Lindsay Barrett and Mia Mottley: The Pull of the Diaspora, by Owei Lakemfa
Lindsay Carlton Eseoghene Barrett was a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican when he came from Britain to Nigeria in July 1966 on a few weeks’ visit. Those weeks have stretched to over sixty years, with the playwright, poet, journalist and photographer becoming one of the best-known Nigerians. He was eighty-five years on September 15, and not unexpectedly, I […]
Workers problematic search for justice at the National Industrial Court, by Owei Lakemfa
THIS year’s May Day was an opportunity for Nigerian labour centres to examine how workers are faring under the laws and their general well-being in a stifling socio-economic society. It was an occasion which revealed that even their quest for justice, in a supposed arbitration system, can be quite problematic. Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip, President of […]
May Day calls and clashes in a Year of Genocide, by Owei Lakemfa
THE streets of the world exploded on Wednesday as workers and students, marchers and protesters, sent May Day calls and, in several cities, clashes erupted over local needs and international concerns. The streets of France, Greece, United States, Chile, Cuba and several cities around the globe, quaked over the Gaza War. In Nigeria where abysmally […]
Our generals must know when to halt or pull back, by Owei Lakemfa
If this is the experience of a privileged elite with international connections, you can imagine what nameless locals with no connections are undergoing in the hands of a clearly angry military.
A walk in Abuja amongst Spanish speakers, by Owei Lakemfa
UNLESS they spoke English or their speeches were translated, to me, they spoke Greek. It was an achievement for my old friend, Juan Ignacio Sell, the Spanish Ambassador who introduces me as his nephew. The setting on Thursday, April 25, 2024, was the ‘Day of Spanish Language’. It was the first time the delegations of […]
Implementing Oronsaye: The domestic cat is not a lion, by Owei Lakemfa
President Muhammadu Buhari came into power singing an anthem of change. After a number of declarations and vows to implement the report, he dropped it.
