OSEGHE EDO ASSOCIATION DIASPORA COMMUNITY

 * Why keeping family record is Good * By Uwagboe Ogieva   There is need for youths and writers to start asking their parents, community leaders, odionwere, okaegbe, chiefs, elders questions about their family Edostory to document, archive and protect for  unborn children and next generation. Edostory is the study and learning of history and culture of Great Benin Nation as define by Uwagboe Ogieva. The writing of Edostory of your family circle, your lineage, village, community and towns, keeping of record of every little event, photograph images for posterity sake is priceless.  Its highly recommended to always write date and time at the back of any photograph you take. Print and  archive your albums with dates and little comments if necessary. Improper keeping of documentation  major cause for lost of Edostory memories in many families. Children need be taught how to write or keep diaries of themselves and families in school. Parents need to not only te...

* Make Igun Street A Tourist Attraction *    By Uwagboe Ogieva In other to improve and advance the economic growth and development of Edo state, its important for the government to invest, enlarge, renovate and modernize most tourist sites and places in the state.  Igun street is particularly one of those places that can be utilize by the government to raise huge revenue and tax if properly hinence.  Igun Street in Benin City is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The home of bronze casting in Great Benin Kingdom. The bronze casters are usually open to making custom artworks upon request in addition to the artwork they display in their art studios. There are jewelries, bottle openers, paintings, carvings and various bronze work at every shop for sale. Igun street is a stone throw from Oba Ovonramen Kings sguare populaly known as ring road where the Benin National Museum is located. The street looks like any other street with most  houses with their signature rusted ...

*Why Politics Is Failling Edo* By Uwagboe Ogieva As an observer of political trend in Edo State and Nigeria, Edo State the heart beat of Nigeria since created in 1991 being having lots of challenges that have crawled her political evolution in the body politics of Nigeria. There is a failed political stability in Edo because a nation divided agaisnt itself cannot stand as one. There is a lack of an Edo dream, Edo national philosophy, idealogy and vision among the people. Life grows, humans and civilization evolve, situation changes, A good leadership demands serving the people, working with the people, improving and creating positive impacts in lives and society. Efficient political leadership must have a goal, a vision, a purpose and mision for change. If others are growing, it means they are doing what they need do to grow. You cannot be doing same thing over again and expect different result. Edo nation from Great Benin as a sovereign state to colonial administration, to Nigeria,,...

"Most people think Great God will come from the skies Take away everything And make everybody feel high But if you know what life is worth You will look for yours on earth And now you see the light You stand up for your rights. Jah! Get up, stand up! (Jah, Jah!) Stand up for your rights! (Oh-hoo!) Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!) Don't give up the fight! (Life is your right!) Get up, stand up! (So we can't give up the fight!) Stand up for your rights! (Lord, Lord!) Get up, stand up! (Keep on struggling on!) Don't give up the fight! (Yeah!) We sick an' tired of-a your ism-skism game Dyin' 'n' goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, Lord We know when we understand: Almighty God is a living man You can fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time So now we see the light (What you gonna do?) We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!) So you better, Get up, stand up! ...

*When Civilizations Evolves, Societies Reform And Restructure* By Uwagboe Ogieva    Develop countries keep adapting to changes, modernization, growth in scientific innovations, restructures, reforms that improve their relationship, collective existence, nations, communities, countries as humans and civilizations evolves. Many Europe countries are structure into ethnic authonomic regions for better relations among their people. Bridging communication, understanding, reforming and restructuring for self actualization among diverse cultures, language and nations within their boundries or territories. Spain for example, in 2004 under the presidency of Rodriguez Zapatero (Socialist Party) the Christian Religion was remove from Spanish school curriculum. Catalunya launched regional police called mosos de esquadra. ( Catalunya is an authonomic region in north east of Spain boarded by france with their own language and identity). On November 13, 2020, under presidency of ...

  *Economic Utility of IGUE: African Festival in Benin* *By Uwagboe Ogieva* *First Published 4th Of June, 2010* Amongst festivals celebrated over the globe today, Igue festival is up-to- date with significant monument of the past historical facts of the Great Benin Empire before the coming of Europeans (missionaries) into Benin. It is coined in the memory of what led to the 1897 war of the Benin massacre that cannot be forgotten or left to be buried in order to knowing it’s importance among other activities, as a reference point to tracing and in remembrance of how the artifacts looted by the British undertakers are where they are today in Britain. I am aware that Igue festival is approximately a month celebration or more, so the need to plan and project activities for a one month extravaganza in Benin City to boost economic development of the state and nation. For sake of brevity will recommend “Igue Festival” by Prof. Ademola Iyi-Eweka, PhD for those who have limited knowledge...

* How Edostory can be revived * By Uwagboe Ogieva     The most courageous act is still to think for yourself, find yourself, love yourself, live by yourself and for yourself. Life is not a bed of roses, No more free meal in freetown. Everything evolves when one finally learns that one deserve so much better with a change of mind and attitude.  Human existence depends on their collective and co-relative survival as a nation. A nation is a stable community of people formed on the basis of a common language, territory, history, ethnicity, or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. A large group of people having a common origin, language, and tradition. It could also be overtly political than an ethnic group for ethnic groups.   The Great Benin Nation of west Africa is one surviving precolonial Africa nation with its uniqueness, culture, language, history and geographical identity, situated in the Bight of Benin of the Atlantic occean t...

By Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki Is the Midwest too small to be a Region (or even a Nation-State) of its own? NO! It was A WHOLE REGION before!  It was A WHOLE REGION, when ALL the 19 northern States and 3 Northern zones was a REGION like the Midwest!  It was A WHOLE REGION, when the South West (with 6 States) was a REGION like the Midwest!  It was A WHOLE REGION, when ALL the 5 States that make up the South-East along with the other 4 States of the South-South zone was a REGION like the Midwest! NB: (the old Eastern Region now has 9 states: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, & Rivers). There is No South-West State except Oyo, that is larger than either Edo (6,873 sq miles/17,801 sq Kilometers) or Delta  (6,873 sq miles/17,697 sq Kilometers).    The Midwest is Larger than ALL THE SOUTH-EAST or Biafra - Abia, ANAMBRA, Ebonyi, Enugu & Imo States combined,  has 11,346 sq Miles (29,386 sq Km) as against the MIDWEST Stat...