Umueriland Today

Godly Heritage APRIL 17 ·FRIENDS Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical science artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Back in the late sixties, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young came out with a popular song called, “Teach Your Children Well.” It was addressed to the freewheeling hippie generation, which had tried to cast off all the restraints and rules of their parents’ generation. While the song reflected noble intentions, I always thought that there was a great deal of irony reflected in it, that this rebellious generation would somehow succeed in teaching their children where their parents had failed. I’m afraid that my generation succeeded in teaching our kids all too well. We taught them that lifelong commitment in marriage is outdated. We taught them to cast off the roles of husband as provider and wife as mother and homemaker

Life has many sides but the one ordained for every true sons and daughters of the soil is the winning side of life. This side of life is also known as the overcoming life. This is because we have overcome inferiority complex, we have been translated from weak and pitiable Kingdom into a Kingdom and people where dominion and glory are our honour, we now live as a people who has their own voice and a people you cannot force illegality or puppet down their throat. However one of pivotal aims of every Kingdom is to extend the culture s and values of the king through expansion of territories. Hence all who lives in a Kingdom lives for one purpose : they live for the king. To live their lives for themselves. Is to live unto death. It is essential to note that before a territory can be expanded, it must be overcome and. Conquered. Thus how then do we overcome a territory? First in the circumstance we have found ourselves over the years, we seems disadvantaged and incapacitated therefore to

NIGERIA MILITARY FORCES SCHOOLS TO CLOSE IN ANAMBRA STATE AS PUPILS SCAMPER HOME FOR SAFETY The sudden appearance of the Medical Corps of 82 Division of Nigeria Army at St Michael's Catholic Church, Ozubulu Anambra State for what they termed Free Medical Mission has forced Schools to close and children ran home for safety. Anambra State government through the Commissioner for Health said the medical Corp was in the State without the knowledge and consent of Anambra State Government. It is not clear whether the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi whose premises the Military are using gave their consent. As at 10:00am today, Principals and Head Teachers of Schools including missionary Schools in Ozubulu as well as in Nnewi, Oraifite,  Okija, Ihiala and Onitsha have dismissed their students to go home as it was rumoured that the Military were about moving from school to school to forcibly immunize pupils and infect them with monkey pox epidemic. The truth is that the Military exercise tagge

From Bishop Matthew Kukah Anyone who thinks the Biafra agitation is a nuisance and irritating should know that it is not the collective aspiration of all Igbos but especially that no one has the monopoly of nusinace. Nuisance begets nuisance. When you stay with potash loaders you too will share in their dusty hair. It is in this country that the same standards are not held against all. Some can get away with anything but others cannot get away with something. I shudder at those who blame the agitators for agitating. Everyone knows what is good for them. If you don't know what is good for you then shut up and don't obstruct those who know what is good for them. If I have my way I will cease to be a Nigerian because there is no sense of nationhood. Those who have leverage over others use it to oppress them. Otherwise how can you explain the audacious impunity of a certain section of this country. They can intimidate everybody even a sitting president and get away with it. When

THE MAN ALHAJI MINISTER Obeche Nwawuo aka Alhaji Minister is born into the family of the Aniegboka's in Ugume Umueri, he started his early teenage life as a musician. His Egwu ekpili is a household music in Umueri Omambala and beyond the state. From music at his early teenage he ventured into politics under the tutelage of Irunano age grade, he started as their errand boy and grow into prominence among them, as the irunano start going into extinction he became unaguably the leader of his faction in Umueri and Anambra East local government too. He once served as vice chairman of Anambra East local govt area around early year 2006. Before his death he is the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Anambra East chapter. He will be greatly missed by his people of ikenga Umueri as he left a leadership vacuum that will be rare to fill. He is a hero though he might have his short coming as no one is perfect, he served our elders selflessly and reap the dividends too as he was s