Tag: owei
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A disturbed elite class is no use
By Owei Lakemfa A major news item on the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) 7 am Network News on Thursday, September 19 was that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the programme for the 59th Independence Day. The radio reported that the programme included a lecture and prayers at the National Mosque and Church. I…
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Africa, My Africa – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa African leaders gathered January 28, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia against the back drop of that country’s decision to free 2,345 Oromo political prisoners. Another setting would have been a reaction to the vulgar remarks of United States President Donald Trump who suffers from a diarrhea of the mouth. The American Twitter-in-Chief had…
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Restructuring without end – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa To live, is to die. It is an inevitable process. That might have been why William Shakespeare wrote in ‘Julius Caesar’ that he is amazed why human beings fear death because: “Death is a necessary end, it will come when it will come” Like death, so is it with restructuring which simply…
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Not water, the nuclear next time – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa God said “ I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth.” Genesis 9:11. However, human beings said no; if God will not destroy his creation, we will!…
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Insiders as outsiders – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa Over the years, the recurrent themes at gatherings of the Ijaw (Ezon) people include marginalization despite producing most of the oil that sustains the country’s economy. They are about environmental pollution, deprivation rather than derivation and resource control. While such themes are not totally misplaced, they mainly end up as lamentations. In…
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Thinking Nigeria – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa On a visit to Windhoek, Namibia in 2013, I took a taxi to the city centre. I indicated to the driver the building I wanted to alight. He apologized that he had to take me to a nearby taxi stand. He explained that there are rules and laws about parking by the…
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Qatar and the Goliaths of the Gulf – By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. The Goliaths of the Gulf including powerhouse, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates gave tiny Qatar thirteen demands which they know the latter cannot comply with. Some of them, such as demanding Qatar pays compensation for “its policies” are so outlandish and open-ended that even those making them cannot specify…