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Julie JNC Ezuma @ 60

Azubike OkoroOctober 12, 2022

The birthday dinner at 805 restaurant, Aminu Kano Crescent, Abuja on Saturday July 23rd, 2022, was branded in gold, which truly reflects and depicts the person and the heart of the celebrant, Mrs Julie JNC Ezuma. A very befitting, classy, and interesting evening, the family of Mazi Engr. JNC Ezuma entertained relations, friends, and well-wishers...

Julie JNC Ezuma @ 60

Azubike OkoroSeptember 17, 2022

AKTION!

Azubike OkoroFebruary 8, 2022

Media professionals in Abia State must be counting their loss with the demise of one of their charismatic practitioners – Mazi Ugbaja Ezekiel Okoroafor. Popularly known as Aktion or Ogbiti Aro, he was buried on November 12th, 2021 at his ancestral home, Obinkita village, Arochukwu. Close associates of Aktion would readily admit that he was...

Barr Ndy Nwankwo – We Mourn the Demise of Courage!!

Azubike OkoroOctober 17, 2021

The Ikeji 2021 edition of the forerunner is solely dedicated to Barr Ndy Nwankwo who was buried in the last week of July. This has been my style of honoring and crediting pioneers that closely associated with this medium which I was privileged to found and served as publisher/editor-in-chief about 25 years ago. The sacrifices...

Mazi Joshua Okoronkwo Ogbonnia: Eternity Beckons

Azubike OkoroDecember 26, 2020

While ruminating over the demise of the ever calm and gentle Mazi Joshua Ogbonnia, I quickly recalled the words of a 20th century theologian that ‘the essence of Christianity is not an idea but a person’ which is abundantly true, and remains so until today. This is particularly because it is in a person that...

Dr. Agwuncha Arthur Nwankwo – A Patriot Departs to Eternity!!

Azubike OkoroDecember 7, 2020

As the family, very close associates and friends of the late sage from all walks of life prepare for his final rites of passage in few days time, Mazi (Dr) Azubike Okoro, Ugwuaro pays tribute by recalling his rare qualities. The Nigerian democratic landscape has lost an enigma, with the demise on February 1, 2020,...

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Amuvi Sets Pace in Youth Empowerment! As Uda Entrepreneurship Scheme Debuts!!

Azubike OkoroNovember 30, 2020

Dr Chima Okereke, the usually soft-spoken, London-based project management expert had barely finished a well-articulated strategy speech on how Amuvi should take the bull by the horns in order to reverse the infrastructural deficit in the community through mass mobilization of its sons and daughters for support when the urbane, US-based medical practitioner, Dr Lemmy...

The exact Length of Iroko is better ascertained when it’s Down’

Azubike OkoroJanuary 20, 2020

As was the case few occasions in the past, this column is dedicated to two special characters that we lost recently. It is my special way to credit and immortalize their memories on print, for the special roles they played during their earthly sojourn. The void created by their absence is huge and it’s only...

Ikeji 2019: The Fun and Glamour Shall Continue

Azubike OkoroNovember 9, 2019

In the next two weeks or thereabout, Arochukwu kingdom shall, once more, be thrown into a historic fun and glamour blitz which, in the last three years, characterized the zenith of its new yam festival, the ekekpe Arochukwu. As the Chair, 2019 Ikeji Organizing Committee, a role which I also played in 2018, I deem...

As Eternity Beckons to Mrs. Theresa Udeaku Okoroji &Mrs. Justina Uzunma Nwakanma: Death, where is thine Justice!

Azubike OkoroMay 23, 2019

This is a ‘sad time’ for Akuma Oziza, Okoro-Avigbo kindred, in general, and Okoro-Akuma family, in particular. What with the loss of several revered aunties, whoshall be committed to mother earth this Easter season. First was news about the death of Mrs. Justina Uzunma Nwakanma (nee Uja) which threw the entire family into a mournful...