The fuel subsidy debate of the deaf, by Owei Lakemfa
Fuel subsidy is the main debate in the country today. This is over three years after President Bola Tinunu’s declaration that “subsidy is gone” It was the main debate in the country twenty six years ago leading to President Olusegun Obasanjo’s estalishment of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA. The basic arguement of Labour, […]
Stocking the fires in the time of human slaughter, By Owei Lakemfa
I am ashamed that Adeboye did not consider the Palestinians or rather, does not think they and their children are human beings.
Using local governments to scoop national funds, By Owei Lakemfa
Aare Afe Babalola, the 94-year-old Senior Advocate of Nigeria with a 60-year experience at the bar, recently revealed an open secret: that virtually all state governors are stealing the funds of the local governments. The nonagenarian founder of Afe Babalola University lamented on September 7: “When I was a councillor, in those days, local government […]
Migrate to UK, go to jail in Rwanda, By Owei Lakemfa
So, how does a country with such a model law, embark on a mission to deport migrants for a fee into an uncertain future?
Baptising Umahi in Abuja after refusing to learn in Ebonyi, By Owei Lakemfa
When Umahi was appointed Works Minister, I knew that if he had not repented his ways, he would soon clash with the staff.
Macron plays the outlaw in Niger Republic, By Owei Lakemfa
Macron might have thought he could hold out in Niger as there was an expected military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. However, that invasion did not materialise as the African people were clearly against the blood of fellow Africans being shed.
