Emeka Esogbue

From Ubulu Ezemu HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AN ERUDITE SCHOLAR, DR ESOGBUE  Management and Staff of Erec Communications Limited, publishers of Ubulu Ezemu wish our Anioma intellectual, prolific writer and great Historian, Dr Emeka Esogbue a Happy Birthday.  We send this Birthday Wishes to Emeka who is seen as the most innovative person in Anioma history coupled with lots of intellectual works done so far, to put the region in world map.  You have earned your place in history, not just because you are a Historian but for the fact that you have been leading the way for all others to follow. Esogbue, an author, historian and community leader is from Ibusa but is versatile when it comes to the history and cultures of virtually all the communities in Enuani and beyond. He has also written several books, which have become a reference point for upcoming scholars in Delta State and others parts of the world.  Keep your good works up and enjoy your birthday.

 Benin and Ubulu-Uku in History: The Distinct Statehood By Emeka Esogbue Pre-independent Benin and Ubulu-Uku were two independent states and neither of these two was a vassal state of the other as now erroneously claimed on social media The Ubulu-Uku Kingdom was never a vassal state of Benin at any point, not in recorded history at least because the community's history about its sovereignty is definitive. Benin and Ubulu-Uku continued to share a relationship as two distinct states with monarchs thrust as rulers. What Benin had, Ubulu-Uku had, in terms of the political system. The Ubulu-Uku community was one of the earliest in the political system of Enuani to develop the Onishe institution, saddled with the socio-political responsibility of crowning the kingdom's kings whereas the Issele-Uku king was still being crowned by the Oba of Benin until in recent times.  The Ubulu-Uku Kingdom presented one of the Enuani settlements with an organized political system since the days of ...

  Ubulu-Uku is Blessed and I Cherish our Inheritance from Ezemu -        Anthony Awunor, Journalist and Ubulu Ezemu Founder   Ubulu-Uku-born Anthony Awunor, a Journalist, Linguist and founder of Ubulu Ezemu speaks to PEN MASTER (EMEKA ESOGBUE) on a number of issues pertaining to his beginning, lifetime successes in journalism, sole foundation of Ubulu Ezemu, the platform with which Ubulu-Uku and other sons and daughters of Anioma are now honoured, loss of Omuship in the community and perceived identity crisis of the Anioma people. The brilliant and intellectual Deputy Business Editor of Leadership Newspaper speaks on these and more in this ‘hot’ interview. Excerpts:       Pen Master: Anthony Awunor, after the long chase, you have found time for this scheduled interview. Before anything, our teeming readers will like to meet you.   Awunor: (Smiling) Thank you my brother. I am Anthony Awunor, the publisher of Ubulu ...