He was born in Nigeria, eventually emigrating to the United Kingdom. At 21, he became the UK's youngest newspaper editor, editing the 10-edition Recorder Group in West London. After the Recorder, Nkwocha worked as programming editor of Broadcast Magazine, owned by Emap. He was also guest editor of international celebrity magazine, Society. He spent the last five of his journalistic years as a reporter at the News of the World weekly tabloid newspaper. Heavens Fire was subsequently published by Apex Publishing and made available through booksellers across the UK and on the internet.