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IME OBI (Obi of Onitsha Palace) Awka Road Inland Town.

Obi of Onitsha!

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asorocker:
I knew this was going to happen to onitsha mall, there would be so much patronage that Shoprite would recover investments within 6 months and there would be rush for more shopping malls, this would be good for onitsha people but bad for the traders and owners of shops, kiosk and even the omata traders, they might have to go back to the drawing board now before it shows on their profits.


Eventually the whole of this great city will be covered with shopping malls

Nigeria is moving, and the traders need to step up their levels. They can pull resources and upgrade their markets to international standards to start with.

Rossikk:
Nigeria is moving, and the traders need to step up their levels. They can pull resources and upgrade their markets to international standards to start with.

It is now a 'must'

Medplus Pharmacy, Onitsha Mall Park Road, GRA Onitsha Now Open!

Inside All Saints Onitsha

All Saints

This is Onitsha's All Saint Cathedral!

more still needs to be done and you are doing a gud job

tooco:
more still needs to be done and you are doing a gud job

Gbam

Onitsha

This is how the proposed 2 Niger bridge will look!

Paterson Centre Onitsha

Inside View!

Unseen view of the glorious Paterson Centre Onitsha!

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Paterson Conference Centre Onitsha!.

The Muilti Million Naira Studio @ Paterson Centre Onitsha!

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Obi of Onitsha unveils Chimedie Museum

History was made recently when the Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, CFR, mni, unveiled his plan to build a world-class museum – the Chimedie Museum.

The museum is to serve as a centre of excellence for the development and promotion of African art, and to help create a future in which African art achieves greater relevance and sustainability such that it becomes a key development resource.

The monarch, who also marked the 75th birthday as well as his 14th anniversary on the throne on the day, launched the museum as a private endowment for the benefit of the public.

Speaking at the launch, which had dignitaries including the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, in attendance, the Obi of Onitsha said the museum would make Onitsha and the entire Anambra State destinations of choice for business, tourism and leisure.

He said, “It is our intent to build an edifice, which will become a reference centre for our history and culture, relating the past with the present for the benefit of the future. For instance, it is from the hundreds of museums around the world that we derive most of our knowledge about life in ancient Egypt, Greece, the Roman Empire, China, India, and Nigeria, among the world’s great civilisations.

“The big difference with Nigeria is that we have not cared to preserve our heritage, the best of which now reside in foreign museums, where we and our future generations will painfully visit if we must know about our past. Today’s event is the beginning of a private journey to reverse that trend for Onitsha Ado N’Idu, Anambra State and, to some extent, Nigeria.

“The museum that we are about to launch today is named after Obi Chimedie, my direct royal ancestor. Chimedie was the son of Eze Aroli, who was the son of Obi Chimaevi, who was the son of Ezechima the founding father of Onitsha Ado N’Idu. My more immediate ancestor, Orezeobi, was the first son of Chimedie. Having taken so many generations and a few hundreds of years for the descendant of Orezeobi to mount the throne of Ezechima, we thought it appropriate to name the museum after Chimedie, the father of Orezeobi”.

The museum, which was designed by Architect Theo Lawson, the creator of Freedom Park in Lagos, will start up with the monarch’s personal collection of modern African Art numbering over 1200 pieces at the present time, and amongst the finest collections of visual art in Nigeria; all his royal paraphernalia and those of his predecessors that may be available, including photographs, music and video recordings, apparels, jewelleries, ornaments, etc.; as well as hhistoric documents and research materials, including the digital copies of the entire academic materials built up by Professor Richard and Dr. Mrs. Helen Henderson, who devoted their entire academic life to the socio-anthropological study of Onitsha.

Igwe Achebe noted that the Chimedie Museum Trust Foundation had been duly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as a not-for-profit independent trust and a board of trustees would soon be constituted.

He also said the land for the museum had been allocated in his name by the state government and he had executed an irrevocable Deed of Gift conveying the land to the Chimedie Museum Trust Foundation.

The monarch added that the museum will be a ccentre for education and enlightenment on the history and culture of Onitsha and Igboland.

“The museum will in due course be linked with one of our universities and become a Centre for Onitsha and Igbo Studies. Our daughter and distinguished academic, Professor Nkiru Nzegwu, of the State University of New York in Binghamton, New York, has painstakingly built up a bibliography of over 500 sources of published materials on Onitsha and related subjects. The museum will equally painstakingly acquire such materials over time to become a research centre,” he said.

Obiano, who performed the foundation-laying ceremony, was full of praise for the initiative and noted that the museum would help his administration in its bid to develop tourism in the state.

Meanwhile, the Chimedie Museum Trust Foundation is engaged in discussion with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to endow a prize for an annual award for creative excellence to a graduating student of the Department of Fine Arts.

The Chimedie Museum will also continue to host the annual Oreze Art Exhibition during Ofala Onitsha.

Architect Theo Lawson explains the model of the Chimedie Museum to the Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe (Middle) and Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano (Left)

Read more at: http://www.cityvoiceng.com/obi-of-onitsha-unveils-chimedie-museum/

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Happening now; Remains of Fr Nicholas Tagbo arrives CKC, Onitsha, Governor Obiano among dignitaries in attendance.

Matching along Oguta road Onitsha.

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