Emeka Esogbue

I am in Ibusa Youth Leadership Race to Rouse Politicians and Fight Insecurity and I Know the Road won’t be Easy -        Ifeanyi Asiodu Ifeanyi Asiodu, one of the contestants for the position of the Ibusa Youth Council presidency in Ibusa, Delta State has stated that his major aim is to rally around the Ibusa people towards building the patriotism to take interest and involvement in Ibusa affairs. This and many more he tells EMEKA ESOGBUE , Chief Administrator of the ICDU NewsAir.   Emeka Esogbue: You are in the contest for the youth presidency of Ibusa Youth Council, what motivated your ambition for this very position? Our readers will like to know. Asiodu: Well, thank you very much sir, Elder Emeka Esogbue for this very interview. Yes, I am actively in the contest for the Ibusa Youth Council presidency and a lot of factors motivated my ambition for this very position. To have a positive impact on Ibusa youths, as well as to cr...

HOW ANIOMA'S ANGELA LOKS STOOD IN GAP FOR GLOBAL CHRISTIAN WORSHIPPERS DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN -         Emeka Esogbue Notable songstress, instrumentalist and expert in musical chorale, Angela Izegbu popularly called "Angela Loks" by her admirers took the lockdown vacuum to spiritually attach global Christian worshippers to God with the event she tagged "Organ Worship".  The Organ Worship of the globally-acclaimed singer provided Christians round the world the opportunity to glue themselves to what they had been missing due to the lockdown rules that shut them out from churches. "I performed on the 8th of June 2020, a Sunday which in Catholic Holy Calendar is dedicated to the Holy Trinity being God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit", she explained to Pen Master shortly after the musical worship ended. "This worship message was imparted though the organ to Christians of all denominations" said the Anioma Lady of songs now ...

DIAMOND JUBILEE AGE: 20 THINGS THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT FRED AJUDUA On January 21 2020, Pen Master paid Chief Fred Ajudua a scheduled visit at his Lagos-VGC Marble Dome Home, a large and imposing house sitting on a hill from where it vigorously engages public views and attention. On entering the house, Pen Master freely walked in and around, in the spirit of the love that always binds the people of Igbuzo. The man, Chief Fred Ajudua often described as the “Architect of Modern Ibusa” is unarguably one of the biggest fish in history to have come out of Ibusa even as it is said that nearly every Ibusa family has benefited from him one way or the other. Beyond what you know about him, there seems many sides you do not know. As the Igbuzo Chief celebrates his 60 th Year birthday, your Pen Master brings you the things you do not know about the highly influential Igbuzo Chief. Pen Master also dug into the Ajudua family photo depository all for your knowledge. Happy reading! ...

Ibusa Ladies Display Red Cap 22 Mar, 2020   in  News   tagged  Burial in Ibusa  /  Funeral Ceremonies in Ibusa  /  Ibusa  /  Ibusa Culture  by  Emeka Esogbue LADIES DISPLAY THE RED CAP – Emeka Esogbue You may be asking what’s in Red Cap but it is not to be abused. The Red Cap is still held traditionally unique in Ibusa and a number of Anioma communities. It is not to be worn by just anyone as it is an exclusive identity of a few traditional chiefs. In Ibusa, the Red Cap can only be worn by the following figures: 1. The Ndi Eze or Obi (it must be worn at all time. Failure to wear it is an offence) 2. The Ogbuu ( for the Ogbuu, it is only on occasional days such as during Ichupu Ekwensu, Ina Ebuni na Akpu, and when a colleague dies) 3. The Ikwele 4. The Warlord (Odogwu, Uwolo and Iyase) 5. The Omu 6. Finally, it can be worn during the funeral of an Obi by his family, friends and even mourners in generali...

Ibusa Elite Celebrated the Obuzo Emegence  Edit 6 Apr, 2020   in  News   tagged  Ibusa  /  ICDU  /  Igbuzo  /  Obuzo  /  Obuzor  /  Philip Elueme  by  Philip Elueme “CHIEF OKONICHA, IYASE OF IBUSA, THE LATE CHIEF AWELE NWAEZEIGWE, FORMER OSHIMILI NORTH TWO-TERM COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, AND MYSELF, PHILIP ELUEME WERE THE ONLY NDI IGBUZOR PHYSICALLY @ THE SUPREME COURT, ABUJA, ON MAY 16TH 2003, WHEN OBUZOR OF IBUSA WON HIS CASE AT THE SUPREME COURT, ABUJA” The day May 16th 2003 is a ‘glorious, watershed/ landmark’ date for the people of Ibusa, in Oshimili North Local govt Area of Delta State; it was a day that the supreme court of Nigeria finally ‘legally institutionalized’ beyond doubt, THE OBUZOR OF IBUSA Traditional Chieftaincy stool in consonance with the wishes of majority of Ibusa sons reference the unanimous affirmation of 25 out of 26 kingmakers..! 2) As I walked into the venue of this ...

