Nru Nsukka
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Nru Nsukka Nru na-ato Ezike Ekweosu |
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| Nickname(s): Nru Manu | |
 Nru Nsukka
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| Coordinates: 6°51′24″N 7°23′45″E / 6.85667°N 7.39583°ECoordinates: 6°51′24″N 7°23′45″E / 6.85667°N 7.39583°E | |
| Country |
 Nigeria
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| State | Enugu State |
| LGA | Nsukka |
| Government | |
| • Nru Autonomous | Igwe-in-council,Nru Nsukka Town Union (NNTU) |
| • H.R.H | Igwe Sylvanus Arumah |
| Elevation | 1,810 ft (550 m) |
| Time zone | WAT |
| 6-digit postal code | 410101 |
| ISO 3166 code | NG.EN.NS |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | naijasky.com/nsukka/398/the-three-prominent-communities-in-nsukka/6311/ |
Nru Nsukka is an autonomous community located in Nsukka local government. The community is a popular community in Nsukka urban since it's the location of the "'new Nsukka commodity market, Ikpa"'.Nru Nsukka is fondly called "Nru Mmanu"possibly because of it peaceful terrain and mass production of Palm oil for centuries now.
Nru Nsukka is one of the three communities: Mkpunanor, Nru and Ihe n'Owerre that made up the Nsukka urban.
Nru Nsukka has boundaries with Ede-Oballa, Udenu,Eha-Alumona town,Ikeagwu Village(where Voice FM Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria 96.7Mhz is located) Isiakpu and Ihe n'Owerre Nsukka.
In Nru Nsukka, these names are commonly used as you can see hundreds of families answering any of the names as surnames and each of them easily tells which part of the town the bearer hails from:
These names are the most commonly used surnames by the Nrunians.However, some of the names are still used by some other Nsukka indigenes depending on ones origin/ancestral origin.
Marrying from Nru Nsukka is quite fun and the Nrunians believe that their daughters are not being sold rather they are being given out for the sake of procreation.Note: In Nru,No marriage dealings be it first/second/third stage is done on eke market day.
There are basically three stages of contracting marriages in Nru Nsukka
The family of the man proposing marriage visits the family of the would-be wife with 4 balls of Igbo kola nut(oji) and two gallons of up-wine(palm wine). This is the first inquiry stage. The purpose is to find out if the intending wife is already engaged or not. The answer to this first enquiry visit would be given within eight native days(two weeks in Igbo calendar. If the answer is No, that's the lady in question is not engaged yet, then, a second enquiry visit would be undertaken.
At this stage the eldest man in clans( nwaokpara umunna) of the two families especially that of the suitor must have been informed. Then the family of the man proposing marriage will visit the family of the would-be wife with four balls of kola nut, 2 or more gallons of up-wine and N2,000. This is the stage when the family of the would-be bride goes out to find out facts about the person and family background of the intending suitor. In Nsukka, this stage is called “Igba Affa” (investigatory processes on the family's background) if the facts and character/ background of the man proposing marriage as well as his family are positively confirmed, then the confirmation will be communicated accordingly through a mediator/go-between to the family of the proposed suitor(the mediator is called ahuta).At this stage,the Onyishi of the two villages involved can be informed over the next line of action.
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