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KWUSIKE NIGHT: GUILD OF WRITERS AND AUTHORS CALLS FOR TRIBUTES FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC

KWUSIKE NIGHT: GUILD OF WRITERS AND AUTHORS CALLS FOR TRIBUTES FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC  - Emeka Esogbue Set to honour Philip Ngozi Ifechukwude-Kwusike, the late Ibusa novelist and poet, with a night of tributes, the Guild of Ibusa Writers and Authors (GIWA), an association of intellectuals from the community is calling for tributes and other forms of presentations from the friends and family of the late writer described as "servant of Ibusa community" by Sir Onyeluka Igbonoba in his tribute.  The post humus honour is coming the way of the author of "Imagine Lagos and Other Stories" as the first official ceremony of the newly formed Guild of Ibusa Writers and Authors under the pioneering leadership of Dr. Henry Obi Ajumeze, a Lecturer with the School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. The event will come up inside the Kefas Hall, Ibusa, Delta State on Saturday, October, 8.  In a message forwarded to the members of the Associat...

OMU OF IBUSA ATTENDS OTU EHULU FULU IBUSA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

 OMU OF IBUSA ATTENDS OTU EHULU FULU IBUSA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM  - Emeka Esogbue The Omu of Ibusa, Obi Josephine Isioma Nwannabuogwu on Friday, joined other Ibusa guests from different walks of life to attend the Otu Ehulu Fulu Society of Ibusa scholarship award program which held in the community. The program, the first of its kind for the community's women society and also the first major outing for the Omu of the community was hailed in various quarters as successful.  Pundits in Ibusa had asserted that with the recent Omu coronation in the community, activities of Ibusa women representation will peak and Otu Ehulu Fulu, justifying it, stood out with the initiative that not only encouraged education but also emphasized the need for hard work among the youths of the community. Obi Josephine Nwannabuogwu, the Omu of Ibusa, after her coronation, represented Ibusa on April 18, at the recently held Anioma Cultural Festival of the Organization For the Advancement Culture in A...