Ibrahim Gambari: The intellectual and diplomat who saw tomorrow – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> If the Nobel Peace Prize were less political, more objective and based on direct efforts to achieve peace, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari should have been an awardee long ago. One of the lows in human history was the … Read more
Mexico, maize and the Day of the Dead – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> I attended for the first time, the Day of the Dead festival. It was at the Mexican Embassy in Abuja. The stairs leading from the embassy gates down to the swimming pool reception area was lit with over … Read more
Nigeria-Vietnam: When your friend tells you the truth – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The primary reason a group of Nigerians had a meeting in Abuja with embassy and trade officials from Vietnam on Wednesday October 30, 2024 was to explore business opportunities for cooperation and development. That quickly changed to nagging questions such … Read more
The Nigerian alignment is faulty – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> It was a triumphant occasion. The venue was the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Giri, Abuja. The joyous occasion was the destruction of over 2,400 illicit arms. The chief celebrant was the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons,NCCSALW. The … Read more
Poverty of thought, not thought of poverty – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> THE Super Eagles nightmare in Libya and, the World Bank insanely asking Nigerians to endure 15 more years of suffocation and pain, speak to a poverty of ideas. The lives of the Eagles and officials were endangered when … Read more
Spain speaks to a world in turmoil – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The ground floor was full. The crowd would have been over 80 per cent diplomats. There were, of course, a number of Nigerian government officials and journalists. As the delightful broadcaster, Kemi Asekun and I conversed, the Comptroller … Read more
Time for Nigeria to stand up for itself and Africa – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The world is in turmoil. Various peoples are planning, strategising and re-strategising. The Middle East is meeting, especially as war is being brought to its doorsteps. The Americans want their November elections quickly out of the way … Read more
Redrawing the map of the world in blood – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> THE world commemorated the first year of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel with no clear vision to end the on-going carnage. In the First World War, there were about 22 million deaths. Humanity vowed: … Read more
Nicaragua: The Sandinista Revolution cools off – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> IT was stunning. If it were a football match, it would have been said to be against the run of play. Nicaraguan youths who had risen against the brutal regime of Anastazio Somoza Debayle, on July 17, 1979, rode into Managua … Read more
Nigerians remain dispossessed after 64 years of independence – By Owei Lakemfa …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Events of monumental proportions are happening in the world. The assassination of Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasarallah, may signal the commencement of all-out war in the Middle East. Those who love conquest would celebrate his elimination. Those who … Read more