Emeka Esogbue

 Golden Jubilee Birthday and 10th Year of Ikwele Throne: Ibusa Stands Up for Celestine Okafor - Emeka Esogbue All roads will today lead to Ishite's Ezukwu (Broad Street) Quarters of the Ibusa people as His Eminence, Chief Celestine Okeibunor Okafor, the 12th Ikwele in line of Ishite, the first Ikwele of Ibusa celebrates his 50th birthday and 10th year anniversary on the throne of his forefathers today.  The "Igbuzo agwu na unor, gwu na ilor" age-long saying of the people may be practically replicated in the community today to buttress the love of culture and the love of Ikwele Celestine Okeibunor Okafor. The Ibusa people from all walks of life are expected to roll out the ancient drums to celebrate their oldest traditional institution in the community. The Ikwele institution is the first ever traditional institution of the Ibusa people with patriarch, Ishite as the first occupier. Since its first occupation in the 15th century, the institution has remained unbroken till d

  My Jokes Are Not Signs Of Idleness -        Charles Okeze Charles Okeze is a Quantity Surveyor by profession but he is widely known for his jokes on the social media. The Ibusa-born Post Graduate Diploma holder, in this interviewer speaks to Beta People of Oshimili North on a number of issues, anchored by EMEKA ESOGBUE and ELIZABETH AMUAMUZIAM. He speaks about his growing up years, engaging jokes on the social media, relationship with followers, and other interesting issues. Excerpts:       Pen Master: Charles Okeze, may we please meet you? Okeze: Alright, my name is Charles Okeze and I am from Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Happily, I am married to my beautiful wife from Yorubaland and we have lovely children as a testimony of our marital vow. By profession, I am a registered Quantity Surveyor with Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in this discipline. Furthermore, I enjoy the status of the last born in my family. Pen Master: (Laughing) Your jokes o

 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND IKWELE ANNIVERSARY: IBUSA UNITES FOR HIS EMINENCE, CHIEF CELESTINE OKAFOR By Emeka Esogbue All roads will today, April 27 2021 lead to Ibusa, an ancient Anioma community in Delta State, South-South Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria where the people will gather their traditional drums and other ancient instruments of merriment in celebration of His Eminence, Chief Celestine Okeibunor Okafor, the Ikwele of Ibusa. The Ibusa people who pride themselves as Nri and Isu migrants will honour their foremost leader and occupant of the oldest traditional institution in the community. His Eminence, Chief Celestine Okeibunor Okafor, an engineer by profession who ascended the throne of his forefathers in 2010 will be celebrating his 10th Year Anniversary today and also his 50th anniversary of the day he was born.  Noted for his attribute of humility and advancement of the Ikwele institution since his occupation of this stool, His Eminence Chief Okafor is respected in the commun

 OLISADEBE, AN ANIOMA MAN FROM IBUSA WAS THE FIRST BLACK TO PLAY FOR POLAND By Emeka Esogbue From one community, to the other, the Anioma people keep breaking the grounds. For Ibusa, it would seem that the real natural business of the people is setting and breaking global records at will, the very testimony of Ibusa greatness in human resources and endeavours. From Dr. Collins Nweke who holds the record as the first non-Belgian born person to be elected Councillor in his West Flanders Constituency in Belgium to Chikadibia Ofili, the little Ibusa boy who discovered mathematical formula in UK, there seems no limit to what the Ibusa people can offer the global village. The Ibusa people are raw talents so when you find them, you just grab them with golden opportunity. It is for this reason that Anioma is the bride of the Nigerian nation; the human power house and engine machinery of the country, the very bride that every groom wants to marry at all cost. Emmanuel Olisadebe is one of the gr

