In all accounts, it is impossible to name who really shot the first African to command United Nations forces and the first Nigerian general. What is certain is that the trigger was pulled by a Non Commissioned Officer ( NCO) after commissioned officers lost control of the rabid situation.

Those who use politics to confuse Nigerians must see the bond created by soccer in the last Naija Super8 Championships. At a time the polity was smeared with bloody interventions, Chief Adewunmi Ogunsanya made a bold statement. His Flykite Promotions is piloted by Jenkins Alumona. Naija Super8 brought compatriots together in Lagos. There was no […]

I lived in Biafra as a boy. I do not remember going through what I have experienced in Nigeria in the last 72 hours.

Leading Vipers of Benin to Challenge Cup glory was all that Victor Oduah needed to wear the Green Eagles captain’s band ahead of senior players like Ken Olayombo and Tony Igwe. It was evening time for substantive captain Godwin Achebe. At the Lagos ’73 Second All Africa Games, Oduah led Nigeria to soccer gold. Achebe […]

JAMB must be infested with reptiles. We may even convert the office to a mini zoo. We miss Prof. Sanya Onabamiro. The renowned Zoologist would have been able to explain similarities between the brain of a dinosaur and a thief

Many of Bangura’s country men have adopted Obi as the New Face of African democracy. I have friends and extended family members in Freetown. There are positive vibes coming from that part of the West African Sub Region, with strong Nigerian links

Of the three naval officers who won the war through sea battles, two, Michael Adelanwa and Akin Aduwo came from today’s South – West

Judges scare me with their looks especially when they put on ceremonial garb. As a kid, my impression was that whenever a judge wore red to the court room, he was bound to condemn someone to death. I never saw a smiling judge. Justice Haruna Tsammani is different. Justices Chukwudifu Oputa, Emmanuel Araka, Gabriel Orjiako, they […]

Welcome back to colonial Nigeria when there was no oil and few, very few, owned motor vehicles. Bicycle was class, owning one gave as much respect as living in European Quarters. Now, we know that petrol economy produced a band of criminals that finished the country. I wish Oloibiri did not exist. I wish politicians […]

By Emeka Obasi The puzzle behind the name Wrinkar Experience, the pop band that popped up in the early 1970s, pumped life into the entertainment industry and pulled out in less than two years is over. Ginger Emmanuel Kamdem Forcha told me the story. Forcha is a Cameroonian, from the French-speaking part but spent good […]

By Emeka Obasi Hudu Yunusa Ari is a lawyer employed by INEC as Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa. He was last seen, according to reports, flying away in a chartered aircraft while security agencies searched the ground in the bid to whisk him to Abuja for declaring unauthorised results. The last we heard was that […]

By Emeka Obasi What we call elections may not pass any test across the border. I hinged all hope on Mahmood Yakubu, a man so exposed to decency and organisation, to change the face of INEC and leave the stage an eternal hero. Unfortunately, everything went awry. Dee Sam Mbakwe looked at our system in […]

By Emeka Obasi Change was promised, expectations were high. It appeared many were shortchanged in an unending experiment that led to nowhere. The All Progressives Congress ( APC) enjoyed a free run until Peter Obi mounted the Soap Box through Labour Party. To be fair to APC, there was no opposition because the Peoples Democratic […]

By Emeka Obasi There is every reason to celebrate Highlife maestro, Mike Ejeagha, the man who turns folklore and proverbs to sweet music, maintains his integrity and leaves listeners filled with much respect for culture. At 93, wisdom is still flowing from his fountain. Ejeagha is different. Each of his tracks comes with lyrics that […]

By Emeka Obasi He is no Jack of all trade, this one knows his way round leadership and from the military, Jack Keonyemere Lincoln ( LKJ) Ogunewe is gradually settling into political engineering. For a man who enlisted as a teenager, his civility is infectious. Gen. Ogunewe has eyes on the Imo State Government House […]