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Ehizode: Canagerian for life, by Emeka Obasi

Ehizode: Canagerian for life, by Emeka Obasi

Welcome to Canada, the land where Nigeria’s first Commonwealth gold medal was achieved by Arinze Ifeajuna at Vancouver 1954. Daniel Igali won Olympic gold for the North Americans and also captained the team. Joe Ehizode, like many Nigerians, has found home in Surrey, British Columbia. He was a sports journalist before relocating nearly three decades ago. Denying […]
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Shetti-Bobo’s lovely sneakers

Shetti-Bobo’s lovely sneakers

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 […]

Adeleke, dancing and Davido

Adeleke, dancing and Davido

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.

Okowa: Moving step by step

Okowa: Moving step by step

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.

Sanwo-Olu, behold Akinsanya

Sanwo-Olu, behold Akinsanya

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.

Why Soludo needs Uzodimma

Why Soludo needs Uzodimma

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 […]

Bakare’s satanic verses on Balewa

Bakare’s satanic verses on Balewa

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 […]

Chinelo, another  Kaduna  casualty

Chinelo, another  Kaduna  casualty

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 […]

Tinubu and our Eagles

Tinubu and our Eagles

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, […]

Stop this war, Zelenskyy!

Stop this war, Zelenskyy!

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 […]

Aregbe needs Oyetola’s nod

Aregbe needs Oyetola’s nod

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.