Emeka Esogbue

 My Father Did His Best to Document Onicha-Olona History and I Have Taken Over, Felix Nwabuokei, Historical Researcher and SWADAA Regional Commander – Part One Rev Felix Ifeanyi Nwabuokei is a historical researcher, clergy and Regional Commander of the Social Watch Anti-Drug Abuse Advocacy (SWADAA). Nwabuokei has remained in the forefront of the documentation of his people’s history and has been heavily relied on by other researchers. Recently, he authored the book, “A Historical Account on Onicha-Olona Kingdom,” now one of the widely sought-after books in the community. In this interview with media personality, EMEKA ESOGBUE (PEN MASTER), Rev Felix Nwabuokei tells readers the history and origin of Onicha-Olona settlement with names of the founders, why the community is of Ezechime Clan even though it did not originate from the Ezechime ancestry, and why the people of the community have hardly documented the community’s history in books. Nwabuokei further explains the reasons behin...

 Coming Soon! An Interview with Felix Ifeanyi Nwabuokei of Onicha-Olona Pen Master has a way interviewing them after they publish a book on Anioma history. In 2025, Ifenna Azomani of the Issele-Uku Kingdom published the book, The History of Ogboli Community in Issele-Uku, and he was interviewed. The year 2026 is beginning with Felix Nwabuokei, a renowned Onicha-Olona historical researcher who jas published the book, A Historical Account of Onicha-Olona.  Upon learning of this book, Pen Master immediately arranged an interview with him. In this conversation, Nwabuokei demonstrates exceptional knowledge of Onicha-Olona, the hometown of military legend Col. Conrad Nwawo, Nigerian beauty queen Rosemary Anieze, and international reggae star Ras Kimono, among other notable figures. What to Expect: Nwabuokei provides a detailed account of Onicha-Olona's foundation and discusses the community's migration history. He explains why the community belongs to the Ezechime Clan but is not Ez...

 HOW OMU IFESIMEHONE REPELLED MURTALA MUHAMMED AND SAVED ONICHA-ONA FROM THE CIVIL WAR MASSACRE By Emeka Esogbue What is underreported even by Anioma writers of the Nigerian Civil War are roles played by the Omus of the Anioma people in preventing their communities from the massacres tied to the 1967-1970 civil war. It is this perspective of Omiship that this Author is finding interest in documenting Anioma history enthusiasts. The gruesome massacres carried out in the defunct Asaba Division but concentrated in Asaba were repellently frightful. In Igbodo, it was a combination of the old and young. In Isheagu, the concentration was on the aged, especially the chiefs and traditional leaders of the community, and in Asaba, it sweepingly involved the old and young with the youths s targets. Subsequently, Asaba was denied viable young men for a very long time.  That of Ibusa, a community, only 6 miles from victimized neighbouring Asaba, was more of terrorism, with Nigerian soldiers...

Ezechime and Ezemu of Ubulu-Uku Rebelled Against Benin Felix Ifeanyi Nwabuokei He had helped Benin historical researchers to explain the missing link in their history regarding an Onicha-Olona personality who was taken from Onicha-Olona by Prince Orhogbua (later Oba Orhogbua) to become the Iyase of Benin and Benin historians had wondered why and how a non-indigene became an Iyase until he was able to supply answers to their puzzle. Once this development unfolded, Pen Master continually chased him until he was caught. In this interview with EMEKA ESOGBUE (Pen Master), Felix Ifeanyi Nwabuokei renders account touching on Onicha-Olona history. He speaks on the rarity of finding Onicha-Olona historical documentations, the journey to the foundation of Onicha-Olona, the over two-decade kingship tussle that the community had to face and many other subjects that are of interest to watchers of the Onicha-Olona history. However, it would seem that the biggest of them all the revelation that Onich...