Emeka Esogbue

 ANIOMA WATCH PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK July 26, 2024 Famous for the Promotion of Anioma Culture: A Biography of Obi Engr Nduka, the Obi of Issele-Uku By Emeka Esogbue Obi Engr Nduka or Obi Nduka Ezeagwuna II (formerly Nduka Ezeagwuna II as he was known before becoming the Obi of Issele-Uku), is the Obi of Issele-Uku Kingdom, an Anioma community and headquarters of Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.  He was born of the Nigerian royalty, (Issele-Uku House of Ezeagwuna) to Obi Henry Ezeagwuna I on January 26, 1992 in his Issele-Uku hometown. His other siblings are listed as Princes Emeke, Osajindu, Okechukwu, Nkemakonam and Nkemdilim (see The History of Great Isi-Ile-Uku(Issele-Uku Kingdom) by Prince Chris Afumata Akeh-Osu, Yembos Business Ventures, p.46) He attended Greater Tomorrow School in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria for his primary and secondary schools. His educational advancement at the University of Ibadan saw his successful certification of A-Level. He...

 THE ANIOMA PICTURE OF THE MONTH ANIOMA MONARCHS ALSO RECEIVE FLOWERS: THE STORY OF THE HUMANITARIAN ISSELE-UKU OBI Several pictures have made the Pen Master's "Anioma Picture of the Month," but this one coming from Oligbo Issele-Uku is very unique. Just as we see in the character of global monarchs, the Anioma monarchs also complimentarily accept flowers. The Anioma monarchs are modern after all and Issele-Uku, the ancient Kingdom of Oligbo is proving it. As the picture here shows, on Thursday, HRM Agbogidi Obi Nduka JP (MNSE) is seen receiving a bouquet from an Akwa-Ocha-dressed young girl at St. Theresa's Maternity and Hospital. This is against the considered thoughts of many that the Anioma monarchs are all about the acceptance of kola nut and nmaya je akwa (hot drinks). The Obi of Issele-Uku has distinguished himself in many traditional fronts of the Anioma people. Just like the Omu of Anioma, the Obi is known to appear in the Akwa-Ocha of his Anioma people and n...

 OMU ANIOMA, PEN MASTER, OTHERS, REACT TO ISSELE-UKU'S IZU AFIA RITE: SALUTE OBI NDUKA FOR THE SUCCESSFUL OUTING * The Young Obi, setting a Pace Worthy of Emulation - Omu Anioma  * Monarch Making the Anioma People Proud is Obi Nduka - Pen Master Notable personalities from Anioma have saluted the Obi of Issele-Uku, Agbogidi Obi Nduka following the monarch's Izu Afia outing in the community recently. Patrick Nweike Ochei, publisher of Anioma Trust Newspaper reported the Obi of the community as emerging from his inner chambers of the Issele-Uku Royal Palace on Friday, to perform his first official outing for the 2022 annual festival known as Ine Aho. The King dressed in red royal apparel was seen publicly, buying some commodities and paying for them inside the community's Afor Market where he also paid homage to the Queen Mother, Omu at her shop. Reacting to this important rite that preludes one of the biggest festivals of the people of Issele-Uku, the Omu of Okpanam/Anioma, H...