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 […]

By Emeka Obasi Whatever the problem is with senators and Sheriff, I do not understand. Ovie Omo-Agege was marching to Government House, Asaba until Sheriff Oborevwori shut down that ambition. Ahmed Lawal was nearly eclipsed by Sheriff Machina. Omo-Agege is Deputy Senate President while Lawan occupies the seat of Senate President. They will keep seeing […]

By Emeka Obasi Lagos is too sophisticated for any group of individuals to divide along ethnic lines. Politicians are also tricksters, so the drums of war will not achieve anything at the end. The uninformed should learn from the experience of Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe. Zik was the first President of Nigeria. Born in Zungeru in the […]