Henry Nwosu’s Aguda bomb, by Emeka Obasi
Bombs tormented Henry Onyemanze Nwosu all through the Civil War years while his family sought refuge in Biafra. As hostilities ceased in 1970, they relocated to Lagos to begin a new life. When the footballer started his career, Aguda Bombers was an attraction. By 1972, Nwosu was playing for Aguda Bombers, a youth team. That was how […]
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
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
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!
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
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.
And Buhari ate Anyim’s cake
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 […]
Nothing like Northern agenda
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 […]
ANYIM : Big, bold and reliable
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 […]
Eze War’s last bullet
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.
Obi and his Federal girls
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.
