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Ndi Igbo: A history in debate

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Several historians of  Igbo culture  have written various accounts concerning where Igbos originated from. Anyone writing an historical account of Igbo people must have facts to back it up. However, no historian can claim the historical accounts of other historians are either truthful or falsehood, because no historical account is nobler than the other. Here are two (2) historical accounts of Igbo origin:  Igbos are descendants of Jacob who later became known as Israel. Israel had 12 sons one of which was known as Gad. When famine caused Jacob and his sons to migrate to Egypt where there was an abundance of food at the time. They remained in Egypt for many years; before the Egyptians became envious and began to persecute the Israelites.Gad who became the patriarch of all Igbos had 7 sons – Eri was the 5th of them. Before the Egyptian persecution began, Eri in company of his family and associates left Egypt after catching an inkling of impending pe...

Let's Remember Chiji Agbo: It's 13 years today!

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Ten years on and it looks as if it was just yesterday. The memories about him remain evergreen because he lives in the hearts that he touched. And they are many! Neither a star nor comet heralded his birth on March 19, 1942 but the then rusty Amechi, Awkunanaw community in today’s Enugu State had the presence of mind to recognize that a child who would later shine brighter than star had been born. And 10 years ago when he joined the saints, beyond Awkunanaw, the world was aware that that a star had dimed but not his name, not his good deeds while on earth. The death of Chief Chiji Agbo brings to an end, an elegant era. Born to the family of late Chief Nwankwo Agbo and Madam Comfort Agbo, Chiji, a seasoned industrialist died on July 17, 2005. A man with a good heart, Chiji would rather surrender his last kobo to the needy rather than see the them suffer. As a landlord, he was an unusual one to his tenants who he treated like his own biological children. Chiji would rather return lat...

NOMINATIONS NOW ON FOR MISS OKUNANO OSAGWEDE GLOBAL (PHOTO CONTEST) 2018

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Matrimonial issues in Okunanoland. A poser!

What is the right of a second wife over the estate of her deceased husband?  Especially where the first wife bore the first son of the family?

Help us provide portable water for Okunano Osagwede communities

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In Okunanoland, we have always sourced water from the community streams and rivers…but as urbanization has emerged to envelope us, our streams have dried up. what is left of the rivers are now polluted water and no good for drinking. All over the clan, are worries about outbreaks of waterborne diseases, such as scabies or Zika, which is transmitted by mosquitoes breeding in standing water.  Only 45% of the residents have access to clean drinking water, and just 10 percent of wastewater treatment plants (popularly known as"Pure-water" packed in polythene satchet) are working, according to figures released by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control-NAFDAC In the worse-hit communities, such as the Amechi Awkunanaw, Amechi-Uwani and Obeagu Awkunanaw  doctors are seeing worrying numbers of patients with conjunctivitis and gastritis brought on by contaminated water and poor hygiene." EcoloBlue has been manufacturing Atmospheric Water Generators that cr...