Emeka Esogbue

A REVIEW OF THE BOOK “THE KINGMAKER: BIOGRAPHY OF JUSTICE EUSTACE OKAFOR AZOMANI AND THE HISTORY OF THE OGBOLI COMMUNITY OF ISSELE-UKU”  Book Author : Ifenna Leonard Azomani (Esq.), Doctoral Student in Law Book Reviewer: Emeka Esogbue, B. A (Hons) History and International Studies; Lagos State University, M. A. History and Diplomacy; Lagos State University  Nature of Work: Biography/Culture/History Book Publisher : Shepherd Grace House  Year of Publication : 2020 Introduction The book pages which total 380 in number and 21 chapters in all is written in a narrative style. It is authored by Ifenna Leonard Azomani, a native of Issele-Uku community in Delta State of Nigeria, a legal practitioner and Christian cleric with over 15 published works, one of which is “The Voice of A Father”. Author, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is richly educated with two first university degrees in two different disciplines which though does not include history but in Botany and ...

  CHIKA, IBUSA SON MAKES NEW DISCOVERY IN MATHEMATICS – Emeka Esogbue The intellectual blessings of the Anioma people came to fore again with 12-year old Chikadibia Ofili who recently made a discovery in the discipline of mathematics and has been conferred with a special award in recognition of the great feat. Chika’s teacher and Head of Westminster Under School, Mary Ellis who confirmed the development, accentuated that he made the discovery on November 19, 2020 in the UK while expectedly solving his holiday assignment. “The little Mathematician just discovered a new formula for divisibility by 7 in Maths” as widely circulated on the internet. “Ellis had reportedly given the young man a book, which contained several divisibility tests used to quickly work out if a figure is exactly divisible by the numbers 2 to 9, however, the book had no memorable test for checking divisibility by 7”, posted on the internet by a source. Consequently, he was honoured at an official ceremony that r...

 The Endangered Ogboli of Anioma from Nshi (Nri) in Anambra State - Emeka Esogbue As it is, there are maybe only three remaining lineages that currently go by "Ogboli" name in today's Anioma and they are: 1. Ogboli Issele-Uku (Aniocha) 2. Ogboli Igbuzo (Oshimili); and  3. Ogboli Atuma (Oshimili) Now, of the three listed above, the most documented or publicised by writers of Anioma history is the Ogboli Igbuzo while the least heard of, is the Ogboli Atuma. The most common feature of the Ogboli is  that rarely does anyone share vital historical information regarding these people especially the Ogboli Atuma. The Ogboli Issele-Uku was recently and almost heard fully in the work, "The Kingmaker: Biography of Justice Eustace Okafor Azomani and the History of the Ogboli Community of Issele-Uku" authored by Ifenna Leonard Azomani, a lawyer though. This would mean the rarest or maybe too, the very first time, the phrase "Ogboli Issele-Uku" would be titled in an...