Ogurugu Information Blog

THE NEED FOR THE OGURUGU NARRATIVE IN THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL ONOJA OBONYI Was Onoja Obonyi a concocted mythological figure or a real/historical person? This and others are the questions that will keep begging for answers on the minds of any Ogurugu person who hears or reads of many of stories of Onoja Oboni's peddled everywhere on the internet and books. Was Onoja Oboni like those characters in moonlight stories and fairy tales (osala) told to Ogurugu children by their elderly ones? Or was he a real human who once live in Ogurugu as the Ogurugu narrative said? Which part of the Ogurugu narrative should be accepted as true since other variants/versions from Igalaland and Igboland contradict it to an extent.  One of the unique and mysterious features of Onoja Obonyi in most, if not all, of the stories of his birth, life, exploits and death is that he was a warrior giant with six fingers on both hands and six toes on both foots. This mysterious characteristics have made many ske...

ABANDONED OGURUGU AIRPORT AND SEA-JETTY (SEA PORT):   TALES OF THE ABANDONED TREASURES & GLORY OF IGBO NSUKKA In our quest to revitalize rejuvenate and re-galvernize Igbo Nsukka to reclaim all her lost glory and treasures, IGBO NSUKKA UNITED FRONT sent a delegation to the coastal town of Ogurugu in Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu State for on-the-spot assessment of what is left of the only Sea-Port used by the Colonialists in Northern Igbo Land and the Airport, initially started as an Aerodrome by the Military Regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. What our delegation discovered in the course of the voyage is enough to make a giant break down in tears.  Ogurugu, a coastal town which, if it had been handled differently by the succeeding governments, should today be at similar level of development and city awareness with Onitsha Anambra State because of its (Ogurugu) historical connection with the early European (whitemen) traders, the UAC, JOHN HOLT etc who trad...