The Ozymandias complex in the Tinubu administration psyche, by Owei Lakemfa
The transformative Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is mired in endless controversies. This is the fate of great monuments and, I dare say, great leaders. So, my primary concerns here are not the hullabaloos about its actual cost and absence of biddings or, its ever changing designs as it meanders through coast and land. My interest here is its […]
Centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution: They changed the world – Owei Lakemfa
THE Bolshevik Revolution, Russian or October Revolution, one of the bloodiest, but certainly, the most profound revolution in human history will clock a century next Tuesday November 7, 2017. Russia ran the Julian calendar which was two weeks behind the Gregorian calendar, hence it is called the October Revolution. The shock of a revolution by the ordinary people was so weighty that countries which some months before were engaged in the quite bloody First World War, decided to jointly invade Russia and wipe out the revolution.
Restructuring without end
If Nigeria were a school and restructuring an examination, the NASS that has carried out a number constitutional amendments to restructure the country and failed, would have been expelled
Fit to fight, misfits in govt – Owei Lakemfa
SOME Brazilian generals have given notice that they will overthrow the government of President Michel Miguel Elias Temer. One month has rolled by since the notice was given, yet there has been no official reaction, no arrests, no mass protests against such treason, and no condemnation from those who claim to be champions, defenders and custodians of ‘democracy’ which is based on elections and the constitutional change of government.
Mint Pensioners: Too old to work, too young to die-Owei Lakemfa
So after 17 years traversing the High Court, Appeal Court and Supreme Court, the Supreme Court, employing technicalities rather than the justice of the case, rendered the epic efforts of the pensioners, a virtual a nullity
As ISIS wanes, its founders are stronger – Owei Lakemfa
THE numerous victory songs and congratulatory messages flowing from various parts of the world following the Tuesday seizure of Raqqa, the ‘capital’ of the Islamic State, ISIS, Caliphate, drowned the victory songs from the Philippines. On that same day, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared that Marawi City in Southern Philippines seized last May by the pro-ISIS Maute militants, had been liberated.
