We never left Egypt, only prodigals need to return home, by Owei Lakemfa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu told Nigerians on October 19, 2026, that they will not return to Egypt. He seems unaware that Egypt is our ancestral home and that we never left and will never leave. This Niger Area is the land of milk and honey we inherited from our fathers and mothers. We were never […]
When it is time
NIGERIA is a unitary system with a federal constitution. That is why the race to control the centre, and thereby, the country’s resources is so intense that the political elites are ready to employ any means necessary to get to power or cling to it even on their death bed. Lots of calculations and progressions are made not for the country or good governance, but how to attain and retain power.
Readers’ reactions: We are part of the Greek tragedy
By Owei Lakemfa Here are readers reaction to Lakemfa columns as published by Vanguard Newspaper(hard copy) on Friday21 May,2010. Tata : THERE is a flaw in your argument…because while you can say NAFTA, and EU…there is no functioning single African market also confirmed by your reference to the Francophone nations…thus, any benefit would be illusory..I […]
We are part of the Greek tragedy
GREECE for many of us is far away from our shores. Except for the Europeans, the rest of us do not belong to the European Union (EU), the club Greece belongs .
Now the days of mourning are over
TODAY, the official days of mourning are over for President Umaru Yar’Adua. Most of his life, he did not court controversy. But in sickness, especially in the last six months of his life, some members of his immediate family, his aides and hangers on clothed him in the full regalia of controversy.
As heroic as the Vietnamese
WE had to destroy the town in order to save it.†That was the United States Air Force officer’s response to the American destruction of the Vietnamese town of Ben Tre, in the Mekong Delta city with 35,000 inhabitants. Save it from who?
