Christian Madu versus Mensah, by Emeka Obasi
Ghanaians regard Robert Mensah as their best goalie, ahead of Edward Doodo Ankrah, John Naawu, Joseph Carr, John Baker and Richard Kingston. One man who found a way round the goalie was Christian Madu, a Nigerian born in Kumasi. Madu’s salad days in the Gold Coast were spent with his parents, Herbert and Ezinne, who […]
Okosisi’s last words on Ukiwe
Nigerians find it difficult to quit office even when humiliation and suspicions stare them in the face. Chief Oko Ebitu Ukiwe kept his head high and walked away as No.2 in 1986.
Murtala snatched Ogbemudia from Ojukwu
One young officer who understood his teacher well enough was Murtala Mohammed. As a cadet at the Regular Officers Special Training School [ROSTS] Teshie, Ghana, he emerged tops in Captain Emeka Ojukwu’s Tactics class.
‘Unknown soldiers’ raid Umahi’s house
Nollywood best describes the situation in Nigeria, a country where anything goes. Afrobeat musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, captured the contradictions early enough and was dismissed as a nonconformist by some of those in power.
Dare: Minister for junkies and cultists
This sports minister comes with a lot of difference. Sunday Dare must not fail because so much is expected of him. So far, there are no strictures from anyone and the man’s first outing in Morocco was not bad at all.
United States, Ndigbo are inseparable
Quite unfortunate how 77 young men who joined the fast lane will keep Nigerians busy in the next couple of days as America’s FBI synergizes with the EFCC in the bid to turn in some of these fast fingers.
