Owei Lakemfa

Gabonese Coup: The fault is not in the electorate

THE scenario has various strands of familiarity. I mean the military coup of Wednesday, August…

Nyesom Wike: In Abuja, use a machete, not a sword

Minister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, I join many Nigerians in welcoming you to the Federal Capital…

Kay Laro: The diplomat as humanist

Owei Lakemfa pays tribute to the Late Nigeria's Ambassador to France, Kayode Laro

When the American hawk decides to devour the Nigerien chick

The threat of the mighty United States of America, USA, on Tuesday, August 7, 2023…

Let me breathe, I don’t want to die

Two different but related cries ring in my head. “Let the Poor breathe” and “I…

Before marching to Niamey, let us pause

THE new military rulers in Niger Republic, the country which marked independence day on Thursday,…

The coup in Niger and the Moncada Barracks attack

Exactly 70 years separate the July 26, 1953 suicidal attack on Moncada Barracks by Cuban…

Aboru, Aboye: Attacks on Africa’s highly tolerant traditional religion

The firestorm among some Christian leaders in Western Nigeria over the lyrics of a new…

Onward Western soldiers, marching to Third World War

The gathering of 32 European countries and their North American first cousins in Lithuania under…

Joblessness, idleness and feigned piety

The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu-Gambari, as a former Justice of the Court…