The movement called Obi, by Emeka Obasi
When you see Peter Obi moving from one part of the country to another and globe trotting without inhibitions, check very well, he represents something different which attracts hope in an economy that keeps depressing citizens without any cure in sight. Right now, it is not about Obi possessing the magic wand that will turn […]
Ginger Forcha’s Wrinkar experience
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 […]
Fairy tales from Adamawa
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 […]
Expatriate as INEC boss
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 […]
PO sweetened our politics
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 […]
Gentleman Mike Ejeagha @93
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 […]
