Author: Owei Lakemfa
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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.
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Trumpism set to upset the world – By Owei Lakemfa
Unto us, a man-child is again born by the United States, US, electorate. Donald Trump is actually a reincarnation sent to upset the world.
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Zamani Lekwot: Holding judicial and military terrorism to justice – By Owei Lakemfa
A series of video recordings of men and officers of the Nigeria Army brutalizing hapless Nigerians have in the past few weeks been making the rounds.
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Raising the red flag for peace with thousand-day Ukrainian ruination – By Owei Lakemfa
THE first one thousand days of the Russo-Ukrainian War was on Tuesday, November 19, marked in Europe like an anniversary rather than a day of reflection.
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Ibrahim Gambari: The intellectual and diplomat who saw tomorrow – By Owei Lakemfa
If the Nobel Peace Prize were less political, more objective and based on direct efforts to achieve peace, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari should have been an awardee long ago.
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Mexico, maize and the Day of the Dead – By Owei Lakemfa
I attended for the first time, the Day of the Dead festival. It was at the Mexican Embassy in Abuja. The stairs leading from the embassy gates down to the swimming pool reception area was lit with over seventy candles.
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Providus, sell Methodist Church of Nigeria, not school lands – By Owei Lakemfa
THE Providus Bank wrote J.Wesley Investment Limited, the profit-making company wholly owned by the Trustees of the non-profit Methodist Church of Nigeria, MCN, a love letter. It was a final demand letter dated October 29, 2024 asking the Spiritual Lords of the Church to pay an earthly sum of N2,036,567,275.74 owed the bank. In stating that…
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Set the captives free! – By Owei Lakemfa
A shocked world watched as the Nigerian government exhibited in court at least 28 malnourished and unkempt children it has kept in prison and detention centres for three months for allegedly engaging in public protests.
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Nigeria-Vietnam: When your friend tells you the truth – By Owei Lakemfa
The primary reason a group of Nigerians had a meeting in Abuja with embassy and trade officials from Vietnam on Wednesday October 30, 2024 was to explore business opportunities for cooperation and development. That quickly changed to nagging questions such as why Vietnam which was a physically flattened country back in May 1976 when it began…
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The Nigerian alignment is faulty – By Owei Lakemfa
It was a triumphant occasion. The venue was the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Giri, Abuja. The joyous occasion was the destruction of over 2,400 illicit arms. The chief celebrant was the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons,NCCSALW. The five-star guests included the Chief of Defence Staff