Emeka Esogbue

 A DIRGE FOR OUR MATRIARCH AND FORMER PRINCIPAL OF IBUSA GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL, HON DR. MRS. FELICIA NWAEZE (1940 - 2023)  With mournful eyes and hearts, and elegiac character, we, the members of the Old  Students Association of Ibusa Girls Secondary School, Ibusa, your mentorees put together this plaintive piece in honour of Hon Dr. Mrs. Felicia Onyemaechi Nwaeze, B.A. M.EdA, Ph.D; an academic, and politician who was a former Principal of our dear school earlier mentioned here.  Hon Dr. Nwaeze, our principal and matriarch, who nursed and nurtured us to transform into who we variously are today, was a core disciplinarian, whose task, it seemed was to raise in sagacity and from scratch, men and women who would further contribute to man's society and she succeeded on us.  To achieve this task, she foundationally elevated the Ibusa Girls Secondary School of her time, to the best of school in Oshimili and beyond, utilizing the tools of counseling, guidance, and mot...

 Jubilation in Ibusa as Buhari Assents Institute of Strategic Management Act - GIWA President, Ajumeze, Henry Ajudua, Philip Elueme, Others Hail Prof Uwandulu for the Uncommon Feat Story By Emeka Esogbue The people of Ibusa in Delta State have hailed outgoing President, Mohammadu Buhari for assenting the Chartered Institute of Strategic Management of Nigeria (Establishment) Act.  The news was broken to the people of the community via social media platforms where it was posted on Tuesday by Prof Austin Uwandulu, the Institute's initiator and illustrious son of the community.  The visibly excited Uwandulu who is also the founder of the Academy for Governance wrote:  "Join me in thanking God for a dream come true as President Buhari, yesterday, signed into law, the bill that transferred the Institute that I pioneered and founded in Nigeria into an Act."  "The Institute is a precursor to the Academy for Governance that I am also implanting for the greatness of Niger...

 Government Allocation of Arable Farmlands to Estate Developers, Dangerous - Emeka Egwuda Speaks in Support of Frank Okafor's Ibusa Interview  By Emeka Esogbue Ace author, publisher, and policy analyst, Emeka Egwuda has praised the recent Frank Okafor interview in which the interviewer bared his mind on issues troubling the Ibusa agricultural sector in Delta State.  Emeka Egwuda while making his opinions known, said, "Emeka (Pen Master), this interview is touching, topical, and intellectually brainstormed. If you ask me, Igbuzo is only used here as a micro-analysis of a macro-problem that leaves all of us without any sure hope." Frank Okafor, in the interview with Pen Master, had raised several issues on agriculture, one of the areas that rarely receive attention in Ibusa from the people and government, stating that until in the main mid-80s, the mainstay of the Ibusa economy was farming but unfortunately the sector fell into neglect since 1985 with total neglect by Igbuz...

 Erosion of Farmlands for Real Estate and Abandonment of Agriculture, Putting Ibusa at High Risk of Hunger - Frank Okafor  Dr. Collins Nweke, the Nigerian-born Belgian politician had published a poem, titled "Solis Occasum: Memories from my Igbuzo Sunset," a poem that would evoke reactions from prominent indigenes of the community including Dr. Henry Ajumeze, the President of Guild of Ibusa Writers and Authors and Mr. Frank Isioma Okafor, the President of the Abuja Branch of Ibusa Community Development Union/Project Manager with European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS.  The reaction of Frank Okafor touched on agriculture as a dying occupation of the people of Igbuzo once considered an agrarian community. Consequently, this submission spurred EMEKA ESOGBUE (PEN MASTER) to further engage him in a deeper and more interesting interview. Excerpts: Pen Master: Let us begin with your appreciation of this poetic work. How do you see this poem from Dr. Collins Nweke? Frank...

 Assert Ibusa as Host Community in your Publications, GIWA President, Dr. Ajumeze tells Admiralty University - Emeka Esogbue The President of the Guild of Ibusa Writers and Authors also known as GIWA, Dr. Henry Obi Ajumeze has appealed to the Management of the Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), Ibusa in Delta State, Nigeria, to proudly assert the Ibusa name as the institution's host community. Ajumeze, in a terse message made available to the executives of the Association via the GIWA executive platform, said, "Dear House, a particular matter keeps drawing my attention as something within our spheres of interest. It is the persistent refusal to assert our name as the bona-fide community in which Admiralty University is founded and sited," while urging the Management of the school to recognize the community as the host community in their publications. Dr. Ajumeze, a renowned poet and lecturer in Theatre Arts, popular for his book, "Dimples on the Sand," who ...