Kwame tasks NFF, LSFA, by Emeka Obasi
In what appears to be a middle way out of the ownership tussle between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Lagos State Football Association, (LSFA) veteran stakeholder, Arthur Kwame believes compromise is the best solution. Kwame who served Lagos and the nation has the History of the disputed NFF Liaison Office,at 146/148 Ogunlana Drive […]
Ma Anibeze’s Heavenly Trumpet, by Emeka Obasi
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. […]
Kofo lauds soldiers’ wives, by Emeka Obasi
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 […]
Between Kalejaiye and Gowon, by Emeka Obasi
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 […]
Anyaegbunam, Makarios and Aham, by Emeka Obasi
This bandit called death continues to traumatise humans. It comes with no milk of kindness or pity, snatching people you cherish, man, woman, old and young. Unfortunately, life continues while the dead journey to an unknown Planet. The year 2024 has taken some of my tiny crowd. Wonderful people in their own rights who made […]
ABATI VS TOS BENSON, by Emeka Obasi
Wounded politicians are highly inflammable, little wonder many turn to communicable disease when power eludes them. In 1959, Chief Theophilus Owolabi Shobowale (TOS) Benson, became Nigeria’s first Minister of Information. A year before Reuben Abati was born, Benson lost his ministerial position after the 1964 General Elections. The man who gave him sleepless nights was […]
