By Owei Lakemfa THE BAZAAR of partisan politics is in open swing. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which has been attracting opposition politicians to itself like magnet, held its National Summit on May 22, 2025, inside the Aso Rock Presidential Palace. The venue is symbolic of the President’s powers and could not be a […]...
By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIA, THIS Thursday, May 29, 2025, marks its 26th anniversary ending brutal military rule, and embarking on the road to democracy. I am reminded, on this occasion, of three political figures who contributed to this situation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged into national consciousness in 1992 when he was elected the Sen...
By Owei Lakemfa THE ECONOMIC Community of West African States, ECOWAS, suffering from serious arthritis, cerebral malaria and a splitting headache by three countries, turns 50 on May 28, 2025. It had a dream of regional integration, including a free and seamless flow of persons, services and capital, the elimination of customs duties, and joi...
By Owei Lakemfa I ANTICIPATED lots of reactions to my April 12, 2025, column titled “How the military taught Nigerians the art of looting.” However, I did not expect an avalanche. It was as if I had made a monumental discovery on corruption. I have not! Some of the reactions suggested that multi-party democracy in […]
By Owei Lakemfa THE FRENCH establishment is, again, sowing the seeds of violence in Africa. As it is traditional with France, it will water such seeds, nurture them until they are ripe for harvest. In its latest genetically-modified violence-seed planting, France in May, 2025 set aside 150 million Euro through its French Development Agency to...
By Owei Lakemfa IT WILL be fallacious to say the military taught Nigerians how to steal. In truth, stealing maybe as old as humanity itself. In fact, stealing is so old that it features in the Ten Commandments God reportedly gave humanity: ‘Thou Shall Not Steal’. However, while the politicians who stole before military rule […]
By Owei Lakemfa CAN YOU imagine being born 50 years ago with poison in your system; assured that the only remedy is death? That was the fate of about three million Vietnamese who were sprayed herbicides called Agent Orange, specially manufactured by the United States, (US), to ensure the victims were not only exterminated but […]
