Goodluck Okechukwu2020: Fall, But Rise AgainAnd that was why when June came, bringing the cold stare of death to my face, I had to re-examine my life. Recovery took away virtually all…Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2020
Goodluck OkechukwuIn Saturday’s Lekki Toll Gate Protest, The #EndSARS Campaign Reveals Its True Nature and Defies All…A rail of men had formed by the gate of the police quarters, standing shoulder to shoulder, anchoring their elbows, forming a long chain of…Oct 20, 2020Oct 20, 2020
Goodluck OkechukwuMy Father Died Last YearFew days after he had died and was conveyed to the mortuary, Mama Chibuzor, his only sister, reported to have seen him alive and walking…Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020
Goodluck OkechukwuOtodo-Gbame as the Starting Gate of a Budding WriterJamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist had been gruesomely murdered, and there was I, following a man whose wrist suddenly went bad…Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020
Goodluck OkechukwuMy Landlord Has Gone Mad Again“I had been away from Lagos for two weeks, held up in the East as I followed professional and business errands when the hapless landlord…Aug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020
Goodluck OkechukwuRecalling A Memory“But that, too, is the metaphor of Muhammad Buhari: a name once glorified for incorruptible repute, but can no longer pass the mouth…Aug 14, 20201Aug 14, 20201
Goodluck OkechukwuKedu Nigeria? Independence Day LamentationNigeria is 59 today and she is nothing but a mere geographical expression. Continuing Obafemi Awolowo’s observation, Nigeria remains a…Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019
Goodluck OkechukwuI want to pursue football first before going to schoolIt is Monday afternoon, few minutes past 12pm, July 15, and 20 year old Abdullah Kasali sits in a game shop with a pad in his hands.Jul 16, 2019Jul 16, 2019
Goodluck OkechukwuThe Impossibility of Igbo PresidencyLocked in a little pocket on a big map, they grind, rumble and many times tumble. Such is the history of the Igbo people, so many times…Nov 9, 2018Nov 9, 2018
Goodluck OkechukwuHe mounted the podium and declared he belong to everybody and to nobody: that should have given…There were times of decent hope, when it seemed and people believed, that this man might intend well and is capable to deliver but he still…Oct 8, 2018Oct 8, 2018