The Politics and Diplomacy of the Emergence of Obuzorship in Ibusa – Part One 19 Apr, 2020   in  News   tagged  Ibusa  /  Igbuzo  /  Obuzo  by  Onyeayana Christopher Okafor OPINION The Politics and Diplomacy of the Emergence of Obuzorship in Ibusa By Onyeayana Christopher Okafor The secret politics of the selection and coronation of Obuzor Ibuzor was a tripodal problem. Prof Louis Chelunor Nwaoboshi as the beneficiary was neatly done and dusted as at 1993. A university Professor, in the mould of the Asagba of Asaba and a person that would readily checkmate Prof Onwuachi was expected and Obi Senator Nosike Ikpo, Obi Obiekea and Obi Nwaobi had zeroed in, on Prof Nwaoboshi as this candidate. Although Obi Obiekea was initially angling for it, being a Professor was a major criterion for the contestation. The model agreed on, was that the beneficiary would act and carry out his functions as a Prime Minister in the sha...

Setting the Pace: Ogbo Midwest Igbuzo Brings Charity to the Orphans and Elderly  23 Apr, 2020   in  News   tagged  Collins Nweke  /  Ibusa  /  Ogbo Midwest Igbuzo  by  Emeka Esogbue Setting the Pace: Ogbo Midwest Igbuzo Brings Charity to the Orphans and Elderly Report by Emeka Esogbue The outbreak of the Coronavirus scourge now ravaging the globe is no longer news but what mankind can charitably make of it to survive the tide, which seems more realistic at this time and Ogbo Midwest Igbuzo is not left out in this measure for amelioration. Since the eruption of the epidemic, an estimated twenty-five thousand indigenes and residents alike of the Ibusa community located in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State have become adversely affected by the hardship unfortunately occasioned by the Coronavirus lockdown. Worried by this sad global development, Ogbo Midwest Igbuzo, an Ibusa age group comprising...

THEY ARE OFFICIALLY CALLED IBUSA BUT TRADITIONALLY CALL THEMSELVES IGBUZO  Edit 27 Apr, 2020   in  News   tagged  Ibusa  /  Ibuzo  /  Igbuzo  by  Emeka Esogbue THEY ARE OFFICIALLY CALLED IBUSA BUT TRADITIONALLY CALL THEMSELVES IGBUZO AND THE PEOPLE ENLIGHTENED EKE-EJELAM, THEIR GUEST DOCUMENTOR Gazetted name – Ibusa Traditional name – Igbuzo As a non-indigene, he went on a biographical documentation of Prof Emmanuel Nwannolue Emenanjo, his Ibusa subject in Ibusa community and came up with a brilliant work. But something happened in the course of the research. He was surprised that despite the imperial imposition of the name “Ibusa”, an anglicized word on the people, the people still knew, understood and had preserved their typical traditional name as “Igbuzo”. Hence, he was compelled to eventually adopt the accepted version in his book. Hear him in his own words: “For the intent of this book and except ot...

A SEARCH FOR TRUE IBUSA SPIRIT: AN ADDRES BY ONOWU CHIKE EMEFIE ICDU CARETAKER CHAIRMAN IBUSA BRANCH  Edit 3 May, 2020   in  News   tagged  Chike Emefie  /  Emeka Esogbue  /  Ibusa  /  ICDU  /  Igbuzo  /  Obuzo  /  Obuzor  /  Pen Master  /  Philip Elueme  by  Chike Emefie ADDRESS BY ONOWU CHIKE EMEFIE ICDU CARETAKER CHAIRMAN IBUSA BRANCH ————————————————————- Today I welcome sons and daughters of Ibusa to Ibusa Community Union Assembly. Ibusa is a town where celebration has a home; Ibusa is a town where culture has a root, but over the years there has been a watering down of certain basics because of moral malfunction which has DWARFED the identity of this great town. We want to start a march to MORAL REARMAMENT and rectitude to bring back the greatness of the old – the age of Umejei and Chidi Nwoji; the great warriors. Greed, apathy, division and exclusivit...

ONLY AGBOR WAS ABLE TO WITHSTAND BENIN IN TERMS OF MILITARY STRENGTH – Esogbue Elder Emeka Esogbue, Author of the book; Essentials of Anioma History and Editor, Anioma Essence Magazine, speaks with Jerome-Mario Utomi, Special Project Officer, Ika Weekly Newspaper, about the origin of Anioma, how the name “Ika” emerged”  political leadership in the state, the need to have the country restructured and other sundry topical issues. Essential, all through the interview that spanned for close to six hours, this thorough bred historian with B. A. (Hons) in History and International Studies from the Lagos State University and M. A. in History and Diplomacy from the same institution used properly framed narrative power, vividly supported evidence and emotions to demonstrate that knowledge of Anioma history flows naturally in him. Elder Emeka Esogbue’s responses to the question placed before him during this delectable interview, blazes a new trail for every Anioma indigene desirous...