Emeka Esogbue

 Lost to Time: The Day Ibusa Celebrated Miss Ibusa By Emeka Esogbue On Friday, June 23, 2017, a youth event brought the people of Ibusa together in a remarkable way. It was the Miss Ibusa Pageant, organised by the National Association of Ibusa Students in conjunction with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor on Youth Development. Former Miss Kate Ifeyinwa Igbodo, CEO of Yinkee Entertainment and organiser of Miss Teen Anioma, served as the consultant for the event. Ibusa was rarely known to come together in such a manner for youth-oriented events, apart from the annual Ibusa Football Tournament. The pageant, however, appeared to break that jinx. The Nkata venue, also known as the Diokpa Palace, was filled to capacity, with prominent sons and daughters of the community in attendance. One after another, the contestants filed out, displaying beauty, poise and confidence as they faced the audience, their smiles betraying a mixture of excitement and anti...

  Ibusa Youths Face Neglect and Disillusionment  By Emeka Esogbue As the Ibusa journey furthers to modern decades, the youths of the community appear to suffer neglect and disillusionment, highlighting great struggles and concerns of the community's youngsters and emphasizing the need for attention and support from the leaders and other stakeholders in the community.  Many factors have combined to make the Ibusa youths form a marginalized population, and facing limited opportunities and representation and the population is crying out silently maybe too, because the community is yet to commit desired energy required to raise and nurture the future of the future leaders.  While the Ibusa youths are expected to play a vital role in shaping the future of the community, the community itself is refusing to prepare them for the task ahead. Again, several factors speak in favour of this argument. With the lack of government presence in the community which lies only about 6 m...