze (Barrister) Sunday Emejiaka || 1 || Aba ta Kudu || Aba
|-
| Eze Aro || Igbo / Arochukwu || Mazi Ogbonnaya Vincent Okoro (Eze Aro III) || 1 || Arochukwu || Oro Arochukwu
|-
| Ugwumba 1 na Ndida Ozaar || Igbo / Asa || Eze Samuel Chukwuemeka Agu ||  || Ukwa ta Yamma || Umuebulungwu, Ndida Ozaar 
|-
| Ike 1 na Ikeisu || Igbo / Isu || Augustine O. Igwe (Ike I) || ? || Arochukwu || Ikeisu (Utugiyi)
|-
| Ezeala III na Aro Ngwa || Igbo / Aro Ngwa || Eze Edward Enwereji || ? || Osisioma Ngwa ||
|-
| Ugo Oha (Eze) na Etiti Mgboko Umuanunu || Igbo / Etiti || Ngozi Ibekwe || 1 || Obi ngwa || ? |
|-  
| Eze 1 na ovukwu abam onyerubi || Igbo / Ndi oji Abam || Oriji Ojembe || 1 || Isuikwuato || ?
|-
| Eze Ukwu 1 of Ngwa-Ukwu || Igbo / Ngwa ||  Benard Enweremadu || 1 ||Isiala Ngwa || Ngwa Ukwu Kingdom. The ancestral home of Ngwa Land.
|-
| Nya 1 of Nunya || Igbo / Oguduasaa || M.E. Ihevume || ? || Isuikwuato ||Nunya Autonomous Community
|-
| Ossah-Ibeku (Eze) of UmuahiaChairman of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers|| Igbo / Osaa ||HRH Nze Hope Onuigbo || X || X || Umuahia Amibo, Nsukwe
|-
| Eze of Uturu || Igbo / Uturu || A.E. Ude || ? || Isuikwuato || Uturu
|-
| Igbojiakuru (Eze) of Alayi || Igbo / Alayi || Ukeje Philip || ? || Bende || Ndi Elendu, Amaeke Alayi
|-
| Awu (Eze)of Isuamawu || Igbo / Isuikwuato || Surveyor Chris E Aboh,FNIS || ? || Isuikwuato || Eluama Isuama
|- Eze of Obun || ? || Igbo / Isuikwuato ||Ndubuisi N. Alatta || ? || Isuikwuato Local Government Area || Eluama
|- Enyi (Eze) of Aba || Igbo / ? || Eze Issac Ikonne || || ||
|-
|- Eze of Obunebere || Igbo / Isuikwuato ||Ndubuisi N. Alatta || ? || Isuikwuato Local Government Area || Eluama
|-
| Enachioken Of Abiriba || Igbo  / Abiriba ||Kalu Kalu Ogbu  || 1 || Ohafia || Abiriba
|-
| Ohanyere I Of Ohiya || Igbo  / Umuahia ||Eze Abel E. Uhuegbue  || ? || Umuahia South || Abia
|-
| Eze Ohanyere I Of Ahiaba Ubi || Igbo  / Isiala Ngwa ||Eze D.O. Ogbuisi  || ? || Isiala Ngwa North || Abia
|-
| EZE TOWE 1 of umutowe. || Igbo  / Ohiya ||Eze G. C Onwuka  || ? || Umuahia South || Abia
|-
| Ome Udo II Of Umueze, Ohiya || Igbo  / Ohiya ||Uche Nwamarah  || ? || Umuahia South || Abia
|-
| Okaa Omee I of Amaikwu, Abia || Igbo / Ohiya ||Uche Nwamarah  || ? || Umuahia South || Abia
|-
|"Ehi II" of Ehi na Uguru Auto. Comm, Umuguru || Igbo / Umuguru ||Eze E. E. Eluwa || 1 || Isiala Ngwa South ||
|-
|"Ochi 1" of Ochi na Isuochi. Comm, Umunneochi || Igbo / Umu Nneochi ||HRM EZEKWESIRI || 1 || Umu Nneochi || Abia
|}

 Al'adu da wuraren bude idanu 

 Arochukwu wacce ke da alaka da cinikayyar bayi
 Azumini Blue River waterside
 The Amakama wooden cave; wani rami a jikin bishiya dake iya daukan mutum 20
 Kogo da ke arewa, sun hada da Umu – Neochi zuwa Arochukwu.
 Rawar al'ada da gargajiya
 National War Museum, Umuahia da Ojukwu Bunker a Umuahia
 Wurin tarihin mulkin mallakan turawa na ABiya
 Akwete” wuri saqa kaya a karamar hukumar Ukwu ta gabas
 Masu rawar yakin Ohafia
 Bikin tunawa da AmaforIsingwu biannual Iza aha 
 Bikin Akpe Festival a Umuahia

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 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.https://guardian.ng/samuel-kalu-is-latest-nigerian-in-watford-fc/
 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 - Politicianhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uko_Nkole#:~:text=Uko%20Ndukwe%20Nkole%20(born%2020,of%20the%20Nigerian%20National%20Assembly.
 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

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