Internationalist Segun Osoba, reunites Nigerian radicals, by Owei Lakemfa
The internationalist, intellectual, radical historian and generally accepted leader of the Nigerian Left, Olusegun Osoba, left on May 14, 2026, at 92. What followed the exit of a man who greatly influenced and led three generations of Nigerian radicals was a twenty-six-day programme of celebrating his life, times and works. It was as if a father […]
Nigeria’s blurred vision in a fractured world, by Owei Lakemfa
It is difficult to be a patriot when you don’t know where the truth lies. It is good to stand by your country. But at least, you should know where your country stands to be able to stand by it or with it. However, where the vision is blurred, it becomes difficult to know where to […]
Michael Imoudu, Labour Leader Number One, roars 20 years later, by Owei Lakemfa
The world witnessed an awakening on May 8,1945. The nightmarish Second World War virtually ended. In Nigeria, the immediate fall-out of this was that freedom bells tolled for an implacable enemy of colonialism, Michael Aithokhaimen Omiunu Imoudu. He had been detained by “freedom loving” Britain for 29 months. Imoudu’s release came on May 20, 1945. The day […]
Benin: Between military claws and bloody talons of President Talon, by Owei Lakemfa
Early morning Sunday, December 7, 2025, while many Beninois slept, hoping to go to church, mosque and traditional places of worship at dawn, some members of their armed forces fanned out. Led by Lieutenant Colonel Paschal Tigri, they planned to bring the people under their claws. At 05:00 they attacked the Presidential Palace and then retreated […]
Blacklisted Gov Eno takes on intellectual Offiong Aqua hits rock
The International Press Institute, IPI, Nigeria, part of a global network of editors, journalists and media executives, on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, blacklisted three serving Nigerian leaders. It found Governor Umo Bassey Eno of Akwa Ibom, his Niger State counterpart, Umaru Bago, and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun guilty of suppressing press freedom across […]
The inside story of the fake coup in Guinea-Bissau, by Owei Lakemfa
Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo on November 26, 2025 sat in his office as the President of Guinea-Bissau. As a retired General, the 53-year-old knew when he was beaten. Three days earlier, he had succumbed to unbearable pressures that he allowed general elections to be held despite his fears. His tenure had expired on February 27, 2025. […]
