Aguata News

14/09/2025

: Amaetiti New Yam Festival 2025
In Photos, His Royal Highness, Igwe Romanus Nwafor Nwoye Nkala (Ezeoranyelu II of Amaetiti), hosted the town’s New Yam ceremony at his palace arena on September 12, 2025.

The highlight was the installation of four illustrious sons into his royal cabinet with prestigious chieftaincy titles:

Chief Afunwa Elotanna - Martins Nwafor
Chief Meekaodinma - Hon. Pascal Obi Nwankwo
Udodimma II of Amaetiti - Dr. Chukwuemeka Anthony-Ferd Udodimma
Chief Egbuodike n’Ogu Uno - Prince Emeka Okonkwo

NorthTradition

13/09/2025

Amaetiti Rises: New Yam Festival Blends Tradition and Leadership Renewal

Igwe Nkala installs cabinet chiefs, as Governor’s intervention on Awgbu-Amaetiti-Okpeze road rekindles hope

By Ifedi Okeke | Aguata News Media

Amaetiti, Orumba North LGA-September 12, 2025

The fertile land of Amaetiti, renowned for its industrious farmers, came alive in a burst of colour, music, and tradition on Friday, September 12, 2025, as His Royal Highness, Igwe Romanus Nwafor Nwoye Nkala (Ezeoranyelu II of Amaetiti), led his people in celebrating the 2025 New Yam Festival.

Kolanut Blessings
The ceremony opened with the breaking of the kolanut by the royal father, who offered heartfelt prayers of thanksgiving to God for a fruitful harvest. His solemn words set a spiritual tone for the day, reminding the people of Amaetiti of their deep agrarian heritage and enduring faith in divine providence.

Installation of New Chiefs
A major highlight of the day was the formal installation of four distinguished sons of Amaetiti into the royal cabinet, as Igwe Nkala conferred them with prestigious chieftaincy titles:
• Chief Afunwa Elotanna - Martins Nwafor
• Chief Meekaodinma - Hon. Pascal Obi Nwankwo
• Udodimma II of Amaetiti - Dr. Chukwuemeka Anthony-Ferd. Udodimma.
• Chief Egbuodike n’Ogu Uno - Prince Emeka Okonkwo
The newly installed chiefs pledged unwavering loyalty to the throne and vowed to contribute their best to the peace, unity, and development of Amaetiti.

Grand Apex Rite of Harvest

The cultural climax came as the Igwe performed the grand apex rite of harvest - the cutting of the roasted yam. After blessing and tasting from it, he declared the harvest season officially open.
A wave of joyful shouts of “Igweeeee!” erupted from the crowd, a thunderous echo that symbolized the dawn of another farming season and reaffirmed Amaetiti’s identity as a proud agrarian community.

Road to Prosperity: Soludo’s Intervention Rekindles Hope

This year’s festival also coincided with a long-awaited infrastructural breakthrough: the 14 - kilometre Awgbu – Amaetiti – Okpeze - Ndiukwuenu road, abandoned for 14 years, is now under full reconstruction by the Governor Chukwuma Soludo administration.

The project, being handled by Cosell Construction Ltd., has already seen 9 kilometres asphalted, making it the first tarred road in Amaetiti once completed. The road will link the community directly to Awka, the Anambra State capital, and to Enugu State, opening new economic and social opportunities.

Speaking to Aguata News Media, Igwe Nkala thanked his people for their solidarity and commended Governor Soludo for reviving the project. He pledged that Amaetiti would mobilize massively to deliver 100% votes in support of the Governor’s re-election bid, describing the project as “a generational blessing for Amaetiti.”

Cultural Performances Light Up the Day
To crown the festivities, cultural performances electrified the atmosphere. The Agaba Aronota masquerade from Ndikelionwu youth troupe and Ebini Amaetiti, fired up the arena with energetic displays of dance and drumming , dazzled the audience with its mystique, embodying the pride and vitality of the community.
The 2025 Amaetiti New Yam Festival will be remembered not only for its thanksgiving rites and chieftaincy honours but also as a celebration of cultural pride, leadership renewal, and infrastructural transformation.

13/09/2025

Igwe Nkala installs cabinet chiefs, as Governor’s intervention on Awgbu-Amaetiti-Okpeze road rekindles hope By Ifedi Okeke | Aguata News MediaAmaetiti, Orumba North LGA-September 12, 2025 The fertile land of Amaetiti, famed for its hardworking farmers, came alive in colour and splendour on Friday, September 12, 2025, as His Royal Highness, Igwe Romanus Nwafor Nwoye Nkala (Ezeoranyelu II of Amaetiti)...

