Emeka Esogbue

  An Overview of Festivals in Anioma By Dr. Emeka Esogbue The Anioma area in Delta State enjoys a number of festivals periodically celebrated by the people. This overview of festivals celebrated by the people will enable you to understand the festival as well as the people who celebrate them. Some of the festivals are listed below:   Iwaji (New Yam) Festival New Yam festival also called ‘Iwa-ji’ is an annual festival widely celebrated in Anioma. The festival is one in which gratitude is offered the gods or deities for a fruitful year. The reason for celebrating the festival is understandable since yam provides the people reliable food. Iwaji Festival is mostly celebrated in September to mark the end of fruitful harvest by the people. It is by far the most widely celebrated festival by the Anioma people as it is observed by nearly all the communities that make up the region. In Illah community, the commencement of the festival is signified by ‘Ika nmor’ by the Iyese...

 Erosion of Cultural Value, Troubling the Ibusa Community, Peter Uwajeh  - Emeka Esogbue  A prominent indigene of Ibusa, a community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Peter Uwajeh has attributed the current impasse confronting the community to erosion of cultural value.  "What is bedeviling us today is largely the erosion of cultural values," Uwajeh said pointedly.  "Perhaps, we should also look at the languages we deploy when expressing anger or displeasure on issues." "I don't dignify people with responses to offensive languages against me." "I have been very worried that for a town so blessed with human and material resources, it is difficult to experience growth." Mr Peter Uwajeh was reacting to a statement earlier posted in Umejei Descendants, a WhatsApp forum Lamenting the loss of cultural values in the community, Peter Uwajeh from the Umueze axis of the community recalled how he was stopped from playing with a ...

 Uzzeh, the Festival of Isheagu that Commands the Rain - Dr. Emeka Esogbue Although the Isheagu community in Aniocha South Local Government Area is best remembered for the civil war massacre, similar to the Asaba Massacre, there is a unique festival peculiar to the people. The Uzzeh Festival is strange, cultural, and spiritual. As Patrick Ochei of Anioma Trust once described it. It is a festival of the lion-hearted and only the strong-hearted can muster the courage to watch it, let alone participate in it. The festival appears to have the highest number of cutlasses ever seen in any single festival as cutlasses of different shapes are excessively displayed by the actors of the festival to the fear of strangers. This makes the Uzzeh Festival of the Isheagu people not for the lily-livered to watch. Another strange feature of the festival is that no matter the brightness of the weather or the burning sun, once it is the commencement time of the festival, the rain immediately takes ove...

 Council Chairman, Hon Esewezie Bags Chieftaincy Title in Ibusa - Emeka Esogbue The Obuzo of Ibusa, HRM (Obi) Prof Louis Nwoboshi on Friday, honoured Hon Innocent Ifeanyi Esewezie with the Ugonwa of Ibusa and his wife with Nne Ji Uno of Ibusa. Nwoboshi conferred the title on Esewezie in a grand event that was attended by guests from within and outside the Ibusa community located in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Hon Innocent Esewezie also received the title of Ezinwa Jiani of Oshimili North Justifying the Esewezie choice of the chieftaincy title, many Ibusa sons and daughters some of whom attended the event said the current Oshimili North Local Government Chairman merited the traditional honour bestowed on him. "Congratulations to Igbuzo (Ibusa) finesse, the town builder and political compass," Patrick Ashikodi, also called "Political Messiah, a former Delta State House of Representatives aspirant said in his goodwill message, posted in People of Os...

  Mainstream Media Should Key into Social Media to be Relevant, DBS Broadcaster, Eunice Emeyazia   Eunice Emeyazia, a seasoned Journalist with the Delta Broadcasting Service is famous for broadcasting but there is a lot more about her. Delivering in-depth information to target audience, supervision of news production, conduct of interviews and live correspondence in the field also distinguishes her outstandingly. The Issele-Mkpitime-born News Anchor, in this interview, opens up to Media Personality, PEN MASTER (EMEKA ESOGBUE) on a number of issues that touches on her family background, growing up, her journalistic career and the hard work that her mother was known for. The fast-rising Newscaster also advises the media practitioners on social media which she believes is crucial to the sustainability of the of the mainstream media. Excerpts:   Pen Master: Miss Eunice Emeyazia, like several of your viewers, it is my pleasure to meet you. What is your usual feeling, m...

