Emeka Esogbue

 A Forgotten Beauty: The Bittersweet Story of Helen Anyamaefuna, Miss Nigeria 1958 from Anioma By Emeka Esogbue The poignant story of Helen Anyaemeluna, Anioma's Miss Nigeria 1958, continues to resonate with many. Her life's journey was a rollercoaster of triumph and lack of help. Crowned Miss Nigeria at just 21, the second Nigerian to be so recognized after Miss Grace Oyelude in 1957. Helen's elegance and beauty captivated the nation.  As a symbol of Anioma's rich human capital, Helen Anyamaefuna who hailed from the Anioma community of Ugbodu, was a motivation to many with her pet projects and dedication to service after her emergence. However, life took a dramatic turn when illness struck, confining her to a wheelchair and stripping her of her radiance. Despite her past contributions, Helen was left to struggle, seeking help from the nation she once served and NGOs. Sadly, her pleas were met with indifference, leading to a heartbreaking conclusion in 2012 when she gav...

Obomkpa-Ugboba Crisis: Historic Claims, Counter-claims and Government Recognition of Ugboba as an Anioma Autonomous Community in Delta State By Emeka Esogbue INTRODUCTION The above topic, an investigation of this author who is a fervent and wholehearted writer on the people of Anioma, geographically located in the Northern part of Delta State of Nigeria into the shared legal, historical, and colonial claims; offensive and defensive assertion of the people's communal right and geography, makes scholarly interest for several reasons, part of which is captured in the conclusion of this piece. One of the reasons is that the controversy bedeviling Obomkpa and Ugboba, two sisterly communities with common boundaries and a common claim of homestead source of migration, is nearly a hundred years old, and even with various interventions by the local organs of both communities with strong affirmation and the intercession by the nation's highest court with final appellate jurisdict...

 Top 21 Moral Values Enuani Parents Inculcated in their Children Before the Dawn of Westernization and the Lessons - Emeka Esogbue Three distinct units make up the Anioma Region of today and they are Enuani Nation, Ika Nation, and Ndokwa Nation. The Enuani Nation, the topic of this discourse comprises the communities of Asaba, Ibusa, Ebu Ogwashi-Uku, Issele-Uku, Isheagu, Onicha-Olona, Ubulu-Uku, Obomkpa, Okpanam, Oko, Ewulu, Ejeme-Unor, Ugbodu, Idumuje-Unor, Ezi and others too numerous to mention here. These people in the unknowable era, adhered to common moral lessons in raising their children which instilled the consciousness of what is right and wrong in their society. These moral lessons were more commonly practised until Western civilization crept in with erosion Some of these lessons were also common with other climes though. The Moral Lessons 1. Early in life, the parents especially mothers kept screaming to the child, 'imakwa na nwanyi ka ibu?' This rhetorical question ...

Not many have known that there are Yoruba settlements in Delta State, specifically among the Anioma people of today. This is because not much is known of the social history of the people (Anioma) now hugely located in Delta State. Researchers from the region really have a lot to dig into concerning the people. The Anioma people with heterogeneous origins are obviously some of the understudied people in Nigeria thus only very little documentations about the people are available. The dominant language of the people of this area is Igbo though, a few other languages are spoken within the region. Some of these few other languages spoken in the region are Oza or Ozzara spoken close to Edo. Some of the speakers of this particular language are: 1. Ozanogo 2. Alilehan 3. Alisor 4. Ozanogogo There is Igala, a language of the Igala ethnic group of Nigeria, mainly spoken by Ebu but, the Igala version of Ebu community has become fussed with Ishan because the Ebu migrants that took...