Nigeria: Stepping back from a major blunder on world stage, By Owei Lakemfa
At first glance, it appeared the Tinubu administration is well-versed in international politics which is why in its clean sweep of the missions, it retained the two UN missions. But a glance at its reason for exempting these missions which is “…in view of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, holding later this month”, gives the impression that it may not have fully grasped the implications of yanking off the Chair of the ILO within three months of his 12-month tenure.
Onward Western soldiers, marching to Third World War, By Owei Lakemfa
The gathering of 32 European countries and their North American first cousins in Lithuania under the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, is the clearest indication yet, that they want to put humanity on the path to another World War. British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, made a truthful summary of the July 11-12, 2023 NATO Summit […]
Joblessness, idleness and feigned piety, By Owei Lakemfa
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu-Gambari, as a former Justice of the Court of Appeal, ought to know that Nigeria is a secular country. As a graduate of the Nigeria Law School, he should know that Section 10 of our country’s Constitution states in simple English that: The government of the federation or […]
We’re beasts not humans: Italy’s new law of the sea, By Owei Lakemfa
Who can call Italy to order? It is not listening to the UN, EU, international organisations or the Vatican; Italy prefers to be lawless and treat human life with the type of levity it does not treat even its animals
A good obstetrician is not the brilliant, but one that delivers safely, By Owei Lakemfa
I need not tell President Tinubu to beware of those who praise him for engaging in a sprint in the first four weeks of his administration when he is actually in a four-year marathon race
Xi, Biden and Putin: Big men in a small world, By Owei Lakemfa
The real dictator is Biden who with a hawkish foreign policy built on a war culture and industry, is wrecking peace moves and pushing non-diplomatic solutions in a conflict-weary world
