Author: Owei Lakemfa
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Our Father, this Africa Day, liberate us from military bases – By Owei Lakemfa
OUR Father, we your children in Africa come to you this day, the eve of the May 25, Africa Liberation Day. We have been enslaved and colonised. We have survived the genocide of our traducers who in Congo
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Our employers are comedians, their wages are a joke – By Owei Lakemfa
The government felt so sorry for the Nigeria worker that it decided to lighten his burden. After all, the welfare of the citizenry is a major reason why we have government. Even the heart of former President Muhammad Buhari – said to be stone hearted – melted on seeing the pitiful condition of the worker.…
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Partnership of donors and recipients: EU-Africa resets – By Owei Lakemfa
In a tumbling world with shifty and shifting alliances, the European Union, EU met with its Nigerian and West African partners on Wednesday for a possible reset. The twin meetings at the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Abuja, held under the shadows of France and United States losing military
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Laja Odukoya: The intellectual as the conscience of society – By Owei Lakemfa
Dr Mahmud Modibbo Tukur was an intellectual power house who not only dissected colonialism in Northern Nigeria, but also caused the re-examination and reinterpretation of colonial sources. His death by the roadside on November 15, 1988 at 44, remain
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The journalist as a guerrilla: Saharawi as jungle experts – By Owei Lakemfa
THE journalist is needed everywhere, but is endangered everywhere. Hence humanity declared May 3 as World Press Freedom Day to highlight the importance of the profession and the need for freedom of the press in the context of current global affairs. Tragically, the day has become like a body count of journalists killed, those of them…
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Workers problematic search for justice at the National Industrial Court – By Owei Lakemfa
THIS year’s May Day was an opportunity for Nigerian labour centres to examine how workers are faring under the laws and their general well-being in a stifling socio-economic society. It was an occasion which revealed that even their quest for justice, in a supposed arbitration system, can be quite problematic.
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May Day calls and clashes in a year of genocide – By Owei Lakemfa
THE streets of the world exploded on Wednesday as workers and students, marchers and protesters, sent May Day calls and, in several cities, clashes erupted over local needs and international concerns.
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Our generals must know when to halt or pull back – By Owei Lakemfa
The country rose in one voice to condemn the March 14, 2024 killing of 17 military officers and men in Okuama community who were said to be on a peace mission. It did so without having the facts or asking pertinent questions. The point that soldiers, who signed up to serve the country, were killed,…
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A walk in Abuja amongst Spanish speakers – By Owei Lakemfa
UNLESS they spoke English or their speeches were translated, to me, they spoke Greek. It was an achievement for my old friend, Juan Ignacio Sell, the Spanish Ambassador who introduces me as his nephew. The setting on Thursday, April 25, 2024, was the ‘Day of Spanish Language’.
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Implementing Oronsaye: The domestic cat is not a lion – By Owei Lakemfa
THE Tinubu administration picked up the courage to implement the Oronsaye Report on restructuring the federal public service and cutting cost of governance. It was a courage lacking in his two immediate predecessors. The Report recommends the merger of 220 of the 541 agencies, reducing agencies from 263 to 161.