The spike in the drink of our political leaders, by Owei Lakemfa
Democracy, at least theoretically, is about choice. I have no doubt that our political leaders agree. However, the problem many of those in power have is that Nigerian voters are not mature enough to exercise their right to make a choice. So, they need to be tutored and guided. But if the voters fail to […]
Watch out for Europe, not just Trump
By Owei Lakemfa WORLD attention is focused on the tantrums of Donald Trump, the American President-elect. From his vow to get America out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office, to his effected show of magnanimity not to jail his rival, Hilary Clinton for her emails over which she had been cleared. […]
Echoes from the Lagoon: Story of Rasheed Gbadamosi
I HAVE tried to write the story of Chief Rasheed Abiodun Gbadamosi a number of times in the last 14 years. But it had been a gargantuan task I have postponed a number of times, and circumstances had postponed a few times. Although we did not agree ideologically, but he was a humanist whose point of connection with people were their humanity, intellect and capability.
We can build a new Africa, not another Europe
We can build a new Africa, not another Europe
Tollgates out of poverty
I WAS on the road last week, undergoing what many Nigerians experience; spending thrice the number of hours on a journey due to what is referred to as ‘roads’ in the country
Trump to the White House, the world to the doghouse
I DID not prepare myself for a Trump Presidency. Despite my analysis which pointed at a different direction, I tried to convince myself that the American electorate had matured with age. However, I thought electing him was a likelihood. So in my March 11, 2016 column titled ‘If Americans throw Trump at us’ I wrote:
