Owei Lakemfa
Túpac Amaru: Senior Prefect in the liberation pantheon
By Owei Lakemfa I HAVE a confession. Some times, I have caught myself thinking about the world and what humans have done to it. Many times, I have been lost
Pantamism, Talibanism, Americanism and extremism: Ingredients cooking terrorism
By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIA’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim, also known as Pantami, is busy fighting off those who accuse him of holding extreme Islamic views.
Removing criminality from our tertiary institutions
By Owei Lakemfa THE most exciting period for most humans is their youth. Many youths look forward to better lives. In fact, some wish they can grow faster and be independent
In death, Sankara marches from victory to victory
By Owei Lakemfa THE first time I saw Blaise Compaoré was at the African Union, AU, Heads of State Summit that held in Addis Ababa in 2013. At that time,
The return of Luna and Gbagbo
By Owei Lakemfa THE former Latin American labour leader and past Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and African intellectual and ex-President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, have returned
Yesterday, we did not prepare for today
By Owei Lakemfa THERE is virtual chaos in the country today. The right hand does not seem to know what the left is doing. The presence or absence of President
Nobody need bring down the Buhari government
By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIAN Presidential spokespersons behave like people who stumble out of a bar, spew things at the public, and return to their seats to continue their favourite pastime.
Nobody need bring down the Buhari government
By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIAN Presidential spokespersons behave like people who stumble out of a bar, spew things at the public, and return to their seats to continue their favourite pastime.
Syrians deserve peace after 10-year proxy war
By Owei Lakemfa TEN years ago, the ‘Arab Spring’ was on. Repressed peoples rose to challenge entrenched establishment, or so it was thought. First, the protests mainly affected Africa having
Stopping the elites from replacing Nigeria
By Owei Lakemfa I leapt for joy last week. News about Nigeria is usually depress- ing. But this one was elating. I had in my column titled: ‘A country led
