Author: Owei Lakemfa
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Nuhu Yaqub: The indelible footsteps of a humanist – By Owei Lakemfa
I am a member of the foreign relations think tank, the Society for International Relations Awareness, SIRA. Its membership is made up primarily of retired ambassadors, Emeritus Professors, academics, former Permanent Secretaries, political scientists and lawyers.
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Akufo-Addo and Western Sahara: The parting shot of a quisling – By Owei Lakemfa
Ghanaian President Nana Akuffo-Addo’s last day in office was January 6, 2025. His country’s economy had crumbled at his feet. Even when newly sworn-in President John Dramani Mahama had not been adjudged an effective leader, Ghanaians see him as a sort of saviour. For them, anybody or group but Akufo-Addo and his cronies, was good…
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Bene Madunagu: Intellectual, mother, botanist, leftist-feminist and revolutionary socialist – By Owei Lakemfa
The Left Movement in Nigeria gained two of its best known leaders in 1973. Edwin ‘Eddie’ Ikechukwu Madunagu was a 27-year-old postgraduate student of Mathematics, specifically Differential Equations and Functions of a Complex Variable. He was in the University of Lagos, UNILAG, and had joined the Nigerian Youth Action Committee, NYAC.
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Anthony Asiwaju: 40-year Inaugural Lecture that humanised African borders – By Owei Lakemfa
Anthony Ijaola Ayinla Asiwaju was unaware when he delivered his inaugural lecture on December 12, 1984 that it would change his life forever.
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When chosen by war, you’ve no right to choose peace – By Owei Lakemfa
The New Year 2025 promises to be full of conflicts, most of them avoidable. The hottest spot might be in the Middle East where fierce proxy conflicts are going on with Israel at the centre.
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The law, even in Nigeria, is not an ass – By Owei Lakemfa
Olamide Abiodun Thomas is a nurse. She went out with some protesters in October, 2024 to commemorate the ‘EndSARS’ mass protest against police brutality in which a yet- unverified-number of young people were murdered.
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Battered ECOWAS applies cosmetic make-up – By Owei Lakemfa
The highlight of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Authority of Heads of State and Government Summit of December 15, 2024, was the formalisation of its break up.
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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.
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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.
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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.