When the people lie against the government, by Owei Lakemfa
The day Nigeria turned sixty-six as an independent country, it marked it with fine speeches and assurances by its leaders. Both those in government and those outside competed. On that Thursday, October 1, 2026, twenty youth corpers set out in two buses from the comfort and safety of their homes to serve their country. But […]
Afe Babalola and many things most Nigerians don’t know, by Owei Lakemfa
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Mohammed Maigari Digyadi, does not appear to have any idea why the Ministry exists. It is also possible that the Tinubu administration that appointed him has no clue why we have a ministry that takes care of both labour and employment. The Ministry was created 85 years ago. The […]
Ousting Assad was more tragic than the West canonising jihadists, by Owei Lakemfa
When Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city fell on Friday, November 29, 2024 , I thought it was a big blow, but that the Syrian Armed Forces would quickly recover and fight to retake it. However, in the following days, as the Syrian military melted away in the face of advancing Islamic terrorist rebels of al-Qaeda, Islamic […]
The Great Yusufu Bala Usman-Yusuf Bangura debate: Forty years after, by Owei Lakemfa
Dr Yusufu Bala Usman was, in the 1980s, a lion in the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU. His roar could be heard across the country. He was a domineering academic and political figure with followership in the country. His reputation had been boosted when, in 1976, he and fellow radical academic and historian, Dr Olusegun Osoba, as […]
Nigeria: Strings of trade agreements, bringing little to the table, by Owei Lakemfa
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu flies the world like a mother bird in search of food for the hungry in its nest. He is a tireless traveller traversing the world, signing strings of trade agreements to shore up a troubled economy. He has embarked on 33 foreign trips in 18 months, visiting 18 countries. His favourite places […]
Standing on the shoulders of Isah Uguda and Jibrin Ibrahim, by Owei Lakemfa
In the roaring 1970s, the nationalist fervent was at a feverish pitch in the country and, the Pan- Africanist and independence fires were tearing through Mozambique, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Zimbabwe and Western Sahara. Also, there was fire in Soweto. Our politics was positively influenced by people like Samora Machel, Ruth First, Nelson and […]
