Emeka Esogbue

“In our Ibusa, somehow, it is biting everyone; somehow only a few bother to make their complaints public. When death comes knocking, everyone weeps and there’s a bucket of tears; when it is time to bury the same loved one, the tears dry up and the society demands heaven from the bereaved” - Emeka Esogbue In Ibusa, funerals assume such a huge feast that the bereaved mourns more as a result of expenses than the loss of that loved one. Even with your status in the society, if you ever conducted burial in Ibusa, you have a sad story to tell. The rich use the opportunity to flaunt their wealth while the society feels little concerned about the poor. Generally, for both the average and below, death in the family auspicates emptiness of the purse. Indeed, for the people, the sign of death prognosticate days of unending spending sprees. It is time to spend on the familiar and unfamiliar; invited and uninvited guests in the name of traditional burial. Usually, in Ibusa, time for burial...

ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE: RE: ADMIRALTY UNIVERSITY WRONG TO BE LOCATED IN ANIOMA: PEN MASTER, EMEKA ESOGBUE REPLIES ZIK GBEMRE. As a concerned indigene of Delta State, my attention has been drawn to the article titled as above, purportedly written by a certain Olorogun Zik Gbemre, now willfully circulated on the social media. The content of the said article as hurriedly “prescribed” by the writer, to say the least, is not only propagandistic in nature but animadversive, divisive, sectional, jadedly contemptuous of a landmark achievement of a people and purposely-timed to delay the take-off of the University. Furthermore, it is coldly expressive of an age-long syndrome an Olorogun Gbemre in struggling to be heard in his self-nursed opinion that Admiralty University of Nigeria, Ibusa, Delta State is not properly located to serve its purpose as a Nigerian Naval University, manifestly misinformed his innocent readers in his falsehearted, inconspicuous yet suspicious driv...

My Career in Music started Under A Big Tree -        Legendary Anioma Musician - Etiti Okonji It is impossible to write the history of Anioma traditional music without his inclusion. Such will appear below expectation. Legendary Ibusa-born musician, Etiti Okonji speaks to EMEKA ESOGBUE on issues relating to his personality, lifetime experiences, career and generally, the state of traditional music in Anioma. These and more are brought to you in this explosive interview. Excerpts: Esogbue: You are a famous Anioma traditional musician from Ibusa, well-respected for your accomplishments in this endeavour. Can you share with us how your career started? Okonji: My parents were music inclined so I inherited music from them. And when we were young, Ogbogu (Okonji) and I used to play at a particular place, under a big tree. From there, I became serious about music. When I was 12, we, Ogbogu (Okonji) and I started playing traditional music together. W...

Ibusa Community Development Union (ICDU) Mourn Okwechime Emeka Esogbue Dr. Austin Izagbo, the President-General of Ibusa Community Development Union (ICDU) has expressed shock over the death of Chief (Col) Michael Nduka Okwechime (retd), a war veteran who according to report died on February at 84 years. The President-General in a statement lamented the loss, describing it as a hurtful condition for his family and entire people of Ibusa. Izagbo recalled that Okwechime was a patriotic Nigerian who played significant roles towards socio-political Nigeria especially in sports; he delivered to the nation both as a military officer and as a civilian. He emphasized that he was a leader worthy of emulation by the present generation for the leadership roles played by him. He also stated that until his death, Okwechime served in various capacities ranging from Nigerian Football association, National Sports Council now National Sports Commission to the apex leadership of Izu An...