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Ehizode: Canagerian for life, by Emeka Obasi

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 […]
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Dankwambo and the Northern question

Dankwambo and the Northern question

By Emeka Obasi What we all feared is facing everyone at the moment. The country is not at war with itself, the people are just not comfortable with themselves. This is Balance of Terror in the real sense of it.  The Biafrans are bombing with their agitation, there is the Arewa red card and Oduduwa […]

Sultan and his Igbo friends

Sultan and his Igbo friends

The heat is all over the country. There is smoke, no fire yet and I have to commend prominent compatriots who rose in unison against the threat of kicking out every Igbo from the far North.

Eastern Region in One Nigeria

Eastern Region in One Nigeria

Events are unfolding fast, truth is, Nigeria as we see it today may not stay in one piece unless certain issues are addressed before the end of the Muhammadu Buhari era. Echoes of freedom, separation and restructuring are booming.

Igbo presidents and Yoruba Chief Justices

Igbo presidents and Yoruba Chief Justices

Those who think that the South must continue to play second fiddle in the scheme of things must be told the truth: There is every reason to give honour to those below the divide.

How Nigeria can bury Biafra

How Nigeria can bury Biafra

This we sang as kids about 50 years ago, the Biafran National anthem. Play this on your organ today and see reminiscences of yore. It is sad that 47 years after General Yakubu Gowon proclaimed: ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ and flashed his three Rs[Reconciliation, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction], areas that were known as Biafra still look like they are not part of oil rich Nigeria.