receive a Norwegian passport and become a Norwegian, the Football Association of Norway wanted me to play for the Norway national football team at that time and I must confess I gave it a thought for a long time, I had already played for Nigeria in one of their friendly matches which was one of the deciding factors in my final choice, I love Nigeria and I was well received by the senior players in Super Eagles, I had to walk up to them in Norway's Football Association of Norway and say no". Nigeria Obasi was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team that finished runners-up at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. After the end of the FIFA World Youth Championship, Obasi was called up by the senior national team for the first time on 17 August 2005, in a 1–0 defeat against Libya. In July 2008, Obasi was called up by Nigeria national under-23 football team. However, the club refused to let Obasi go to the Olympics, leading him to take the situation to FIFA. Eventually, Obasi was given permission by the club's management to compete with the national olympic team and helped the side finish runners-up at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. During the tournament, Obasi scored twice on 19 August 2008, in a 4–1 win over Belgium. In January 2010, Obasi was called up by the Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations. In the group stage, Obasi scored the opener in the 12th minute, but lost 3–1 against Egypt. Later in the tournament, Obasi helped the national team finish in third-place at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Algeria. Six months later, Obasi was included in the 23-man squad for the national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On matchday one, Obasi made his World Cup debut when he made his first start and played 60 minutes in a 1–0 against Argentina. On matchday three, Obasi set up a goal for Yakubu to score an equaliser, in a 2–2 draw against South Korea, but this was not enough for his side to progress out of the group stages. A year later, Obasi scored his fourth international goal for the side, in a 3–1 loss against Argentina. Since 2011, Obasi hasn't played for the national team, due to injury and being out of form and because he was not released by the