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F/Eagles: Okoku backs Uwe, by Emeka Obasi

Andrew Uwe led the Flying Eagles to bronze at the USSR 1985 FIFA Under 20 World Championships. Later in the year, he was part of the Leventis United squad that played in the finals of the African Winners Cup. The towering defender featured for Iwuanyanwu Nationale in the finals of the1988 CAF Champions League. Now, […]
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Everything wrong with Nigeria, by Emeka Obasi

Anytime I drive to a petrol station, the pump price of products turns my insides out. Instead of enjoying windfall from crisis in the Middle East, Nigerians are forced to pay more for fuel. Citizens of a major oil producing nation are weeping, in the midst of plenty. President Bola Tinubu should not take all the blame. […]

Obi must not die! By Emeka Obasi

When those who get carried away by leadership begin to play God, it signals the beginning of a new chapter for the opposition. Whoever chose Benin City as the place to frighten the hell out of Peter Obi must be a dunderhead. The timing was  doomed, from the onset. In July 2014, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, then preparing […]

D.O. Martins dancing @90, by Emeka Obasi

All gratitude to God to see a 90 – year – man stand on his feet, move like a Sandhurst trained subaltern and dance better than most of his contemporaries. Engineer David Oladipo Williams, known to everyone as DO, is just a decade away from 100 years. DO who resides overseas, was in Lagos recently to celebrate […]

Alausa and bandit historians, by Emeka Obasi

I picked interest in Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa right from his appointment as minister of Education by president Bola Tinubu. His Chicago background bought me over when it is highlighted that he spent time at Cook County Hospital ( now known as The John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County). Over three decades ago, there […]

2027: Muslim/Muslim won’t fly, by Emeka Obasi

Religion will play a huge role in the 2027 presidential election as the world continues to watch events unfold in Nigeria, a plural society of diverse ethnic nationalities and multifarious interest groups presently grappling with imbalance. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must find a way to wriggle himself out of the Muslim/Muslim ticket that the All Progressives Congress […]

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