By Owei Lakemfa  SIX DAYS after the October 1, 1960, independence of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa stood before the United Nations, UN. The historical mission of Nigeria he said, is to develop Africa, the continent which gave birth to humanity and modern civilization. The date was October...
By Owei Lakemfa THE WORLD reset in 1945, or so it thought. The Second World War which had taken about ninety million lives, had come to an end. Humanity erupted in joy. To many of the colonized, it was a war for human freedom. But they were mistaken. The European powers that had ignited the […]
By Paul Ejime THREE AFRICAN candidates – Ghana’s Foreign Minister Shirley Botchwey, Lesotho’s former Trade and Finance Minister Joshua Setipa, and Gambia’s former Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara are top contenders in the race to become the next Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Chief Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria was the first and only ...
