Owei Lakemfa

When the voice of humanity reverberated in a man, by Owei Lakemfa

When the voice of humanity reverberated in a man, by Owei Lakemfa

Across the world, countries, movements and groups on Thursday    August 13, 2026 marked the centenary of Fidel Castro Ruz, the iconic    Cuban revolutionary. That was yesterday. But Fidel is not yesterday’s man.    Although he marched into the full embrace of history    on November 25, 2016, he is a man of today as […]
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Government can owe you, but you can’t owe government

Government can owe you, but you can’t owe government

By Owei Lakemfa THE Berger Roundabout in Abuja is a usual route for me. On this Thursday, July 9, 2020, as usual, an army of Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs, had mounted a roadblock. A major cause of traffic jam on Abuja roads are these officers who sometimes can be found in five-minute intervals. On this […]

Nigeria and Ghana: Big boys disturbing the peace

Nigeria and Ghana: Big boys disturbing the peace

By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIA and Ghana, the two neo-colonial Anglophone ‘neigbours’ who are also two of the three largest economies in the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, are at each other’s throats, fighting like kindergartens. Both countries, like sibling rivals, have squabbled for decades, the latest being last Friday, August 28, 2020 when […]

Gliding in the shadows of insecurity

Gliding in the shadows of insecurity

By Owei Lakemfa PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari last Tuesday peered into the last three years of his administration and released a volley of nine promises to be fulfilled. He must have looked back at the past five years of his government and found them littered with broken promises. I know his propagandists have been on full […]

Mali: African leaders leave leprosy to cure scabies

Mali: African leaders leave leprosy to cure scabies

By Owei Lakemfa MALI is in turmoil. It has been so since the June uprising began. The masses in Mali are no longer ready to be governed the old way or be raped by their leaders in the name of democracy. They no longer want to see their children starve, their young ones killed, their […]

Bandit tales by Aminu Bello Masari

Bandit tales by Aminu Bello Masari

Banditry in the North West and the Boko Haram disturbance in the North East are two of the most serious challenges threatening the very existence of the country. So you can imagine how happy I was when Masari, who is also the chief security officer of the state, announced that he had uncovered the sponsors of these criminal gangs.

A harvest of ideas: Fidel Castro at 94

A harvest of ideas: Fidel Castro at 94

Cuba is an international power primarily because of its doctors and health workers, teachers and international workers who are ready to go anywhere in the service of humanity

Walter Carrington: The African child returns home

Walter Carrington: The African child returns home

ONE of the most dangerous periods in our history was from 1995 to 1998 when the usurper, General Sani Abacha, bared his fangs. He detained without trial, maimed and killed patriots without batting an eyelid.

Elon Musk and the pyramids of the mind

Elon Musk and the pyramids of the mind

ELON Reeve Musk, 49, citizen of South Africa, Canada and the United States with a 2020 net worth of $70.6 billion is one of the richest persons  in the world. In fact,  he can literarily buy a country or two. 

The Zulum testimonies

The Zulum testimonies

BABAGANA Umara Zulum,  soil scientist and Professor of Agriculture and Environmental Engineering, has a problem as the Governor of Borno State. As the chief security officer of the state, he takes on face value the security reports he gets.