Igwe Nkala installs cabinet chiefs, as Governor’s intervention on Awgbu-Amaetiti-Okpeze road rekindles hope By Ifedi Okeke | Aguata News MediaAmaetiti, Orumba North LGA-September 12, 2025 The ferti…

12/09/2025

Hilda Baci will not win this time...the pot is too large for person to handle...

12/09/2025

Video #03: When Your Club leader is chosen, elevated to become King, joy, humour, love increases. Ikenga community came alive with its maiden New Yam Festival, led by Igwe Akuakandu the First, Ike Ikenga the Third. Cultural dances, masquerades, and roasted yam sharing coloured the celebration. Special guests, the Great Dominion 2000 Friends Club of Nigeria, added glamour and support. Their presence and voices captured the spirit of unity and progress. Ikenga 2025… tradition meets friendship, in a festival to remember.

12/09/2025

Video #02: When Leaders of thought unite with their King, the Community can achieve anything. Ikenga community staged its historic maiden New Yam Festival with splendour. Igwe Akuakandu the First led the cutting of the new yam, followed by royal dance.Masquerades, music, and roasted yam brought colour and culture to life.Special highlight came from the Ikenga. United Brothers Club, a proud force in the town’s progress.Their voices and presence reflected unity, tradition, and brotherhood in Ikenga 2025.

12/09/2025

They said showbiz excels in extravagance, false NARRATIVES. Mr Eazi proves otherwise.

11/09/2025

Apart from wheel barrows, hoes, machetes, there are three levels of loans available by Federal Government for small businesses just this year and for farmers, those one will need your brother or anyone who can assist to surety you, by simply providing his Bvn and NIN, how many Anambra Man has taken bold step to do it for small farmers or businesses around? Tomorrow the Northern business men who leveraged on these, many times scale higher, some one will say the Igbos are not givien level playing field. You are either unaware, too rigid to associate with the Government and you then grow in your pace what your muscle can build, strengthen is not thesame with what Government can do for you.
Our people excuse Government loan of 10 million naira, and believe they will do it themselves, forgetting that when you take loans from Government and pay back, you are not only going to be given higher amount later, but you and Government become friends, partners, they think they are working with you even in policies they consider you,.... Moreso, you can afford 10 million naira, okay, but you used this chance to begin business association and relationship with the Federal Government, this is being smart.

Uninformed Igbo man stays away and later tells himself Ndi Hausa are receiving such loans as free gifts, but it is false.
Dangote started with the least amount you can begin with Federal Government, paid back, several times, by now, he can be given Trillions, some as Grants, others as loan...
Try and learn how Nigeria works, it will be good for you...
Federal Government loans, for small businesses and small farmers are maximum 10 million, you can just go and take 3 million the payment duration is three years, all of them. Do you know this?

11/09/2025

If Obi when he was Governor and felt Anambra could feed Nigeria through Mechanized farming, he could do it, simply, every year set up and encourage one large scale farming in every town in the State. In eight years we would have minus first year in office..,we would today have 7 working Mechanized farming in 179 communities in Anambra, we could comfortably feed Nigeria and have enough to export, he held executive office, not legislative position. By now if he talks about from consumption to production, he would simply refer to Anambra, 19 years after, but he has always said Niger is larger than Netherlands, Israel, and refer to China, Bangladesh like he never had full executive space to try something out.

11/09/2025

Obi's followers were like go to China, Bangladesh he should share tractor. But, the question is what was available, who are the recipients? You want a tractor to be given to people who have no any initial Mechanized farming. He attracted what was already funded in Nigeria's budget, channelled to actual people who needed them, then boom those who never had need of the implements started talking about China, Bangladesh like their oga, who has no correlation with theory and the real Nigeria.

11/09/2025

The way Obi followers escalated the innocent assistance of a Legislator. They started quotting China, Egypt, Bangladesh..

11/09/2025

As a Legislator, if the Budget has two cubes of Sugar as tools for citizens, in the Nation's budget, go and get them, look for those that need them in your Constituency and give them out do not be discouraged by headless, uninformed, lazy youths, they don't know and care about how their environment works, they get empty all day long, they think that a Legislator is a philanthropist, that is why they make ignorant comments around..