I will go into politics if my Ibusa people call on me -Kwasa Amatokwu First published in July 22nd, 2014 | Author: Emeka Esogbue I will go into politics if my Ibusa people call on me -Kwasa Amatokwu His name is Emmanuel Chukwunwike Amatokwu but he is popularly called ‘Kwasa’ by his Ibusa people. He is known for coordinating Ibusa affairs and annual Inter-village football tournament in Ibusa that has produced the likes of Emmanuel Olisedebe who played for the Polish senior team; Kingsley Obiekwu who has also featured in the tournament; Mike Ochei and many more. In this interview, Mr. Amatokwu, a football administrator and retired banker who is generally respected for his high level of integrity and efficiency speaks with PEN MASTER on a number of issues ranging from the underdevelopment of Ibusa, his success in football administration in the town to his knack for working with the youths. He also speaks on the only condition that could force him into politics. These and many more are pro

ICDU CONFERENCE ENDS WITH FAR-REACHING PROSPECTS FOR IBUSA *Ibusa agrees on the installation of Omu of Ibusa *Calls for the dissolution of Oloa Omea *Wants immediate constitution of Izu Igbuzo *Commends the Ezeoba Peace Committee Report by Emeka Esogbue (Pen Master) Rising from its 2021 Annual Conference which held in the community on Saturday April 3 2021, the Ibusa Community Development Union Worldwide took some definite stance on the way forward for the Ibusa community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.  Several resolutions were contained in the communique signed by Dr. Austin Izagbo, the President-General, Mr. Frank Isioma Okafor, Vice-President, ICDU North-Central, Nigeria and Mr. Austin Nwulia, the General Secretary, NEC Worldwide; and also released after the conference, a copy of which Dr. Izagbo, the President-General of the Association personally delivered to this reporter.  Topping the agenda is the call for the installation of the Omu of Ibusa by the peo

 McDonald Consuls Omu Dunkwu on Behalf of Delta Poly Students - Emeka Esogbue McDonald Ashinze Ofili, the President of National Association of Delta State Students Union, DSPG Chapter, today, paid HRM Obi Martha Dunkwu, the Omu of Okpanam/Anioma a courtesy visit and returned with a copy of "A Short History of Omu", authored by Emeka Esogbue.  The purpose of the visit according to the Illah-born Student Leader was to sell his visionary leadership and promote his Anioma agenda to Anioma leaders and personalities.  Part of the statement released after the closed door meeting between Ashinze and Omu Martha Dunkwu read: "Earlier today, I paid a courtesy visit on behalf of NADESSTU to the Queen Mother Of Anioma Nation and beyond, HRM Omu Martha Dunkwu at her Royal Palace country home Okpanam, Delta State Nigeria, to chat a way forward for the good Students of Delta State (NADESSTU) and also to fully relate my vision towards the promotion of our rich cultural heritage" He

  Fatness or Slimness of Women: Africa Lost her Beauty Preference to the Whites - Emeka Esogbue Do you know that fat was African beauty of women until western orientation changed it? In traditional African society, men loved their women fat. For the true Africans in Africa, fat was the beauty of a woman. Her husband loved her fat, with large 'back' visibly thrown back to the welcomed delight of her admirers and the breasts have to be large and pointing to the sky, succulent in appearance even while wrapped inside the dress and easily noticed by prying eyes. Such was the African beauty of a woman in the eyes of the African man and in Africa. In cultural societies of the Efik, Ibibio and Calabari especially, husbands had to pay for their (future) wives to undergo what was called fattening room. This was a place young women that have attained puberty where taken to be prepared for womanhood. In this part of the world, it was a privilege to be fat and a sign of sexual purity to be

  PEN MASTER’S 11 INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN IBUSA IN 2020 Although the focus in Ibusa, a community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State h has always been the Ibusa men, in reality, the Ibusa world has not always been about the men. The community which is rich in abundant human resources is equally the home of women, many of who have beyond the community bound, contributed to global development. Expectedly, some of these women are married in places outside the community and are not only hard-working but the support of their husbands. In this compendium Pen Master has listed the Ibusa women that enjoy influence within and outside the community as drawn from different walks of life. They are either Ibusa by birth or Ibusa by marriage. Still, they are no less Ibusa. Going through this compendium, it is a matter of what an Ibusa can do, an Ibusa woman can do even better. Please note that the list is in no particular order. On number one is Dame Winnifred Akpani, the North