Ehizode: Canagerian for life, by Emeka Obasi
Welcome to Canada, the land where Nigeria’s first Commonwealth gold medal was achieved by Arinze Ifeajuna at Vancouver 1954. Daniel Igali won Olympic gold for the North Americans and also captained the team. Joe Ehizode, like many Nigerians, has found home in Surrey, British Columbia. He was a sports journalist before relocating nearly three decades ago. Denying […]
Ademulegun: 60 years of pain by Emeka Obasi
Orphaned when parental care was most needed, the children of Brigadier Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun and his spouse, Latifat Feyisitan Abike ( nee Ekemode – Noble ) are at sea about the burial site of their parents who were murdered sixty years ago, in Kaduna.
Anthony Joshua’s Nigeria story, by Emeka Obasi
His love for parents’ country of of birth is rock solid. Anthony Joshua deserves our support in this period of grief following a traffic accident that claimed the lives of his friends,, Latif Kevin Ayodele and Sina Ghemi on the Lagos – Ibadan highway. The height of patriotism is to believe in your country, irrespective of the […]
South – East Ready For 2027, by Emeka Obasi
I see Nigeria’s light come shining in 2027 with President Bola Tinubu wearing the garb of a true Statesman, determined to bring the much desired change that will permanently bring the Civil War which began in 1967, to a deserved end. Tinubu’s way to the top may still be a subject of scrutiny but what […]
Biafra: Stop the noise! By Emeka Obasi
People sacrificed their lives fighting for you, many wasted their active years in the bush only to be abandoned at the end of the Civil War. The effects are here now, MASSOB, IPOB, power drunk 419ers, there will be no peace until we remember those who died defending Ndigbo. My message is clear. Until the Igbo, as […]
From C-130 to Sambissa, by Emeka Obasi
War, they say, is a series of surprises. Those who dread death stay away from it, this is enough reason to salute our heroes, including Brig. General Musa Uba ,who go to battle, bent on keeping compatriots safe from invaders and terrorists. Uba, Commanding Officer, 25 Task Force Brigade was lost in an ambush by Islamic State […]
2027: Tinubu needs Trump, by Emeka Obasi
These are indeed trying times when we must stay away from the usual local propaganda that will only harden the minds of those who should mean well for all of us. American president Donald Trump is on the same page with president Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The big deal here is insecurity. Indeed Nigeria is under siege. […]
Sawyerr’s Landers hit 50, by Emeka Obasi
The atmosphere went back fifty years as the hall was filled with boys and girls who exited Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School, Lagos in 1975. They refer to themselves as Landers. I landed at Zen Garden Chinese Restaurant, Ikeja GRA, with this class. The 1975 set was celebrating 50 years of Great Reunion. I was invited by Captain […]
Agbogidi, Asika in Nafest
Those who do not know Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe are missing out in so many areas. The Obi of Onitsha, a lover of Arts and Culture, is as polished as the most exposed diplomat and knows almost everything about global oil economy. Ojinnaka Obi Asika, Director – General of National Council for Arts and Culture, […]
Agbogidi, Asika in Nafest, by Emeka Obasi
Those who do not know Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe are missing out in so many areas. The Obi of Onitsha, a lover of Arts and Culture, is as polished as the most exposed diplomat and knows almost everything about global oil economy. Ojinnaka Obi Asika, Director – General of National Council for Arts and Culture, […]
C-130’s Biafran Touch, by Emeka Obasi
Major Davis Okoroji died with his uncle Major E.O. Amechi Okoro on their way back to Jaji, Kaduna State in 1992. Both officers hailed from Onicha Ezinihitte, in the Mbaise area of Imo State.The C- 130 Hercules military aircraft that was supposed to fly them to Kaduna, crashed shortly after take – off from the Murtala Mohammed […]
