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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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Kano 22 and athletes’ welfare, by Emeka Obasi

Kano 22 and athletes’ welfare, by Emeka Obasi

What was supposed to be a beautiful chapter in the organisation sports in the country ended tragically with the death in a fatal crash of 22 athletes from Kano State on their way back from Abeokuta after the Gateway 2024 National Sports Festival. Although the Federal Road Safety Commission  (FRSC) hastily concluded that overspeeding and fatigue […]

Borno needs a Tompolo, by Emeka Obasi

Borno needs a Tompolo, by Emeka Obasi

President Bola Tinubu must task the Vice President with the job of making Borno State calm again. Professor Babagana Zulum deserves commendation for braving difficult conditions in search of normalcy. We all need Maiduguri to be peaceful, like in the past. The problem I have with Kanuri leaders is that they have not been able […]

Chukwueke’s July 29 pain, by Emeka Obasi

Chukwueke’s July 29 pain, by Emeka Obasi

The easiest way to ease the pain of 1966 is to continue to let everyone know what happened from January to August of that year. There was no reason to go to war if those soldiers and their collaborators remained in their barracks and looked away from politics. Chukwuemeka  Chukwueke was eight weeks old when  […]

How Shagari fought insecurity, by Emeka Obasi

How Shagari fought insecurity, by Emeka Obasi

What we see across the country today can only be surmounted through a decisive Presidential agenda devoid of politics and sentiments. Alhaji Shehu Shagari, faced with similar security threats, wasted no time in restoring order. Shagari was still in his first year in office when Islamic fundamentalists, led by Muhammadu Marwa, better known as Maitatsine, visited terror […]

Tinubu’s ‘BOY – BOY’ politicians, by Emeka Obasi

Tinubu’s ‘BOY – BOY’ politicians, by Emeka Obasi

There is a thin line between Stomach Infrastructure and Treachery. President Bola Tinubu will be in tears following the looming defections from other parties to the All Progressives Congress (APC). His question should sound like – where are the men? Those who think the new normal is to fraternise with Aso Villa as turncoats probably do […]