Emeka Esogbue

 Fanfare in Asaba as Lecture Unites Anioma Communities  Story By Emeka Esogbue  Asaba, the state capital was on Friday agog as Anioma people from all shades of life gathered for a lecture program.  The event was the maiden edition of the Anioma Legacy Lecture organized by the Anioma Watch Social Association (AWASA). The event, rich and colourful was held under the distinguished Chairmanship of Prof Andy Egwunyenga, the Vice-Chancellor of Delta State University.  Lectures were delivered by leading resource persons from Anioma. Sir Anthony Awunor talked on "Preservation of Anioma Ancestral Heritage: A Fresh Look at the Indiscriminate Sale of Land."  Awunor who described Anioma as inhabited by people imbued with a sense of purpose and hard work as selling points advised against indiscriminate sales of land in the region.  "To achieve this, a robust land administration regime should be adopted through a holistic reform of the land use laws." "In the same vein, the

  Ibusa: Rich in Okpuzu Waterfall, Poor in Tourism - Emeka Esogbue One area the Ibusa community is lacking in development is the tourism sector. To think that the Ibusa community has everything but tourism is an unfavorable omen to the loaded people of the community. To further think that the community has what other communities do not have in the distinctive Okpuzu Waterfall is to be curious about what the people do with this endowment. In 2008, an article appeared online in which compilers called for the contributions of tourist sites in Delta State. This author (Dr. Emeka Esogbue), quickly listed the Okpuzu Waterfall, the steep descent water of the Oboshi River in the community as a potential site for tourism in Delta State. A few years later, the author received a call from a crew of researchers who attempted to dig into the waterfall for identification and documentation. Sensing that the researchers whose planned journey to the fall had been announced would be accompanied

 Agboju Secondary School Old Students '83/88 Set Celebrates 35th Anniversary in Grand Style - Emeka Esogbue In a moment of joy and refreshing memories, the Old Students of Agboju Secondary School, Old Road, Lagos '83/88 Set, gathered in Lagos on Saturday to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their graduation from the school.  The members of the Association, coming from different parts of the country under the headship of Mr. Michael Aboiralabor were ecstatic about their youthfulness growing up as schoolmates as they smiled and felicitated with one another.  Guests and other attendees had started to arrive at Avana, the venue of the event as early as noon in anticipation of what awaited them. However, they were not alone as their former principal of the school and their teachers also joined the event.  The program started with the nation's anthem recited by all. Moments later, Mr Michael Aboiralor recognized the presence of all. He gave a view of what awaited the guests at th

  HRM Obi Martha Dunkwu and the Global African Icon Award: Everything you need to Know about the Ceremony - Emeka Esogbue Although the award has come and gone, PEN MASTER, in this story, brings you the details of everything you need to know about the rich and colourful ceremony which held in ancient Okpanam community with niceties inside the Obi Martha Dunkwu Palace, Delta State, Nigeria. Incidentally, not everyone knows that it was a two-packed event being the Global Icon of African Cultural Heritage Award and Niger Delta Peace Ambassador Award with both as UN-related. The "African Diaspora Living Legend Award" especially, is an international honour inspired by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution. The ceremony was to have held in Germany but shifted to the Anioma community of Okpanam to enable the Omu observe her yearly New Yam Festival celebration. Notable guests and dignitaries from Anioma and beyond started to arrive the venue as early as possible to pa

 Meet Angela Loks, the Beautiful Nigerian Soprano Singer from Ibusa  - Emeka Esogbue  When it comes to the orchestra, the Ibusa community merits a global place with her. She is a singer, music consultant, sopranist, soloist, orchestrator, and event planner.  Favoured by beauty physically and intelligently; on and off the performance stage, only a few could have rightly guessed that Angela Nwalokomobi Izegbu, professionally known as Angela Loks" is an Anioma from Ogboli part of the Ibusa community in Delta State.  When it has to do with singing, Angela Loks, a widely celebrated big fish defines timeless quality and excellence but again, her Ibusa homestead, a rich home of human resource capital, has a way of swallowing up even the most accomplished so, Angela Loks remains an unknown big fish in her community.  Earlier in her career, Loks came to the limelight with her distinguished role in Maya Angelou's poem titled "Phenomenal Woman," a poetic title that would there

 FCA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION - THE IBUSA STORY OF CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATIONAL GROWTH It must be noted that Chief Fred Chijindu Ajudua did not initiate the idea of scholarship in Ibusa neither did he arrogate such claim to himself in any possible cloak. Before now, the pioneers of the Ibusa Union Nigeria had instituted scholarship awards for the people of Ibusa. Records available to the community show that the pioneers set out to assist Ibusa boys who had promises to attain higher education and went on to implement it. However, the scholarship scheme was by individual donations from pioneers of the Union in which Mr. Williams Esekodi and Akaeze Ejor reportedly made the highest donations to the cause. Two of the recipients of this early Ibusa scholarship were Francis Halim of Umuodafe and Justus Isor of Umuisor who were aided to Christ the King College, Onitsha for further studies. C. A. J Nwajei was also a beneficiary who went to England to study Law. He would later return to the country

 ANIOMA MOURNS AS OKPANAM LOSES ELDER STATESMAN AND OBODOAGBA IYASE, SYLVAN EBIGWEI - Emeka Esogbue The Anioma nation was yet again thrown into mourning following the reported demise of Elder Statesman and prominent indigene of the Okpanam community, Chief Dr Sylvan Ebigwei, MON. Chief Dr. Sylvan Ebigwei from Obodoagba Quarters of the Okpanam community, a distinguished dental practitioner and one of the greatest Okpanam indigenes to have lived, died in his Okpanam hometown, on Saturday, according to information gathered by PEN MASTER. "He was actively seen in attendance of events in the community, a few days ago, particularly at the marriage of his cousin," a source close to the family confirmed to PEN MASTER. Sylvan Ebigwei, a lover of the Okpanam people, was an advocate of good governance in the community who spoke the minds of other proponents and was greatly admired by the youths of the community. He was also a lover of peace who championed several developments in the com

  THE ANIOMA CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT RE-VISITED By Dr. Emeka Esogbue   Civilization is defined as “the process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization.” It is also historically, a civilization a "more advanced" culture, implied contrast to smaller, supposedly less advanced cultures defined by Robert McCormick Adams in his book, "Evolutionary of Urban Society." As it is well known, civilization concentrates power, extending human control over the rest of nature, including over other human beings.     The Anioma civilization enjoys some characteristics that distinguishes them from other Nigerian groups and these characteristics include different languages spoken within the society of the people, traditional forms of government, distinct traditional titles, settlement patterns in which migrations peopling the region are diversely from Igbo (Igbuzo, Isheagu, Ewulu etc), Benin (Ozanogogo etc), Igala (Oko Ogbe