Images of Ebiraland

Background of the Man Herbert Bishop Haruna was born in 1924 at Okene, a town in Kogi state (then Kabba Province). His father was polygamous and therefore Mrs. Elizabeth Ibegu Haruna (mother of Bishop Haruna), was one of many wives in Yakubu family. Two interesting thing about this family are that; 1.it is a royal family and stood for all that Ebira arristocracy had to offer; the other two arms of the family tree being of course the Atta and Ochunu Onukoko forming the big royal family that produced Bishop Haruna 2. Papa Yakubu being a muslim accepted the tennets of Islam with regards to marriage and therefore warmly and willingly embraced polygamy but the point of interest here is that Herbert broke away from this strict family tradition to become a christian. This gives crdence to the saying 'ce sera sera' (whatever will be will be). One can see the rationale behind why the Herbert of later years, zealously held on to views he strongly believed in. From contemporary experience...

Similar to Gorigo Omehi (Bride Sesame seed) which heralded a new era in Gorigo sales in Ebiraland, ESS Farm Centre - the Agricultural division of ESS Project Concepts - has a new definition to UZZI, as it commences herbal tea production with the Bitter Leaf. Produced from ESS Farm Centre, Off Asa Dam Road, Ajegunle in Ilorin Kwara state of Nigeria, UZZI (Herbal tea) is packaged towards supporting the nation's campaign for sugar reduction in Nigerians. The product which comes in a tea bag (like Lipton tea) helps in regulating fat and sugar level in the blood and the heart. Proudly produced in Nigeria, Uzzi herbal Tea is ESS Project Concepts' contribution to Nigerian GDP and its expected to compete favourably with other tea products in Nigeria. Traditionally, Uzzi is a special soup to Ebiras and often prepared with lot of bush meat and fresh fish. This is another proud product of Ebiraland, absolutely Nigerian!