Nnewi North

Nnewi North Listen^ⓘ is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria. Nnewi is the only town in Nnewi North LGA, and also serves as the headquarters. It has four villages (sub-towns) that make up the one-town local government, which includes; Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim and Nnewi-ichi. ,

Nnewi North falls under the Anambra South senatorial district of Anambra State. As at the 2006 census, this LGA has a total population of 155,443 people. The traditional ruler of Nnewi- Igwe of Nnewi -presently is Igwe Kenneth Orizu the 3rd of which this royal family is from Otolo Nnewi, and for this reason, is regarded as first among equals of the four villages. Other traditional rulers exist in other villages and they oversee the traditional affairs of their respective villages, amongst which are Obi Nnamdi AC Obi (ogidi) who is obi of Uruagu, Obi Umudim And obi Onyekaba Of Nnewichi. In this vein one may ask who is now Obi of Otolo since the royal family of Igwe oversees the traditional affairs of entire nnewi.