Emeka Esogbue

 A PERSONALITY PROFILE OF ONOWU FRANK OBODOECHINA, AN IBUSA FIGURE IN THE DIASPORA  As the year, 2022 gradually comes to an end, one cannot but think prominently of Onowu Frank Obobodoechina, an Ibusa figure based in Canada.  Onowu Frank Obodoechina tended to be a great mobilizer in the name of the Ibusa community, speaking to nearly every son and daughter that he found in Canada and converging them in the name of the community. Perhaps, nowhere did the typical traditional songs of the community especially Ogbogu Okonji blare out from the loudspeakers than in the major cities of Canada.  Gifted in the communal ability to gather people, Onowu Frank Obodoechina makes the Ibusa people in the Diaspora to be very proud of where they are coming from. The Ibusa community is just lucky to have him.  A few weeks ago, PEN MASTER listed him among the 11 people that touched Ibusa in 2022, and a group of Ibusa readers, youngsters, requested that Onowu Frank Obodoechina be spotlighted for better und

 Punish Hoarders of Petroleum Products, Frank Ofili Advises FG  - Emeka Esogbue In the face of frequent impasses in the nation's petroleum sector, renowned Public Affairs Analyst, Frank Ofili, has advised the Federal Government to criminalize the hoarding of petroleum products by petrol station owners in the country.  Ofili considers it wickedness and economic sabotage and calls on the Government to compel offenders to suffer for the crime and face disciplinary action for the act.  He wondered why Nigerian petrol station owners engage in the act to punish consumers.  "You own a gasoline station, you have stock, and you sell at N280 per liter,  which is high enough. Yet, you choose to hoard it just so that you create the impression of scarcity, and needlessly drive people to desperation. All in a bid to further jack up your price, he queried." The Public Affairs Analyst from Illah community further believes the practice is severe in his home state when he noted, "ther

 Newly Promoted Major Gen Ochei Pays Omu Anioma a Surprise Visit, Receives Royal Blessings from the Queen Mother - Emeka Esogbue  The love and unity now culturally sweeping through the region of Anioma in Delta State, continued unabated as newly promoted Major General Raymond Nkemakonam Ochei paid HRM Obi Dr. Matha Dunkwu, the Omu of Anioma, a surprise visit in her Okpanam Palace on Tuesday.   The Onicha-Olona illustrious son from Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State who was recently decorated in Abuja, was in the palace of the Omu in a surprise visit to brief the Omu of his promotion by the Nigerian Army and to also thank her for her prayers for progressive Anioma sons and daughters.  One of the domestic staff of the Queen Mother who spoke to PEN MASTER after the General's visit said, "imagine the surprise of the Omu of Anioma on learning of the visit of the General who was on a friendly visit with his aides to pay homage to the Omu as we, the Anioma people resp

PEN MASTER'S 11 PEOPLE THAT TOUCHED IBUSA IN 2022  Like everything else that has a beginning, the year 2022 is gradually rolling to an end. However, some people made the community tick and enjoyable.  This compendium is in no particular order.  1. HON INNOCENT Esewezie: Esewezie took the year to warm himself into the hearts of the people as perhaps, the LG Chairman with the most verifiable projects for the community. Hardly will anyone think of any particular sector ranging from health, security, road construction, peace initiatives, etc that he did touch. Hon Esewezie was just himself Igbuzo in 2022 and everyone can attest to it.   2. PAT ADIGWE: Adigwe was phenomenal with philanthropies that added to the human beauty of the community. It was not only about philanthropies as Adigwe delved into reportage to unravel the true situations of some of the events that happened in the community. With Pat Adigwe, the Ibusa people heard directly from the horse's mouths and reached conclu

 Huxley Unumadu, Izomo of Umuebu Wins the King of Tradition award - Dedicates Award to Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State for Effective Leadership and Transformation By Emeka Esogbue  They say honour and good works do not go unrecognized as they breed value and respect and this is seen in Ugoesa Huxley Adiniebo Unumadu who was recently honoured in far-away Garden City, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.  There seems no end of glorious awards and honours for the Izomo of Umuebu Kingdom in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. To those who know him closely well, Ugoesa Huxley Unumadu, the Senior Special Assistant to Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tourism and Culture is everything, the culture, and tradition of the Anioma nation, traveling to cart home nearly every available award from corporate bodies, the media, and government agencies around Africa.  In the present Delta State administration, the Izomo is not only seen to have justified his portfolio but has taken the ric

 Igbuzo Singles, Meet in Lagos: See Pictures of the Association's End-of-Year Party  Clade in white on blue, the singles of Ibusa community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State met today in Lagos under the social auspices of Igbuzo Singles Meet, Lagos Branch.  Singles of Igbuzo extraction from various parts of Lagos and Ogun State, supported by the friends of the Association, some of who were Yoruba neighbours started to arrive at the Isolo venue as early as noon today, in an event that shook the state.  The youths of Ibusa played, danced, feasted, and listened to the marriage of experiences of Mrs. Florence Agoh, the Lagos Matron of the Association, and Mrs. Nneka Edith Obiechie, founder of Betta People of Oshimili North told the youths that marriage can be sweet and bitter depending on the intention of the drivers being the couple. She advised the singles to choose their spouses wisely. In the same vein, Mrs. Florence Obi Agoh who narrated the story of the succe

 I AM HAPPY WITH LAURETTA ONOCHIE'S NDDC NOMINATION, CHUKS OKONJI - Emeka Esogbue Prominent Ibusa politician and philanthropist, Sir Dr. Chuks Okonji has expressed satisfaction with the nomination of Buhari's Aide on New Media, Madam Lauretta Onochie as substantive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Reacting to the announcement made yesterday on Madam Onochie's nomination and the letter read during the plenary session of the Senate, Sir Dr. Chuks Okonji said he was happy that President Muhammadu Buhari looked the way of Madam Onochie to head the NDDC Board.  Chuks Okonji who is contesting for Delta State House of Assembly under the platform of APM said that the Buhari Government made a good choice in the Media Aide.  "The position befits her and we only owe her the prayers and good wishes to succeed in the office," he said." "I pray to the Almighty God to imbue her with the knowledge and understanding and also the grace to lead th

  Our Anioma Youths Should Seek God and Pursue their Dreams -        Mobile Photographer and Public Speaker, Onyeka Odega-Okolie   The Pen Master caught up with young Onyeka Odega-Okolie, the Anioma-born mobile photographer, public speaker and accounting student of the Yaba College of Technology from the Ugboba community. In this interview with PEN MASTER (EMEKA ESOGBUE), the Onyeka Odega-Okolie who is also a content creator and professional picture editor talks about growing up, the financial potency of creativity and why she thinks youths should be innovative. Excerpts.       Pen Master: Onyeka Odega, it feels good to meet you, young and beautiful in all and as I also see, brilliant. Please, can you tell our readers more about yourself?   Odega-Okolie: (Laughing) Yes, thank you very much, Pen Master. I am Onyeka Victory Odega-Okolie and I hail from Ugbogba community of Anioma in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. I am a young female student currently st