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As Delta State University, Abraka, holds its 11th convocation ceremony on Saturday, July 22, three distinguished citizens of the state will be honoured with Doctorate degrees in recognition of their …
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Yam is important to an Igbo man because it is his staple crop. The recent celebration of the new yam festival at the palace of the great Asagba of Asaba, …
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Obi Professor Joseph Chike Edozien, CFR, JP, is the 13th Asagba of Asaba in Delta State, Nigeria. Born on July 28, 1925 in Asaba to the famous family of Edozien …
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It was a happy moment for the Igbo at Owerri yesterday when the governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi and his predecessor, Dr. Chris Ngige embraced and chatted with each …
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His academic career began with an appointment as a Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry in Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London in 1951. In 1952 he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology at the University College, Ibadan. He returned to Ibadan after further studies in Ireland.
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After months of denials and playing the ostrich, Nigeria’s former military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, has declared his intention to contest for president in the 2011 poll. The former self-styled …
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Anyanwu was said to have hailed from the royal line of Ezechima, the legendary ancestor of numerous settlements east of the Niger, including Onitsha. This explains why Benin, Asaba and Onitsha seem to share a common culture and tradition as in the area of festival regalia like traditional coral beads and hand-woven big flowing white gowns and traditional titles such as the Onowu Iyasele of Onitsha.
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By: Chuka Konwea Asaba, the Delta State capital was in a festive mood last week. There was drumming, dancing, singing and merry-making. There was exhortative speeches, novelty football matches and …
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