The United Nations fail the Saharawi, Africans must defend them, by Owei Lakemfa
The United Nations Security Council, UNSC meets end October, 2026 on the future of Western Sahara. The emerging consensus in the 15-Member body is not to renew the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) which expires on October 31, 2026. Since the main objective of MINURSO is to organize a referendum […]
Three new Presidents in an old, skewed world
IN our skewed world infected with conflicts, growing inequalities and the right of might over right, we produced three new leaders in the last three weeks, none of which has promised to take a different direction.
Aregbesola: Governance as festival of the mass
By Owei Lakemfa WITNESS to history. Animated discussions. Banters. Back slapping. Roaring laughter. Seeming riot, but orderly. Various groups, including the elderly and children. Then the crowds burst into songs and dances. They herald the arrival of the host. He is clad in white with a traditional white dog-eared cap. He flashes his white teeth, […]
Three murders in three continents, same justification
Three murders in three continents, same justification
We love Buhari, but he shouldn’t stay a second longer
By Owei Lakemfa MANY of us love President Muhammadu Buhari, so we cannot wait to see him leave office on May 29, 2023. This primarily is because he has done his best for the country. But as all honest Nigerians can see, his best is not good enough. It is like piling a load even […]
In search of the government
By Owei Lakemfa MISSING. I am on my way to the police station to report that the Nigerian Government is missing. The absence of government in the country is glaring. A week ago, I thought it was on sabbatical. Midweek, I concluded that with terrorists, bandits, criminals and some ministers acting with impunity, the government must […]
