Owei Lakemfa

The United States of MAGAs, dreamers and survivors, by Owei Lakemfa

The United States of MAGAs, dreamers and survivors, by Owei Lakemfa

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, is a 1,278-acre or 517-hectare tract seized from the Sioux Nation of India. Into its mountain face are sculpted the 18-metre or 60-foot-high figures of four former United States (US) Presidents. They feature founding President George Washington, main drafter of the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, […]
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The trial of Serena Williams

The trial of Serena Williams

MAY it please this Court. This is the case of the State versus Serena Jemeka Williams. She is charged with revolutionising the Tennis World not only in dominating the women championship which had been a preserve of whites, but also amassing a wealth of over $70 million and more importantly, at 33, and after over a decade of unfair dominance, refusing to give way.

In the name of Nigeria, they share

In the name of Nigeria, they share

WE are in an upbeat mood. Money is beginning to flow again. At least from the federal main supply, to the state and local government taps, and of course the federal tank which collects 52 percent of distributable funds. After months lamenting lack of funds, N804.7 billion was made available to be shared. I wonder what effect this will have on exchange rate as chunks of these funds flow through the tributaries of Bureau de Change and smuggling, into the larger oceans of world finance.

Come away, my brothers and sisters

Come away, my brothers and sisters

COME away my brothers and sisters. Come away from those foreign cultures where men make a career of bachelorhood and women make a hobby of single parenthood. Where men are applauded, even by presidents for allegedly changing their sex, and pre-nuptial agreements ensure that marriage, where it occurs between a man and a woman, is no longer ‘Till-Death-Do-Us-Part’

The Generals need to apologise to Shagari

The Generals need to apologise to Shagari

THE National Party of Nigeria (NPN) the ruling party in the Second Republic was disliked by millions of people particularly the youths. It was perceived as the party of the rich. Indeed, it was founded by the ruling class including groups referred to as the Kaduna Mafia and ‘Money Bags’ Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola was to respond that it was an insult to refer to him as a ‘money bag’ because no bag could contain all his money.

The Freedom Charter for humanity

The Freedom Charter for humanity

IMAGINE a binding Charter for America that reads, “We, the People of United States, declare for all our country and the world to know: That United States belongs to all who live in it, black and white…that our country will never be prosperous or free until all our people live in brotherhood, enjoying equal rights and opportunities (that) The preaching and practice of national, race or colour discrimination and contempt shall be a punishable crime”