Owei Lakemfa

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 […]
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New York mayoral race: Gaza genocide may determine its outcome, by Owei Lakemfa

As the Gaza War entered its third year on October 7, 2025, and multinational peace negotiators gathered in Egypt to panel-beat a peace agreement, Palestinian rallies rocked New York.    The rallies took on added importance as the city’s November 4, 2025 elections may be determined by the voters position on the genocide. A few years ago, […]

Rescuing Nigerians from the talons of some leaders, by Owei Lakemfa

The resolve, determination, precision   and speed with which the Petroleum and Natural Gas   Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN   took on Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, frightened the ruling elites.   They clearly had written off the Nigerian working people and their ability to strike if necessary. The elites   had come to the conclusion that the Nigerian people […]

Peace in pieces may be better than no peace at all, by Owei Lakemfa

Abusafiah Ramzy Ibrahim, a Nigerian-Palestinian who has lived peacefully in the country for 35 years was abducted from his Abuja home on August 22, 2025. The suit-wearing, shadowy Nigerian security agency with diplomacy as camouflage, was accused of the act. Nothing was heard of Ramzy; he seemed simply to have disappeared from the earth’s surface. […]

Choosing between the death of Nigerian democracy and electoral reforms, by Owei Lakemfa

When doctors recommend 16 major surgeries and 21 minor ones for a patient, no divination is needed to tell you the patient is in a grave situation. This is the situation with the Nigerian electoral process where teams of civil society associations have recommended 21 constitutional   and 16 Electoral Act amendments.   These were presented on September 23, […]

Bala Usman speaks to Nigerians after 20 years, by Owei Lakemfa

Yusuf Bala Usman, noted historian, fiery politician,  co-author of the 1977 Minority Report of the Nigerian Constitution and prolific writer, departed on September 24, 2005. Given his role in the Nigerian life, intellectual prowess and mentorship of generations, were he alive, what would he be telling Nigerians?  Those who were close to him or understood the various […]

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