By Emeka Obasi Senator Kashim Shettima made unusual news at the premier Nigeria Bar Association  function which held in Lagos recently. He appeared in suits and sneakers, looking like one of Charlie Boy’s  performers. Shettima, who is the APC presidential running mate has been harangued by millions for not looking like a real English gentleman […]

Senator Ademola Adeleke dances with as much zeal as Michael Jackson, I guess that explains Jackson as one of his names. His nephew, Davido is also a big name in music so we are going to see dance parties in Osun for a long while.

Leadership gains so much from experience even when it is offered on a platter of gold. Quality evolves when power comes through years gained moving from one position to another in an upward journey.

We are paying so much attention to Abuja and the state governors. It should not be, development should start from the local government area where some chairmen and councilors surround themselves with praise singers.

By Emeka Obasi Strange things are happening in Igbo land, from the banks of River Niger to the thick forests of Nkalagu down to the creeks of Egbema. It is wake up time for the people and Governors Charles Soludo and Hope Uzodimma must unite for good. Soludo is the fresh air in the Anambra space […]

By Emeka Obasi Tunde Bakare is a politician whose rallies do not go beyond his pulpit in Lagos. He is very ambitious and dreams of becoming president. Politics is full of terminological inexactitudes so I am not shocked that he knows nothing about Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.Bakare is into everything, he switched from Islam to […]

By Emeka Obasi Tears and blood are all we see  daily in Kaduna while other states also receive regular doses of bloodbath, leaving the young, old, everyone, just everyone unsure of what tomorrow may bring. Chinelo Nwando Megafu ended her journey, a casualty.Chinelo, a Dental Surgeon, was on the train to Kaduna, from Abuja with […]

By Emeka Obasi There is little humour left in many  Nigerians possibly because fourth republic politics reset their brains in such a dreadful manner that even football, the nation’s only source of peaceful coexistence is bleeding with hate speech. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu took to the the pitch recently to celebrate his 70th birthday. Ordinarily, […]

By Emeka Obasi Technology grants power more bite than neo media. If you want to make fast returns in investment, definitely social media comes in handy. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is a lawyer who did so well acting films. The globe keeps going round. We have heard of balance of power, we passed through […]

Peace moves work better when all feuding parties are given opportunity to table their grievances. It does not matter from which angle such steps are brokered. Osun State governor Adegboyega Oyetola is accessible.

By Emake Obasi Politics without bitterness played out recently when former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim celebrated his 61st birthday in Abuja. It was a pleasant surprise to read President Muhammadu Buhari’s body language which revealed so much. The polity is so fouled by desperate politicians that one begins to wonder if all we have […]

By Emeka Obasi Some politicians just sit back in the comfort of their homes and create chaos in the country without citizens thinking straight. It sounds like voodoo, so much profit accrues from this shadow chasing which comes in form of Northern Agenda. This pseudo-politic is applied anytime change at the top becomes inevitable. The […]

 By Emeka Obasi The atmosphere smells sweeter across the River Niger divide following Senator Anyim Pius Anyim’s emergence as a Presidential contender. There are indications  that this declaration is igniting robust attention up North. I am particularly animated by this bold move by this equally bold man. Make no mistakes about it, Anyim Pius Anyim […]

I never saw him smile, he wore muffler and became the first governor of Enugu State in 1991. Herbert Obi Ezeh left the Nigeria Military School ( NMS) Zaria during the 1966 Pogrom. By 1967, he was a Biafran officer.

Ribs were cracked last Sunday in Lagos as former Anambra State governor Peter Obi narrated his experience in the South – East on September 7 during a trip from Nsukka to Onitsha. He ended up as a rescue operator.