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Short History of of Mgbidi in Awgu of Enugu state

Mgbidi is an ancient kingdom located in Awgu local government,   Enugu State Nigeria. The Town is surrounded by Mmaku at North East (NE), Awgu at South and South West, Nkwe and Ezere at North Pole and Newenta at North West (NW). Mgbidi is an igbo-speaking community with a population of over 12,000 people.

Mgbidi is also known as "Nwe" as this was the ancient name of the community before the colonial arrival of the former British Empire and Warrant Chiefs that followed much later around the 1930s. The town is made up by two autonomous communities Ezineri and Ezinese, Ezineri is made up by seven villages namely; EZIOHA, EZIAMA, IFITE, AMOJI, ENUGUIFE, UDUDA, AND OGUMGBIDI while Ezinese is made up by six villages namely; OGUGWU, UWAKPU, OFELITE, ISIUGA, ISIYI, AND OGBA making total of thirteen villages. There are extension of villages like IFITE-AWA and ADANI-EZIOHA/ADANI-UWAKPU

The town Mgbidi "Ezioha village" hosts the local government quarter called Awgu LGA, hosts the available ministries in the LGA including NYSC permanent Camp. There is a misconception that a neighboring Town Awgu Town is the host community of LOCAL Government quarter but that is not true as Ezioha accounts 100% of the landmass of LG Quarter and afar. Each autonomous community is a monarchy ruled by an Eze.