Democratic choice between obeying laws and defending workers’ rights, by Owei Lakemfa
If a labour leader has to make a choice between obeying the laws of the country and court orders on one hand, and defending the rights of workers on the other, can there be a democratic choice? That was the question I set out to answer in Abuja on August 21, 2026 at the workshop […]
Arthur Nwankwo: Giant in a country of political Lilliputians
By Owei Lakemfa I CALLED Dr. Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo a few months ago to discuss what those who fought for the enthronement of democracy can do to rescue the country in the aftermath of the 2019 elections and inauguration. As I began to explain the motives and why I want him to be one of the […]
Visa ban: Come and see American wonder
By Owei Lakemfa WHEN I was a boy, magic was associated with what the adults called ‘American Wonder’. The United States of America, USA, was a wonder to that generation and it was believed that it was a country of anything goes. That America could change white into blue or insist that white is actually […]
How the Federal Republic of Nigeria runs
By Owei Lakemfa Nigeria: Senator Ali Ndume, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, who was a darling of the opposition when he was in the House of Representatives has been embroiled in controversies. But perhaps because he was once accused by the Federal Government of sponsoring the Boko Haram terrorists, he has been like a […]
Reluctant divorcee, UK, claims to be happy
OLD United Kingdom, UK, tonight, walks through the gates of divorce 47 years after saying ‘I do’ to the European Union, EU.
That life be so cheap
By Owei Lakemfa, Life is very cheap in the country. My point of reference is not the case of Ropvil Daciya, an undergraduate of the University of Maiduguri, and hostage of the terrorist Boko Haram whose execution was carried out by a twelve-year old boy. Young Daciya was executed on his way to school, the […]
