Eyewrite Papers

Mrs. Evelyn Enogieru My generation had the zeal for excellence that is not seen in Nigeria today -- husband The Enogieru Family Mr. Sunday and Mrs. Evelyn Enogieru is a Floridan-based couple, who came to America from a burgeoning but conservative educated Nigerian class in  the late 70's and have accomplished dreams and goals that looked almost impossible from their growing up. Born in 1957 to the Edokpayi family of the Uwelu Town in Benin City of Edo State, Nigeria, Evelyn Osadebamwen Enogieru tells a story of how she emerged from a background where women had little or no chance of reaching their educational peak to bagging a degree in her dream profession, working at the highest levels of her cadre for 31 years before retiring, while Mr Sunday Eghosa Enogieru who nursed the educational excellence in Civil Engineering in a small city of Urhonigbe Town, Benin City shares how his resilience and passion survived the challenges of coming to another country as ...

Newton-Ray Ukwuoma Florida, United States Nigerians in the United States have expressed outrage and disappointment over President Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban which blindsides American citizens from bringing Nigerians to the United States.  Ranked as the most educated and productive immigrant community in the United States, comprising largely medical doctors, nurses,  university professors, entrepreneurs and other professionals, Nigerian-Americans under the auspices of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organization, Americas (NIDOA), USA have issued a vexed statement condemning the new immigration policy which has been touted to be exclusionary and divisive, generating critical debates and massive condemnation even on US soil since its proclamation by the president. In its official statement made available to Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday in Florida, United States, the umbrella body for Nigerians in the US described the controversial policy as Trump admini...

Pet Project: 2019 Miss African Roots winner gets Royal Air Maroc free ticket to Africa  by Newton-Ray Ukwuoma Miami, Florida Photo Caption: Miss Cindy Makita after being crowned the 2019 Miss African Roots Cultural Pageant in Miami, Florida, USA.  For the first time since she was three, Miss Cindy Makita, the winner of the 2019 Miss African Roots USA (MARU) cultural pageant, will be visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, her home country, after winning the cultural pageant in Miami, Florida, few weeks ago. The visit to Africa, which is part of the first official assignment of the crown queen, will be sponsored by one of Africa's biggest airlines, Royal Air Maroc. This was disclosed to Saturday Tribune by the organiser of the Miss African Roots USA, Mr Murphy Folorunsho, who stated that the airline which recently flagged off its direct flight from Africa to Miami, was "committed to activities that celebrate African heritage, culture and...

Descendants of Foremost Slave Merchant Living in Cells He Built for Slaves by Newton-Ray Ukwuoma LAGOS, Nigeria (THIS REPORT WAS NOMINATED AND WON THE 2018  TOURISM REPORTER OF THE YEAR, NIGERIAN MEDIA MERIT AWARD (NMMA) ) MARINA Road, the route to the Badagry Slave Heritage Museum, was extremely bleached. Most of it was covered in sea sand and a timid spread of coal tar. On the one side of the road lies the Gberefu Beach, a markedly long stretch of sandy coast, historic for harbouring one of Nigeria’s largest ancient slave ports. It was here that slaves from Nigeria and Benin Republic were crammed into schooners then off to the horrific bowel of slave ships en route to the Americas.On the other side of the road, however, were littered dwarf buildings, surviving monuments and relics of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. Among them, Seriki Faremi Williams Abass Slave Museum and the Gberefu Beach stood out. It was a Thursday, the day of the Badagry Diaspora Festival. The ...