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, […]
When educated illiterates rule, society is in trouble, by Owei Lakemfa
Fuel prices in Nigeria went up an average 40 percent within days of the United States, US, and Israel attacking Iran. Diesel prices went up 50 percent. This development shot up prices of transportation, and more Nigerians who cannot afford the price hike took to trekking. Mr. Peter Obi, former Anambra State Governor, lamented the plight of […]
Love thy neigbour, but attack if he habours your attackers, by Owei Lakemfa
The leading international leaders of hypocrisy and deception, with headquarters in Western Europe, are as they historically do, teaching lessons they themselves will neither take nor accept. Iran has since February 28, 2026, been under waves of relentless attacks by the United States, US, and Israel with children and adults, citizens and leaders, being dispatched with […]
After 30 months, Nigeria returns with ambassadors, fumbling, by Owei Lakemfa
Thirty months after recalling all Nigerian ambassadors, and 15 months before the end of its four-year tenure, the Tinubu administration on March 6, 2026, unveiled ambassadors for Nigeria. In the first place, the recall of the ambassadors in September 2023 was myopic. It resulted in the country having no ambassadors at a time the world […]
Donald Trump, like Adolf Hitler, walks on both legs, by Owei Lakemfa
The on-going invasion of Iran by the United States, US, and Israel, coupled with the zeal of the European Union and Britain to appease President Donald Trump as he turns the international world order upside down, reminds me of Adolf Hitler. After the First World War in 1918 in which about 20 million died, the leaders […]
Police sense, common sense and no sense, by Owei Lakemfa
Finally, Mr Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun exited as the twenty second Inspector General of Police, IGP on February 24, 2026. The needless controversies that trailed his welcome exit, reminded me of what a policeman from Obalende Police Barracks, Lagos told me when I was a boy. He said his profession was based on police sense which is based […]
