Emeka Esogbue

 Issele-Uku Community Reviews Burial Rites, Restricts Elders from Attending Funerals of Young Persons By Emeka Esogbue The Issele-Uku community in Delta State has reviewed its traditional burial rites, introducing a regulation that restricts elders from attending the funeral ceremonies of young persons within the community. According to Anthony Nwakogo-Kogos, a media personality from the town, the regulation is part of efforts to preserve the community’s cultural heritage, reinforce age-long customs, and restore order to burial practices that, according to traditional authorities, have increasingly been abused. Findings revealed that the resolution was reached by Izu Ani, the community’s parliament, and was subsequently ratified on Friday by His Royal Majesty, Agbogidi Obi (Engr) Nduka MNSE, JP, the Obi of Issele-Uku Kingdom. The review followed extensive consultations among community leaders, elders, and custodians of tradition over the growing disregard for established burial nor...

2022 11 ANIOMA NATIVES, CURRENTLY BEHIND THE PROMOTION OF ANIOMA CULTURE Although the Anioma people are blessed with rich and unique aspects of culture, many of which cannot be found anywhere else, only very little were known of the people's culture before now. This was due to several reasons and one such implication was the near assimilation of the people until a set of people rose to the occasion.  However, with time, not a few natives started some projects and initiatives that assisted in preserving and promoting the people's culture. This compendium offers a list of some of these individuals from different parts of the region's communities.  1. Standing tall on the list is Arch Kester Ifeadi who needs no introduction to the cultural space of Anioma. Arch Ifeadi, an Architect by profession, is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Contemporary Group with experience spanning over 25 years and still counting. He is a former Assistant Lecturer at the Universi...

 7 PERSONAL HOMES AND PALACES IN ANIOMALAND THAT WILL INTEREST YOU - Emeka Esogbue (Pen Master) The Anioma people are known to be rich in human capital with their influence spread across the world. But beyond this, over time, some Anioma natives and monarchs have so influenced their communities with the geniuses of their feats, love for mankind, and exertion of power, to manipulate their homefronts, making it a beehive of activities. In the same vein, some are so influential that everything seems to positively happen in there. You cannot move into any of these communities without asking to see these places. This compendium brings you 7 homes and palaces you cannot take away your eyes once you are in that community.  Note that they do not appear in any particular order. 1. ASAGBA PALACE, ASABA: The Palace of the Asagba of Asaba is by itself, a monument of some sort. Favoured by natural geography, Asaba is beautifully located by the mouth of the majestic River Niger which gave h...