By Emeka Obasi When it rains it pours, that is the lot of All Progressives Congress stalwart, Chief Modestus Okechukwu Umenzekwe. Events began on February 26, with the demise of publicist and writer, Chief Uche Ezechukwu, followed by Princess Felicia Umenzekwe ( nee Ezechukwu) on March 2, and Dr. Vitus Ezechukwu on April 2. It […]

By Emeka Obasi International soccer in Nigeria did not begin with UK Tourists of 1949. There was an inter colonial match with the Gold Coast in 1938 at Onikan, Lagos and the hosts were captained by, Shittu Ademola Fashola, of Posts and Telegraphs ( P and T). It is therefore incorrect that Etim Richard Henshaw, […]

By Emeka Obasi America was his dream, land of opportunity. Otenkwa Dele Ndubuisi Udo bagged a degree, got himself a teenage wife and rushed back home to represent his country only to be murdered by a policeman for daring to mention the United States. Fela did a track with Ojuelegba. Whizkid did too, much later. […]

By Emeka Obasi Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, missed an opportunity to push for fair play in Federal Government appointments when Senate President Ahmed Lawan visited Owerri recently. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was also in the state. Uzodinma feels very much at home with Lawan, having served as senator for eight years between 2011 and […]

During one live performance, Uwaifo was doing his thing with the guitar and the atmosphere was electrifying By Emeka Obasi Professor Victor Efosa Uwaifo is indeed out of this world. He is a Professor of Arts, a Platinum winner, business tycoon,administrator and a proud Bini man. As the Guitar Boy turned 80 on March 1, […]

By Emeka Obasi This is not soccer where Super Falcons battered Nzalang Femenino of Equatorial Guinea 9-0 in Turkey. It smells like a game and the best way to describe it is nine kpondo in pidgin. I am talking about appointments in Nigeria Paramilitary Agencies. The situation report is that all nine paramilitary organisations are […]

New Service chiefs were appointed recently and the South-East geo-political zone was ignored. No officer of South-East extraction has so far been deemed fit to head any of the various para- military agencies By Emeka Obasi I see myself as a stakeholder in what was known as Nigerian Prisons Service but changed to Nigerian Correctional Services […]

The women say the men have failed everyone. Bello was not listening when I heard this. And that is why they have fenced off all male intruders. By Emeka Obasi Give it to women, they came into the world with so much power that many men in power are just tools used efficiently to achieve […]

By Emeka Obasi Something different must come the way of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following Ambassador Mohammed Buba Marwa’s appointment as Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer. I saw him resume, wearing shirt and long pants. Marwa did not storm office in suits or flowing gown, the one a Turkish hotel attendant described as […]

By Emeka Obasi If you were away from soccer in the 1970s, keep reading until you discover the mass movement called Enugu Rangers. The Flying Antelopes represented more than football for they transformed from club to Renaissance. One of those who made us love them, Nwabueze Peter Nwankwo, is no more. We all knew him […]

By Emeka Obasi As a student I stood close to the podium that carried first governor of  Imo State, Lt. Commander Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu during May 27 ,1976 Children’s Day celebrations at the Owerri Township Stadium. The heavens opened up. Kanu’s aides quickly rushed to his Aide de Camp(ADC), Sub. Lt Anthony Oguguo with an […]

By Emeka Obasi Questions should be asked and answers provided. The January 15, 1966 plot, the first Military coup in the History of Nigeria, was aimed at destroying all that was ever achieved by the Igbo. The consequences are staring us all in the face. Ndigbo entered the First Republic on a high note and […]

Crises are part of our being as human, they come in different forms. Ability to crawl out of them makes one stronger. These are definitely not the best of times for the White House of the Nigerian banking sector.

By Emeka Obasi Just when we were about to celebrate this great scholar who rose from the ashes of the Asaba genocide, death came like a thief to snatch him away. Prof. Emma Okocha wrote until the worst happened. What many did not want to be exposed, he did and in the process was also […]

By Emeka Obasi President Muhammadu Buhari impresses me as a good learner and follower. Those who were shouting change were more interested in their pockets than our common good. I am sure they never sat down with the general to discuss anything. Honestly, many of those who sold candidate Buhari had no plans. They forced […]