Standing on the shoulders of Isah Uguda and Jibrin Ibrahim – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> 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 … Read more
Raising the red flag for peace with thousand-day Ukrainian ruination – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> 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. The European Commission draped its building with the Ukrainian flag, … Read more
Mexico, maize and the Day of the Dead – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> 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 … Read more
Nigeria-Vietnam: When your friend tells you the truth – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> 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 … Read more
The Nigerian alignment is faulty – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> 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 … Read more
Poverty of thought, not thought of poverty – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> THE Super Eagles nightmare in Libya and, the World Bank insanely asking Nigerians to endure 15 more years of suffocation and pain, speak to a poverty of ideas. The lives of the Eagles and officials were endangered when … Read more
Spain speaks to a world in turmoil – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The ground floor was full. The crowd would have been over 80 per cent diplomats. There were, of course, a number of Nigerian government officials and journalists. As the delightful broadcaster, Kemi Asekun and I conversed, the Comptroller … Read more
Time for Nigeria to stand up for itself and Africa – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The world is in turmoil. Various peoples are planning, strategising and re-strategising. The Middle East is meeting, especially as war is being brought to its doorsteps. The Americans want their November elections quickly out of the way … Read more
Redrawing the map of the world in blood – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> THE world commemorated the first year of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel with no clear vision to end the on-going carnage. In the First World War, there were about 22 million deaths. Humanity vowed: … Read more
Nicaragua: The Sandinista Revolution cools off – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> IT was stunning. If it were a football match, it would have been said to be against the run of play. Nicaraguan youths who had risen against the brutal regime of Anastazio Somoza Debayle, on July 17, 1979, rode … Read more