The diplomacy of politics: The eighty first UNGA and impunity, by Owei Lakemfa
The United Nations General Assembly, UNGA is the global platform for all countries. So, no country can bar another speaking from its podium. But the United States, US at the on-going UNGA decided that the voice of the Palestinian State will not be heard. Only that of the State of Israel would be permitted. […]
Eyinnaya Abaribe: No Nigerian should kneel for anybody
By Owei Lakemfa IN a land sycophancy struts. A clime truth is forced to walk on its head. Terrestrial men and women say yes to power. In a climate of distrust where fake and false news are in unholy matrimony. A place the Rubber Stamp Assembly, RSA, proclaims itself the patron saint of accountable governance. […]
Don’t mind Erdogan the gambler
By Owei Lakemfa TURKEY under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has two boiling pots on the same fire. It is fighting a war against Syria, having invaded that country since October 9, 2019. Like a parasitic virus, it was an opportunistic invasion; moving in to replace the departing American forces. It assumed that after fighting repeated […]
When Coronavirus arrived in Lagos
By Owei Lakemfa THE Coronavirus, Covid-19 borne by an Italian flying on the wings of the Turkish Airlines, slipped undetected into Lagos on February 24. The carrier went through the airport process, spent the night at a hotel in Ikeja, travelled to Ogun State and settled down to work, with nobody being wiser. He took […]
Victor Olaiya: Trajectory of Nigeria’s birth and decline
By Owei Lakemfa Victor Olaiya: A WIDELY held African belief is that there are three stages in life: when you are born, adulthood and old age which presages eternal departure. These are also symbolised by dawn, afternoon and sunset. Likewise, the life of Victor Abimbola Olaiya, the music genius can be broken into three equal […]
Solidarity with the Chinese on the Coronavirus frontline
By Owei Lakemfa Coronavirus: LI WENLIANG, 34 was an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, China. In December 2019, he noticed seven cases of a virus that he thought looked like Sars. The victims were said to come from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan. Then he slowly realised that this virus was a strange one. […]
