Owei Lakemfa

Saving Nigeria from the increasingly absurd theatrics of Jimoh Ibrahim, by Owei Lakemfa

Saving Nigeria from the increasingly absurd theatrics of Jimoh Ibrahim, by Owei Lakemfa

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu this week featured prominently in the newest theatre of the absurd staged by Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jimoh Folorunsho Ibrahim. The stage was the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, where, on October 19, 2026, Ibrahim presented the seven-volume UN 2027 draft budget to President Tinubu. Ibrahim began the […]
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Abiodun Aremu: What is at stake is the Destiny of Humanity, by Owei Lakemfa

Abiodun Aremu: What is at stake is the Destiny of Humanity, by Owei Lakemfa

The 1990s were the  deadliest for change agents in Nigeria. We lost hundreds. In 1994, some political elites decided to join us. This led to the  establishment of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO.One day, one of these elites brought a parcel to the leader of the Campaign for Democracy, CD, Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti to be kept. Beko, […]

Morocco runs riot in the UN trying to stop petitioners, by Owei Lakemfa

Morocco runs riot in the UN trying to stop petitioners, by Owei Lakemfa

The Delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco erupted several times like an active volcano spewing hot lava as petitioners in overwhelming numbers presented their case against it. It was on the Question of Western Sahara. The venue was the United Nations, UN, Special Political and Decolonisation Committee, other-wise known as the Fourth Committee which held Hearings […]

Beautiful nonsense as governance, by Owei Lakemfa

Beautiful nonsense as governance, by Owei Lakemfa

Senate President Godswill Akpabio issued a very powerful statement to the world on October 11, 2025, titled “The Trials and Triumphs of a Resilient Nigeria’s 10th Senate.” He vowed   that: “The Senate cannot and will not be held hostage by the disruptive instincts of any of its members.” He declared: “Democracy thrives only when its institutions […]

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

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

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 […]