Compatriots must stop profiling the Fulani as terrorists simply because armed Herdsmen have taken over all forests from the Atlantic to the Savannah. This is like going back to 1966 when thousands of Igbo were massacred and millions more killed during the Civil War for the offence of a few officers. We cannot shy away […]

There must be something to this name. While we shed tears following the passage of legendary Green Eagles captain, Christian Chukwu, there are soothing words from his name sake, Air Vice Marshal Christian Chukwu (retd). Many similarities. These Chukwus hail from Enugu State. Both were given national honours. They survived air crash and went through danger battling […]

Thanks to Chief Kanayo Esinulo’s book, ‘Ojukwu : Exile, Diplomacy and Survival’, the truth about the one commonly referred to as Biafran rebel leader, is emerging. General Ibrahim Babangida’s revelation may just be what Nigerians need, to turn a new leaf. Indeed, General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu – Ojukwu believed so much in Nigeria that all through his twelve […]

Lagos today, Jakarta tomorrow. You will hardly see Peter Obi relying entirely on second hand news, for the Labour Party leader is a man of the globe, flying across continents in search of knowledge and solution to basic problems that turn nations to tigers. When you see Obi wearing the trademark black Indonesian cap with a matching […]

Grannie Ngwo Elizabeth Pam flew to Enugu in search of Major Humphrey Chukwuka, the man who led her husband, Col. James Yakubu Pam, to death on January 15, 1966. It was a mission that showed the humanity in the Pam family. Mrs Pam went to Col. Patrick Anwunah and asked for Chukwuka. When the retired major […]

General Emeka Ojukwu breezed into the Green Eagles locker room to cheer them up before a game against Togo in Abidjan. That was in 1983, a year after he was granted Presidential pardon and that experience continues to thrill Paul Okoku. The Eagles were pleasantly surprised to have in their midst a man they had heard […]

The book title veered off my expectations, I thought Offiong Esua would write about how the Nigerian factor denied his maternal grandfather the much deserved position of First Indigenous Chief Justice or why members of the family avoid politics after their paternal grandfather supervised elections in the First Republic. ‘Trenchant Focus’, Dollar for Dollar, is Esua’s entry […]

What a bumper dance hall party there is in Heaven as Angels welcome Mrs Cordelia Ogbonne Anibeze with a ceremonial parade. And commanding the saintly Guard of Honour is  Sylvester Chidobu Anibeze who will be reuniting with his darling after 59 years. I am sure Ma Anibeze, 94, is already doing Gwo gwo ngwo with her love. […]

She turned 70 on January 11, 2025. Sorounded by Army officers, Mrs Caroline Olufunke Kofo knows what it means to serve the country, at home and abroad. Her husband retired from the Army as a Colonel, her first son is a serving Colonel and first daughter is married to a top officer. Many of us may not […]

Many of us saw the good times when the Head of State moved freely in an open Rolls Royce or Jaguar and put smiles on the faces of children as they exchanged waves. Dr. Johnson Tomisin (JT) Kalejaiye relishes his first eye contact with General Yakubu Gowon. On this particular day in 1972, Gowon was moving around […]