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Michael Ibru Is Dead

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Family of Michael Ibru (who had been battling with serious health ailment for over eight years in Florida, United States of America) this evening just announced the untimely death of their illustrious son who died in the early hours of Tuesday Until his death,  Olorogun Michael Ibru was the chairman of the Ibru Organization, he died at the age of 86 on Tuesday morning. His death coming just  over one month after the burial of his younger brother, Olorogun Felix Ibru, the first civilian governor of Delta State. Michael was a established entrepreneur who was a giant figure in many industries. He was the first son The Chief Epete Ibru of Agbarha-Otor in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. He had only one wife,  Cecilia Ibru, the former CEO of the defunct Oceanic Bank, recently jailed by EFCC for embezzlement of funds trusted in her care.

Meet Ogudu, A Spiritual Diety of Abia State

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Popular stories of one sort or the another have existed in every place and age. Some of these stories, over time, have become part of the people and invariably their culture. Ogudu, having been in existence for over 300 years in the community of Agbiyi Umuede–Amaegbuato, Nkpa, in Bende Local Government of Abia State, has become a cultural phenomenon used for celebration every leap year of the community. Ogudu is not a human being, an animal or artifact preserved for ages, which has become an object of worship, but an old male Ngwu trunk that looks rickety having survived vagaries of weather  over  several decades; it  has remained a mysterious object of celebration till the current dispensation. Ngwu is not just any tree in the forest. Those who are competent to decipher mysteries like personalities endowed with uncommon mystical prowess like juju priests and native doctors are better informed to talk about Ngwu and its species: Male and female. Mere mortals  cannot   identify Ngwu tre