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 […]
Trying to make some sense of the world
AMERICAN, Richard Russell, 29, was what you could call a normal guy. Married with a son, he was a Horizon Air ground control staff, directing aircraft and handling baggage.
When boxed in, think outside the box
NIGERIANS are in a box. They are boxed in. But it must be admitted that the political elite who are responsible, are in the box with us.
When foreign policy does not protect citizens
THE Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms. Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey was this Monday in Abuja on a charm offensive. Her visit came four days after Nigerian traders in Ghana reported that the envisaged attacks on them by members of the Ghana Union Traders Association, GUTA, had commenced at the Suame Magazine Market, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
Now that Buhari is ECOWAS Chairman
ONE of the first things I learnt about leadership is the William Shakespeare quotation that: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
Disasters: Natural and man-made
SOME residents of the Greek holiday resort of Mati in the Rafina region might have thought what they were experiencing on July 24 was the fulfillment of the Biblical pronouncement that God will no longer destroy the world with water, but with fire next time.
