Emeka Esogbue

 Guild of Ibusa Writers and Authors, a Celebration of Ibusa Cultural Life Says GIWA President, Dr. Ajumeze - Emeka Esogbue Dr. Henry Obi Ajumeze, the President of the Guild of Ibusa Writers and Authors (GIWA) has called on the people of Ibusa to pay attention to their cultural life. He said this in an address he personally delivered to the members of the Association on Friday morning. Disturbed by the growing disinterestedness in the cultural life of the community, Dr. Ajumeze, a UK-based University of Manchester, Lecturer, believes that the idea of GIWA is to celebrate the life of culture in the people in the community.  He said, "I'll like to say that when we started this group, it's aim was the awareness of the need to pay some attention to our culture." "So, it's simply an idea that aims to celebrate our cultural life in a creative, intellectual way. To become the cultural memory of our community." He advised the members of the Association to harvest...

 ST. MARTINS DE PORRES GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL: DEBATE RAGES OVER WHO ESTABLISHED THE SCHOOL BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CATHOLIC MISSIONARY * How the King of Onicha Olona Was Compelled to Declare for Action Group to Have the School Established * A Single School with Three Different Names Story by Emeka Esogbue It is not about whether the school is in the  Onicha Olona community or not; it is not about whether the school is prestigious enough or not. It is not about whether the school existed or not. It is about claims and counterclaims over who between the indigenes of Onicha Olona and the Catholic missionaries founded the school. How the Onicha Olona community has become enmeshed in the limbo of who originally established the school between the community and the early Catholic missionaries that visited the community has become a thing of interest to historians outside the Aniocha North community.  Onicha Olona is a prominent Anioma community in Aniocha North Local Govern...

KWUSIKE NIGHT: GUILD OF WRITERS AND AUTHORS CALLS FOR TRIBUTES FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC  - Emeka Esogbue Set to honour Philip Ngozi Ifechukwude-Kwusike, the late Ibusa novelist and poet, with a night of tributes, the Guild of Ibusa Writers and Authors (GIWA), an association of intellectuals from the community is calling for tributes and other forms of presentations from the friends and family of the late writer described as "servant of Ibusa community" by Sir Onyeluka Igbonoba in his tribute.  The post humus honour is coming the way of the author of "Imagine Lagos and Other Stories" as the first official ceremony of the newly formed Guild of Ibusa Writers and Authors under the pioneering leadership of Dr. Henry Obi Ajumeze, a Lecturer with the School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. The event will come up inside the Kefas Hall, Ibusa, Delta State on Saturday, October, 8.  In a message forwarded to the members of the Associat...

 OMU ANIOMA HONOURED IN ASABA - ASKS FG TO PAY STRIKING ASUU By Emeka Esogbue The cultural voice of the Anioma Nation was again heard in HRM Obi Dr. Martha Dunkwu, the Omu of Anioma when she advised the Federal Government to fulfil all agreements reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Saturday in Asaba, Delta State.  The Omu, now perhaps, the most frequently heard cultural voice of the Anioma people within and outside the Delta State enclave made this call at the event where she was also honoured with the "Winning Legacy Award," presented to her by Winning Women International under the auspices of Torchigrace Godspiwer (First Lady Akwaugo 1 of WAZOBIA FM) according to Patrick Nweike Ochei of Anioma Trust Newspaper.  "If there was an agreement reached earlier in addition to the report submitted by the Government's own Committee then the Government is obligated to implement this report," the Omu said as further reported by Anioma Trust.  The Omu ...

 DELTA ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE, CHUKS OKONJI SALUTES ESEWEZIE, OSHIMILI COUNCIL BOSS OVER CONSTRUCTION OF IBUSA ENTRANCE DRAINAGE AND BEAUTIFICATION * VOTE FOR ME, THE PHILANTHROPIST BEGS OSHIMILI NORTH PEOPLE By Emeka Esogbue Ibusa philanthropist and APM Delta State House of Assembly hopeful, Sir Dr. Chuks Okonji has expressed satisfaction over the performance of Hon Innocent Ifeanyi Esewezie since assuming office as the Chairman of Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Sir Okonji made the disclosure to Pen Master in a phone chat yesterday.  Comrade Chiedu Bandoh, Personal Assistant to the Local Government Chairman on Media and ICT had on Tuesday reported and posted photos of the Council Boss on site, inspecting the construction of drainages and beautification of the entrance of the Ibusa community where mechanisms for flood control are also considered.  "Esewezie is a human face and tested worker in Oshimili North. Given his advancement, administrative style a...

 

 FIDELIS ODITAH: THE ANIOMA QUEEN'S COUNSEL GAIN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II - Emeka Esogbue As the world mourns the passing away of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, by the special grace of God, the Queen of the United Kingdom and Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Defender of the Faith, the Anioma people have a Queen's Counsel gain in Prof Fidelis Oditah, the only known Queen's Counsel from the Anioma Nation and possibly Delta State.  In England and a few other Commonwealth nations, the "Queen's Counsel" with the post-nominal initials of QC, during the reign of a queen, is a barrister or advocate who is typically a senior trial lawyer. Although the Nigerian Government has changed its version to Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof Fidelis Oditah is both a Queen's Counsel (QC) and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Queen's Counsel is an office conferred by the Crown and recognized by the courts. Members have the privilege of sitting within the bar of the court an...