Owei Lakemfa

Kingibe, a burnt out grass

By Owei Lakemfa Babagana Kingibe has had it good. Nigeria has been quite fair and…

Understanding China from the Great Wall

By Owei Lakemfa I stand on the Great Wall of China. Not for the first…

We can hold politicians accountable outside their manifestoes

By Owei Lakemfa With the approach of the February 2019 elections, we are back in…

A country that exports jobs, imports poverty

By Owei Lakemfa This period has been a sobering one for me even as the…

Knife fights as party democracy

Owei Lakemfa The knives are out in the political arena and they are being used…

Orphans of the African continent

By Owei Lakemfa. Five million fellow Africans in Western Cameroon are between the hard hitting…

The human disease called Trust Deficit Disorder

By Owei Lakemfa Humanity today, has far better communication system than it did 73 years…

The Rage, Range and Age of Imran Khan

By Owei Lakemfa. Once in a while, our troubled world throws up unexpected leaders who…

Lives get cheaper in Nigeria by the day

By Owei Lakemfa I never met Professor Halimatu Sa’adiya Idris, and I will never meet…

Macron’s pilgrimage to the Afrika Shrine

By Owei Lakemfa It is night in the mega city of Lagos, the city that…