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Budget dramas and the rainbow of the unaccountable

By Owei Lakemfa Nigerians are as usual, being entertained to the soap…

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Nuhu Yaqub: The indelible footsteps of a humanist

By Owei Lakemfa I am a member of the foreign relations think…

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Akufo-Addo and Western Sahara: The parting shot of a quisling

By Owei Lakemfa Ghanaian President Nana Akuffo-Addo’s last day in office was…

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Niamey: With burning coals in hand, no time for debates

By Owei Lakemfa Niger Republic Head of State, Brigadier-General Abdourahmane Tchiani, on…

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When chosen by war, you’ve no right to choose peace

By Owei Lakemfa The New Year 2025 promises to be full of…

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The law, even in Nigeria, is not an ass

By Owei Lakemfa Olamide Abiodun Thomas is a nurse. She went out…

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Afe Babalola and many things most Nigerians don’t know

By Owei Lakemfa The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Mohammed Maigari…

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Ousting Assad was more tragic than the West canonising jihadists

By Owei Lakemfa When Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city fell on Friday,…

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The Great Yusufu Bala Usman-Yusuf Bangura debate: Forty years after

By Owei Lakemfa Dr Yusufu Bala Usman was, in the 1980s, a…

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Standing on the shoulders of Isah Uguda and Jibrin Ibrahim

By Owei Lakemfa In the roaring 1970s, the nationalist fervent was at…

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Ibrahim Gambari: The intellectual and diplomat who saw tomorrow

By Owei Lakemfa If the Nobel Peace Prize were less political, more…

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Mexico, maize and the Day of the Dead

By Owei Lakemfa I attended for the first time, the Day of…

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