Internationalist Segun Osoba, reunites Nigerian radicals, by Owei Lakemfa
The internationalist, intellectual, radical historian and generally accepted leader of the Nigerian Left, Olusegun Osoba, left on May 14, 2026, at 92. What followed the exit of a man who greatly influenced and led three generations of Nigerian radicals was a twenty-six-day programme of celebrating his life, times and works. It was as if a father […]
The Chief of Defence as chief of complaints, lamentations, By Owei Lakemfa
When the military is pointing an accusing finger at bodies like the Executive, Judiciary, Immigration and Correctional Services, it should know that its other four fingers are pointing at itself
Once upon Weah, By Owei Lakemfa
George Weah by accepting electoral defeat even when the votes were being counted, and calming down the electorate, scored perhaps the most beautiful goal of his life
Let us reset by deporting Saudis, By Owei Lakemfa
That clearly is an attempt by Saudi Arabia to present Nigerians as scammers who are so crooked that the alleged incorrect information they supplied could not be detected.
Masters of the game: Britain plucks Cameron to regain balance, By Owei Lakemfa
Nigerians would remember Cameron as the world leader who in May 2016 poetically described Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” country
Governors, thugs and settlement of disputes, By Owei Lakemfa
IN 2011, we in the Trade Union Movement were worried that the new National Minimum Wage of N18,000 consented to by the Federal and State governments, and signed into law the previous year, was not being implemented. Negotiations had gone pretty well with the Federal Government, but had hit a brick-wall when its team said […]
On Judgement Day, I will say, I stood for humanity, By Owei Lakemfa
IF on Judgement Day, the Lord asks me what I did while the Palestinians were being exterminated like flies, I will say, I stood up to protest, to campaign against the genocide. I will say I wrote against the world leaders who want an-eye-for-an-eye, a tooth-for-a-tooth. “My Lord,” I will say, “ I tried to […]
No Hope for democracy, By Owei Lakemfa
While there are disputes about the identity of the attackers which the state government claimed are aggrieved workers but the NLC says are thugs of the government aided by the police
John Shinkaiye: An African great straddles world stage, By Owei Lakemfa
Given his role in this transition, the new African Union snatched Shinkaiye and he became a sort of legend in the continental body.
Blessed are the human rights defenders, By Owei Lakemfa
MY mind raced back 34 years as I stood on Saturday in the assembly of human rights defenders who had gathered in Ilorin. Back in 1989, some of us had the choice either to surrender or confront the rampaging Generals who had seized both power and the national treasury and were ruling Nigerians as they […]
Clara Pulido: Daughter of Fidel, friend, sister, comrade, By Owei Lakemfa
CARLOS Trejo Sosa was perhaps the friendliest Cuban Ambassador I ever knew. He was a wise, widely travelled man with deep knowledge of Cuban sayings and proverbs which he said mainly emanated from Africa. When in 2016, he received the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, he told him: “We are the same family. I […]
