MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AFTER ALLEGEDLY THROWING CHILDREN FROM STOREY BUILDING IN ABA. (PHOTO).
DEVELOPING STORY: Man Found Unconscious After Allegedly Throwing Children From Storey Building in Aba A man was reportedly found unconscious but still breathing after allegedly falling from a storey building at New Phase of Umuobe by Barracks, Opobo Road, Obignwa, Abia State. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, has caused panic among residents of the area. Eyewitnesses told Magic FM Aba that the man allegedly threw two of his children from the building before attempting to throw down his wife. However, the circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear. The two children were reportedly rushed to a hospital for medical attention. As of the time of filing this report, Magic FM Aba could not independently confirm their condition or whether they survived the fall. The man, who sustained an injury to the head, was still lying in front of his house and had yet to receive assistance as of the time of this report. Witnesses said he was unconscious but still breathing. Reside...
While digging a well in his compound in Igbo-Ukwu in 1939,a villager named Isiah Anozie struck some objects.He them out,piled them against the wall of his hut and not realizing their importance,he invited his friends and neighbours to take any pieces they wanted.Months later,J.O Field,the colonial British district officer of the area,learned of the bronzes.He purchased most of them to keep them together and reported the finds in an anthropology journal publication.In the dry season of 1959-60,the site was excavated at the request of the Nigerian Federal Department of Antiquities.The excavation was led by Thurstan Shaw,the first trained archaeologist to work in British West African.He was assisted by Mallam Liman Ciroma.In 1964,Shaw and his team again excavated in Igbo-Ukwu this time for the Institute of African sturdies,University of Ibadan,where he had an appointment as Research Professor.The team dug in an area east of the previous finds,in the compound of Jonah Anozie.They named the site Igbo-Jonah which is the third site.In 1970,he published a two volume monograph on his findings,and later books that added to his scholarship.He established that the site was for the burials of Nri Elite,who was surrounded by grave goods of high quality.The bronze pieces were made by the sophisticated lost wax technique.Shaw demonstrated by these finds that indigenious tribes had become highly sophisticated craftmen long before they had come into contact with Arabs or Europeans.More findings below. 
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