Seven days after the ritual of cleansing, the flag waves around the temples, and dancers, singers, and drums invoke the presence of the Deities. Oweigbele–men of extraordinary powers with sacred unknown passwords as Akparans and kolokolowei stretched forth to pray at the waterfront and return to drop their sword of power for the Egbesu-ware while Agadagba seated on the white chairs with eagle feathers around his hat of worship as custodian of the ancient Urubasiri people. White rams, drinks as many petitions, and people who have come to redeem their vows, those who have done one secret evil against man…
Author: Asiayei Enaibo
When a leader with a blueprint is seated at the helm of affairs, he has a guide that navigates him to implement the blueprint in his palm as a vision to achieve those things which others have seemingly failed. Dr Samuel Ogbuku of NDDC is a new roadmap to drive the vision and purpose of the formation of the Niger Delta Development Commission. Someone who understands the region works with priority projects and executes them timely is a vision-driven leader. Dr Samuel, the MD and Chief Executive Officer begins his voyage with a consultative visit to stakeholders of the Niger…
Patriotism is a conscious sense of commitment to the true self and love for a nation and its people. It is a firm conviction to defend the country’s economy, politics and developmental values which function as the strong guard of willingness to make a country grow as a developing nation. Yes, Nigeria is a very rich country with an abundance of natural resources in the African continent. Sadly, it is the country where the economy is badly affected in the developmental growth of the Nation but has the citizenry moved on the ladder of the quagmire? People swing on the…
Don’t crane your eyes away from this story I have to tell you or do not blame me of the length, but when was the last time you heard from your mother? Ama-lagha; I have your mother’s story from the canoes of this deep tides like the days of Timiebi Maika Ekanpou. I am not different from this woman who left her offspring to berth on the middle of the river on canoe, her net tied against the canoe under the heated sun, face closed against the hotness of the day, what a way to survive in the creek? I…
With different manifestos, with different promises to even the ancestors, the living are always anxious of what gain they could get, shared among their two jaws, bring it let’s share it and chop it, who Democracy help? Both the illiterate and literate candidates speak their words, Some eloquently express a great hope of tomorrow, the party members hail their candidates, he is the most qualified, the oppositions care not about his eloquence, “na english we wan chop?” Share the money, anything beyond that, he is a bad leader, yes some of us have shared and ate their futures and then…
For the bleeding economy to resurrect, there must be a battle for a man who has proven moral and sacred emblem of integrity, selflessness, true to self, focus and determination without fear of the unknown bullets of Tomorrow. Yes, soomeone must be an example for others to follow. The preparation has been placed on him before he was born. So many conspiracies and noise from brothers, neighbors and friends, but it is an armless battle of economy saboteurs. Some will clap, some with tears, that is how battles has been since there is a fight. Resources battle of oil theft…
Yes, there are great politicians in Ijawland; many have groomed followers with the gospel of hatred, those who managed our poverties with one salary divided in to seven. Those that only want to see you serve their children and take over from them while their servants service their grandchildren and in-laws. DO YOU KNOW IJAW POLITICIANS? Yes, we have great and eloquent Ijaw politicians that make or support a bill once in four years and give us cups of rice at the end of the year and we call them Messiahs. Are they Messiahs or cups of rice and anti-development…