 Sheriff's Aide, Shimite Bello Cuts Birthday Cake with Bishops and Pastors in a Church Program - Dr. Emeka Esogbue It was the birthday of Ebu-born Chief Mrs. Shimite Bello, yesterday, and the succinct Biblical statement that "in the presence of God, there is fullness of joy," re-echoed inside the reverent church. The venue was Voice of Solution Ministry International, Asaba, Delta State, where the Special Adviser to Governor Sheriff Oborovwere of Delta State on Trade and Export was the Guest Speaker of the programme themed "His Glory is Our Honour." Shimite Bello, the Akpeli Ugo Fufu of Ebu Kingdom was seen amid Bishops and Pastors; in the Association of Pastors and Ministers Intercessory Nation, a one-day Ministers Submit, praying to God. Also seen alongside the beautiful Anioma politician from the Enuani Nation axis, in the pictures that surfaced on Anioma Social Media forums were Apostle Dr. Tony and Pastor Mrs. Agafie, and Prophetess Juliet Nwachukwu. Other ...

 ANIOMA DAUGHTER, VERONICA UFOEGBUNE LAUNCHES ENUANI LANGUAGE ACADEMY WEBSITE - Dr. Emeka Esogbue Ace Enuani Linguist and Anioma daughter from the Issele-Uku community, Dr. Veronica Ufoegbune will be unveiling the Enuani Language Academy Website today, in partnership with Ndienuani TV.  The cultural website of the Enuani people will come alive today, Sept 16, 2023, at 7.00 a.m., PDT according to the information personally made available to PEN MASTER by the Founder, Dr. Veronica Ufoegbune.  The founder, Ufoegbune thanked Madam Rahanatu Talatu Abubakar and Mr Philip Olisemeke Nwabueze for bringing the project to fruition.  The page as viewed by PEN MASTER shows it to be enriched with Ndienuani Academy, PodCast, and Marketsquare.  Further information reveals students' registration comes with free tuition with courses also free online modules. The website beautifully displays the pictures of Agbogidi HRM Obi Nduka, the Obi of Issele-Uku, HRM Obi Dr Martha Dunkwu, t...

 ENUANI ACADEMY: OMU ANIOMA HAILS VERONICA UFOEGBUNE  - Dr Emeka Esogbue The Omu of Okpanam/Anioma and Nneoha, HRM Obi Dr Martha Dunkwu, has hailed Dr Veronica Ufoegbune who on Saturday unveiled the Enuani Language Academy to the world.  Speaking on the development, HRM Obi Dr Martha Dunkwu said, "We have to thank God that we are alive to witness this measure of advancement of our people's linguistics." "We have to preserve our dialect and not allow it to die," the Omu declared.  "I wholeheartedly appreciate Dr. Veronica Ufoegbune for her quantum of contribution to advancing our people. Knowledge hoarded is Knowledge wasted." "A million thanks are not enough to appreciate you, Dr. Ufoegbune. You have seen good days. My prayer is that you will see brighter days in good health, peace, and more progress." On Saturday, PEN MASTER reported Anioma Daughter, Veronica Ufoegbune's project of the launching of the Enuani Language Academy website by ...

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 I HAVE WORKED HARD TO PRESERVE THE OMUSHIP OF MY ANIOMA PEOPLE Read What the Omu Anioma Said on Omuship "When I became Omu, I met five elderly women and they were convinced that the Omu Institution would go into extinction after six of us finished our earthly journey. So, in 2005, I went to Prof E. A. C. Nwanze from Asaba, the then Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, and pleaded with him to set up a committee of Anioma sons and daughters from the Department of Anthropology and Sociology to look into Omuship so that we can have something for future generations since the Omu Institution was going into extinction while I go on the ground to talk to some of our elderly people before they pass on. Prof Nwanze graciously obliged me and set up a Committee headed by Dr. Ikechukwu Enwenwa from Ogwashi-Uku who was the then Head of the Sociology Department. The Committee worked extensively with the research of world-renowned and famous Anthropologist, the late Prof Mike Angulu Onwue...