Emeka Esogbue

 Meet Angela Loks, the Beautiful Nigerian Soprano Singer from Ibusa  - Emeka Esogbue  When it comes to the orchestra, the Ibusa community merits a global place with her. She is a singer, music consultant, sopranist, soloist, orchestrator, and event planner.  Favoured by beauty physically and intelligently; on and off the performance stage, only a few could have rightly guessed that Angela Nwalokomobi Izegbu, professionally known as Angela Loks" is an Anioma from Ogboli part of the Ibusa community in Delta State.  When it has to do with singing, Angela Loks, a widely celebrated big fish defines timeless quality and excellence but again, her Ibusa homestead, a rich home of human resource capital, has a way of swallowing up even the most accomplished so, Angela Loks remains an unknown big fish in her community.  Earlier in her career, Loks came to the limelight with her distinguished role in Maya Angelou's poem titled "Phenomenal Woman," a poetic title that w...

 FCA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION - THE IBUSA STORY OF CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATIONAL GROWTH It must be noted that Chief Fred Chijindu Ajudua did not initiate the idea of scholarship in Ibusa neither did he arrogate such claim to himself in any possible cloak. Before now, the pioneers of the Ibusa Union Nigeria had instituted scholarship awards for the people of Ibusa. Records available to the community show that the pioneers set out to assist Ibusa boys who had promises to attain higher education and went on to implement it. However, the scholarship scheme was by individual donations from pioneers of the Union in which Mr. Williams Esekodi and Akaeze Ejor reportedly made the highest donations to the cause. Two of the recipients of this early Ibusa scholarship were Francis Halim of Umuodafe and Justus Isor of Umuisor who were aided to Christ the King College, Onitsha for further studies. C. A. J Nwajei was also a beneficiary who went to England to study Law. He would later return to the cou...

 ANIOMA MOURNS AS OKPANAM LOSES ELDER STATESMAN AND OBODOAGBA IYASE, SYLVAN EBIGWEI - Emeka Esogbue The Anioma nation was yet again thrown into mourning following the reported demise of Elder Statesman and prominent indigene of the Okpanam community, Chief Dr Sylvan Ebigwei, MON. Chief Dr. Sylvan Ebigwei from Obodoagba Quarters of the Okpanam community, a distinguished dental practitioner and one of the greatest Okpanam indigenes to have lived, died in his Okpanam hometown, on Saturday, according to information gathered by PEN MASTER. "He was actively seen in attendance of events in the community, a few days ago, particularly at the marriage of his cousin," a source close to the family confirmed to PEN MASTER. Sylvan Ebigwei, a lover of the Okpanam people, was an advocate of good governance in the community who spoke the minds of other proponents and was greatly admired by the youths of the community. He was also a lover of peace who championed several developments in the com...

  THE ANIOMA CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT RE-VISITED By Dr. Emeka Esogbue   Civilization is defined as “the process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization.” It is also historically, a civilization a "more advanced" culture, implied contrast to smaller, supposedly less advanced cultures defined by Robert McCormick Adams in his book, "Evolutionary of Urban Society." As it is well known, civilization concentrates power, extending human control over the rest of nature, including over other human beings.     The Anioma civilization enjoys some characteristics that distinguishes them from other Nigerian groups and these characteristics include different languages spoken within the society of the people, traditional forms of government, distinct traditional titles, settlement patterns in which migrations peopling the region are diversely from Igbo (Igbuzo, Isheagu, Ewulu etc), Benin (Ozanogogo etc), Igala (Oko Ogbe...

  An Overview of Festivals in Anioma By Dr. Emeka Esogbue The Anioma area in Delta State enjoys a number of festivals periodically celebrated by the people. This overview of festivals celebrated by the people will enable you to understand the festival as well as the people who celebrate them. Some of the festivals are listed below:   Iwaji (New Yam) Festival New Yam festival also called ‘Iwa-ji’ is an annual festival widely celebrated in Anioma. The festival is one in which gratitude is offered the gods or deities for a fruitful year. The reason for celebrating the festival is understandable since yam provides the people reliable food. Iwaji Festival is mostly celebrated in September to mark the end of fruitful harvest by the people. It is by far the most widely celebrated festival by the Anioma people as it is observed by nearly all the communities that make up the region. In Illah community, the commencement of the festival is signified by ‘Ika nmor’ by the Iyese...