Enugu a winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2007, was born in Enugu in 1977 and grew up in Nsukka. The Enugu Rangers, a first-division professional league association football team, is Enugu's home team that plays in the Nigerian Premier League and are based in the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Former Rangers players include Jay-Jay Okocha and Taribo West. Enugu's main sports centre is the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, named after Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of Nigeria. The stadium remained the centre of sports for the whole of the Eastern Region until the Nigerian Civil War broke out. At the
Lobi people to Greek or Roman gods, "thila" themselves are subject to mortal virtues and vices. In Lobi society, there is often a "thildaar" (village diviner) that may also act as a "dithildaar" (village priest; each village has only one) that interprets "soser" for the local community. A particularly intuitive and receptive "thildaar" is capable of interpreting as many as fifty or more spirits at a time. Lobi dwellings are characterized as large rectangular or polygonal compounds known as "maison soukala". They are spaced well from each other and are composed of a single vast mud banco wall and a small entrance.