Background
Ogoegbunam was born in Onitsha, a city in present-day Anambra State to Chief Ogoegbunam, the Adazia of Onitsha (Ndichie Chief) from Ogboli Agbor Onitsha.
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Ogoegbunam was born in Onitsha, a city in present-day Anambra State to Chief Ogoegbunam, the Adazia of Onitsha (Ndichie Chief) from Ogboli Agbor Onitsha.
She served as the first First Lady of Nigeria from 1 October 1963 to 16 January 1966. She met Nnamdi Azikiwe there in 1934, and the two were married on 4 April 1936. She was the first Patron of the Home Science Association (Health and Safety Authority), formerly known as Federal Home Science Association.
On August 1983, she died.
Ogoegbunam was a member of the Eastern Working Committee of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC).