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 […]
PARAMILITARY: North 9 South 0
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 […]
Balancing equation @ correctional services
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 […]
Valentine day with Buhari
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 […]
Marwa, more than marijuana
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 […]
Bulldozer, Ejindu and Rangers monument
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 […]
Ndubuisi Kanu’s rainy salute
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 […]
Jan’ 66 anti-Igbo coup
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 […]
Bank born in church near lagoon
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.
Okocha, another Ikemba departs
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 […]
Why I admire Buhari
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 […]
