Author: Anthony Onwutalobi
Photos of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing in Nnewi, Nigeria
IVM introduces automotive products from China, Japan and Germany. It’s product line includes heavy duty vehicles, middle and high level buses, special environment friendly vehicles. The company carries out optimization design and assembly according to west African road condition so as produce suitable products at affordable prices.
Innoson the first made in Nigeria cars, Buses, trucks
The youngest among six children, Chief (Dr) Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma (OFR), was born into the family of Mr & Mrs […]
Nnewi: Innoson Unveils First ‘Made-in-Nigeria’ Cars
Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited founded by Nigerian industrialist, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, unveiled its new cars – IVM Umu, IVM Umu and IVM Uzo- manufactured at the company’s Nnewi plant in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria.
Ofala Festival
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Religion in Igboland
Igboland’s traditional religion is based on the belief that there is one creator, God, also called Chineke or Chukwu. The creator can be approached through numerous other deities and spirits in the form of natural objects, most commonly through the god of thunder (Amadioha).
Cultural Attire
The traditional attire for the men is an overflowing jumper or a long-sleeved shirt worn over the gooji wrapper, which is tied around the waist, curving down to the ankles.
Traditional Marriage
There are three types of marriages in Nnewi: the traditional marriage held in the house of the woman; the official wedding, held in a registry office and which allows only one wife; and the religious marriage. The official marriage ceremony is called “Igbankwu”, which is the Igbo word for the traditional marriage ceremony.
New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival of the Igbo people (Orureshi in the idoma area, Iwa ji, Iri ji or Ike ji, depending on dialect) is an annual cultural festival by the Igbo people held at the end of the rainy season in early August.
Made in Nnewi – enterprise of an extra-ordinary league of citizens in Nigeria
This may hardly read as your typical captivating news story, never mind one of the century’s most inspiring special reports. Yet it mirrors the dreams and disappointments, promise and enterprise of an extra-ordinary league of citizens slugging it out daily against daunting odds in the nation’s East of the Niger, thus arousing speculations that they may be the next best thing to happen to Nigeria since the 1970’s oil boom. OLATUNJI OLOLADE, Assistant Editor, writes
Why we gave Ojukwu Ikemba Nnewi title -Igwe Kenneth Orizu
Since last Saturday, when the news filtered into town that Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu has died in a London hospital, Nigeria and the Igbo nation have been thrown into mourning.