Emeka Esogbue

 Overlooking Osadebay: A Historical Slip in Nigeria's 65th Independence Tribute By Emeka Esogbue A prominent Chartered Accountant (ICAN) and Economist from Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Anonyai Augustine Ojei, has faulted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s maiden Independence Day broadcast for omitting a key figure in Nigeria’s history — Chief Dennis Chukwudebe Osadebay. In his national address on Wednesday, President Tinubu reeled out names of Nigerians he described as the nation’s founding heroes and heroines: Herbert Macaulay, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Margaret Ekpo, Dr. Michael Okpara, Aminu Kano, and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. But conspicuously missing from the roll call was Osadebay, the one-time Acting Governor-General of Nigeria. Writing on Anioma Watch, a socio-cultural platform of the Anioma people, Anonyai described the omission as a “historical slip,” though he conceded it ...

Unifiers as Against Dividers: The Immediate Need of the Ibusa Community   - Emeka Esogbue    Throughout history, societies have always created leaders but such leaders MUST either fall under the category of dividers or unifiers, depending on their track records in such societies. In politics, business, academic environment, technology, community, or cultural leadership, there will always be unifiers and dividers. These are the only two camps available to greatness in societies and are determined according to the philosophies of the leaders.   Ibusa is proudly complete with professors, successful businessmen and women, technocrats, serving and retired security men and women, philanthropists, and top government functionaries, among others, but what the community appears to lack are unifiers. Where all of these endeavours are present but unifiers are absent, the situation becomes characterized by divisions in socio-cultural quarters which will then le...