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Nanka (pronounced as Nan-ka by the natives), is an Igbo language speaking town in Igboland. The town is bordered by Agulu to the north, the town of Nanka is posited to exist alongside Igboukwu.
These Kindreds are the grouped in the five administrative Wards as recognized by the Nanka Town Union and Chieftaincy Constitution, 2011, as follows: Umuezeoke, Abasili 1, Abasili 2, Umudunu, Oka/Umudim.
Nanka has two government secondary schools located in Agbiligba Nanka village and in Enugu in Enugu village. The Nwa-Agu Primary School is at Ifite village, the St.Michael Primary school at Agbiligba village, the Nkwo-Agu Primary also at Agbiligba village, and the Enugwu Nanka Primary school.
In 1992, the Ofu-Obu Hospital opened in Nanka. Esso later modernized and refurnished the facility. The hospital is presently run by the Anambra State government. It is listed among the Nigerian Maternal and Child Health Care centres in collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria
On 26 May 2012, the NEROS Sports Stadium, founded by Chief Poly Ike Emenike, MON, Odenigbo, Nanka, opened in Nanka. On 23 July 2012, the Comprehensive Health Center opened in Nanka.
In November 2018 The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) opened a new outpost (RS5.35a) at the Nkwoagu Junction of Nanka.
A soil erosion management expert, Benneth Obele, in 2009 wrote that "erosion disaster in Nanka Ududo dates back to the early 1920s when the gully sites were first observed near Eketai Market in Amako Village as well as near Ududonka Shrine. The lucrative and hidden business in human trafficking or slave trade conducted within those two sites led to the development of hidden bush foot pathways that were heavily flooded from neighbouring communities, precipitating gully erosion.” {Nanka Patriotic Union at 801, by Patrick Okeke Emezue}
On June 19, 2008, a landslide cut off Amako village from the rest of Nanka. In response, the Nanka Patriotic Union (NPU), social- set up measures for capacity building of inhabitants on application of control measures. Members of the Nanka community donated nearly 10,000 cashew seedlings for erosion control in the 20 erosion sites scattered in the town. The issue was discussed at the Oririji (New Yam) Festival on August 21 of 2010, where Igwe G.N Ofomata, Obu Nanka,{1991 to 2015} addressed the people. Igwe Joseph Nwankwo Ezenekwe was traditional ruler of Nanka from 1977–1982.
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