Emeka Esogbue

Michael Nkadi’s Demise, Regrettable to Ibusa Community -        ICDU, President-General, Dr. Austin Izagbo By Emeka Esogbue The President-General of Ibusa Community Development Union (ICDU), Dr. Austin Izagbo has joined his fellow Ibusa indigenes in mourning Mr. Michael Nnabundo Nkadi whose news of demise was recently reported. The former Delta State Commissioner for Sports and Chairman of Caniz Ltd yesterday in Lagos described his death as a regrettable loss to the Ibusa community as a whole while lamenting that that his love for the community would be greatly missed. Dr. Izagbo who made this disclosure while reacting to the news of the passing on of the foremost social critic and traditionalist described him as one whose candor and forthrightness in seeking the best for Ibusa, Ibusa will miss. He said that Nkadi has left an indelible footprint capable of emulation by the present Ibusa generation in upholding and promoting the cultural tenets of the community. “He was i

Ibusa: A Small Pond With Big Human Fishes By Emeka Esogbue When it is comes to abundance in human resources, Ibusa is the envy of other communities especially those surrounding it. It is just a natural advantage enjoyed by the community that only few Nigerian communities can rival. There has always been Ibusa, an Anioma community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. History say this community was founded by the first ever wave of Igbo migrants that settled on the West of the River Niger Basin, the exact spot that the people are found today. Around this particular town set on a dusty-hilly location are other viable settlements such as the city of Asaba, the capital city, only about 6 miles away, ancestrally-related Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Ubulu Uku, Issele Azagba and a few other communities surrounding it. The strength of this community unarguably lies in huge abundant human resources available to it, an advantage said to be gifted in accompaniment of St Thoma