Military dictatorship
In September 1974, he co-founded "Winston-Salem Chronicle" in Winston-Salem (a weekly newspaper that focuses on the African-American community) and in 1986 he founded "The Nigeria Monitor" the first Weekly newspaper in Nnewi. He raised local readers awareness on local politics and community affairs, which earned him the nickname "Monitor". However, in the 1990s, the Military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha suppressed freedom of the press in Nigeria.