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SIR A-ONE Author, orator and musician. He’s on: Twitter:	 @sira1drapper Instagram:	@sir_aone Facebook:	@newsman4truth Goodnews Eruemuare Born:	 Goodnews Andrew Eruemuare November 22, 1986 Ogbe-Udu town in Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria. Pen Name:	Sir A-One Occupation:	Writer Nationality:	Nigerian Alma Mater:	University of Port-Harcourt Cert. Delta State University B.A Genre:	Fiction, Non-Fiction Professional Bodies: The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA); Creative Writers’ Association of Nigeria (CWAN); Urhobo Studies Association (USA); Seaview Poetry Club (SPC) Positions Held As An Undergraduate At Delsu: Vice President, Linguistics And Urhobo Students’ Association (LUSA); President, LUSA Traditional Prime Minister, National Union Of Urhobo Students (NUUS); Coordinator, Final Year Brethren: St Paul’s Catholic Chaplaincy Founder:	Creative Writers’ Association of Nigeria (CWAN); Literary Temple Magazine (LTM). Positions Held: Financial Secretary ANA, Delta State Chapter; National President, CWAN. Acclaimed Titles: Literary Shrine Attendant (LSA); LITERARY Field Marshal (LFM) Coinages:	Pengician, Penufacturer, Penchanter, Inkhrenheit, Inkcraft, Penmatization, Pencraft and others CEO:	Literary Temple Magazine; Agebooks

Personal Details Goodnews Eruemuare attended Ogbe-Udu primary school; Oghior Comprehensive High school; St Vincent College, University of Port Harcourt (CERT); Delta State University (B.A Hons.) Linguistics/Urhobo. A bilingual writer, writing in Urhobo and English Languages. The linguist cum literati is a humble icon. The literary shrine attendant (LSA) has been around in the laboratory of literary creativity for a while. From February 2012 to October 2015 He studied at the four walls of the Delta State University (DELSU) Early Life and Education SIR A-ONE, the thirteenth oldest of fourteen siblings, was born in Ogbe-Udu, Delta State to Agberia Joseph-Eruemuare. His father worked as a Raffia Palm Tapper producing local gin at the commercial city of Abraka before his retirement. Despite the fact that A-One’s parents lacked formal education, his mother encouraged her son to do his best and leave the rest for God to bless. The father never supported his education, and was also hostile to him before he passed on September 2011. His major breakthrough or perhaps break forth came when his elder brother Engr. Friday O. Eruemuare struggle to train him despite the hardship. His Uncle Pius E. Eruemuare also encouraged him to face his studies, while as a nonacademic staff of DELSU, as an officer at exams and records, before he was transferred to establishment unit of the same institution. Career Before and during college Goodnews started tapping Rubber (Extracting Rubber Latex), Knitting fishing cages, scavenging for snails at odd hours of the day before riding miles for studies while at St. Vincent’s College, Okwagbe and Oghior Comprehensive high school. The proceeds from this he used to settle his school fees while at Oghior Comprehensive high school (private school then). The sight of a ghost forced him to stopped rubber business and thereafter went into Kerosene business, supplying and hawking from door to door in Ogbe-Udu Town. The spirit of entrepreneurship has been possessing him from infancy. Religious views Goodnews has been a Christian since he was 10 years old. He was born into the Africa Traditional Religion (ATR) where the mother do take him to shrine every Saturday. He actually converted himself to Christianity. And became a catechist of some sort at St. Patrick’s parish. St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Ogbe-Udu became his church alongside his father and mother’s church. After their conversion into the catholic faith. AWARDS AND HONOURS 2010, Pen Prize Award (PPA) 2013, Six Literary Awards from (CWAN) 2014, Award Of Excellence from LUSA 2015, Pengician of the Year Recognition from CWAN He was in RAW boys musical crew, which has the names of the three crew members as an acronym. RICHY A-ONE