Author: Owei Lakemfa
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ICC: Europe’s lapdog in a theatre of the absurd – By Owei Lakemfa
THE International Criminal Court, ICC, on March 17, 2023 added a comic dimension to the tragic war in Ukraine by issuing warrants of arrest for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova.
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My mother was a woman – By Owei Lakemfa
I AM blessed because I am blessed by women. This Wednesday, March 8, I received messages from some women wishing me a happy International Women’s Day. They know I am not part of their gender. But they are aware that I support, speak and fight for gender equity, equal rights and justice for all irrespective…
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Epitaph for the living – By Owei Lakemfa
A NUMBER of European leaders harbour the quixotic thought that as the first year of the War in Ukraine rolls by today, February 24, 2023, the Ukrainians will militarily defeat Russia. They prefer a continuation of the war, and, their writing the epitaph of Russian and
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Hapless Nigerians caught in party and Supreme Court politics – By Owei Lakemfa
The raging arguments today include whether or not President Muhammadu Buhari should have obeyed the Supreme Court ruling on the continued use of the old currencies.
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It’s easy defending criminality when you’re not the victim – By Owei Lakemfa
I EXPECTED a backlash when on February 3, 2023, I published a piece: “Recreating the Holocaust in their own image.” It came as expected. The various reactions reinforce my position that our world can be a far better place if only otherwise decent humans would not rationalise evil. But it is quite easy to rationalise…
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Affliction strikes Nigerians the second time – By Owei Lakemfa
I AM walking back from the position of many Nigerians that these are the worse of times for the country. It would have been difficult to dispute what appears to be a truism. We are buffeted by rampant cases of terrorism, banditry and sectarian violence. Inflation is over 20 per cent, we became the poverty…
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George Muchai: Murder of a trade unionist – By Owei Lakemfa
It has taken me eight years to get round to writing this. George Muchai, Deputy Secretary General of the Kenyan Central Organization of Trade Unions, COTU, was also the serving Member of Parliament for the Kabete Constituency.
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George Muchai: Murder of a trade unionist – By Owei Lakemfa
I t has taken me eight years to get round to writing this. George Muchai, Deputy Secretary General of the Kenyan Central Organization of Trade Unions, COTU, was also the serving Member of Parliament for the Kabete Constituency. I was the Secretary General of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity, OATUU, the central
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When government prompts the citizenry to violence – By Owei Lakemfa
A Lebanese man on September 16, 2022, wielding a gun, held up the Byblos Bank in Ghazieh, Southern Lebanon. No, not to rob the bank or its customers. Just to retrieve part of his money trapped in the country’s banks!
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Recreating the Holocaust in their own image – By Owei Lakemfa
The month of January 2023 has been one of the bloodiest in the Palestine with at least 35 killed in various Israeli raids. Uncharacteristically, some Israelis were also killed. This happened when a lone Palestinian, armed with a handgun killed seven Israelis in East Jerusalem, the traditional home of the Palestinians.