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 […]

By Emeka Obasi Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings put Nigerian military generals in deep blue funk when he assumed office as military ruler in Ghana 41 years ago. His country was preparing for elections just like Nigeria. Rawlings escaped death by a whisker as other ranks released him from maximum confinement where he awaited execution. […]

By Emeka Obasi Nigerian History without Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu is like gun without bullet. Love him, hate him. Rebel leader or General of the people’s Army, there is much to learn from the earthly sojourn of this son of a multi millionaire who though not as wealthy, affected the globe more than his dad. Emeka […]

By Emeka Obasi Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa saw it coming. In 1962, Emmanuel Adu Olawaiye, led a team of five policemen comprising three officers and two other ranks to Malaya. The Nigerian government sent the cops on a course that culminated in the birth of the Police Mobile Force (PMF). The PMF came in […]

By Emeka Obasi It all began with George Taubman Goldie, the imperialist who deceived his home government by gaining a dubious charter that guaranteed him right to loot territories, from the Coast to Savannah. The Royal Niger Company (RNC) began the plunder of what later became Nigeria. There was also Captain James Robert Phillips. Acting […]

By Emeka Obasi Our leaders, from Local Government to Abuja, need a full dose of History just before assumption of office. President Muhammadu Buhari must write his name in gold now. He came to power in 2015 promising change. It is not late to put things in order for the country to move forward. Our […]