Schools Concession: The Ministry of Education as a retarded child, by Owei Lakemfa
A country’s Ministry of Education is supposed to be a place of illumination with clear ideas about the future. Nigeria has had not just super educators like Professors Wole Soyinka, Ebi Alagoa, Alvan Ikoku and Adamu Baikie, but also outstanding Education Ministers like Abudu Yusufu Eke and Babs Fafunwa. The ongoing conflagration over the award […]
Kagame’s drum is beating too loud, it may soon burst, by Owei Lakemfa
The rebels of the Tutsi M23 backed by the Rwanda Defence Force, RDF on January 27, 2025 rolled into Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC eliminating whosoever they found in their path. These included the peacekeepers of United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC, MONUSCO and, the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic […]
Bandits should be brought to justice not the negotiation table, by Owei Lakemfa
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani who announced on January 27, 2025 that he is negotiating with killer bandits, is dead wrong. The over six months he said he has been negotiating with these vipers who kill, maim, kidnap and collect ransom from innocent people, is a waste of time. The governor’s claims that he engaged in peace […]
Juan Sell: A long goodbye to Spain’s matchless ambassador, by Owei Lakemfa
The unforgettable Clara Margarita Pulido-Escandell, the then Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, on Friday June 10, 2022 held a welcome lunch for the new Mexican Ambassador Alfredo Miranda. It was not surprising for she was like a mother hen watching over fellow ambassadors. At the occasion, I had an animated […]
Nigeria has no state religion, only manipulators of religion, by Owei Lakemfa
Anambra State Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo in a Trumpian manner, made several fallacious and specious statements at the December 2024 dedication of a new church building in Onitsha. For example, the press quoted him as saying: “Since the inception of my administration, we have declared war on criminals, their shrines, priests and burnt down their […]
The politics of pardons, the pardons of politics, by Owei Lakemfa
President Joe Biden within seven weeks from December 1, 2024, granted over 2,500 pardons including for his son, Robert Hunter Biden. Hunter had been convicted on a nine-count charge for tax felony amounting to $1.4 million, evading tax assessment and filing false tax returns. He faced a maximum 17 years in prison. His sentencing […]
