TRIBUTE – Tony Momoh: ‘GM is coming! GM is coming!!’
Late Mr. Tony Momoh. Mr. Idang Alibi. By Idang Alibi On January 3 and 9, I lost two of my mentors and senior friends who also happened to be very prominent politicians in my home…
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PERSPECTIVE – A people, united: Conversations with the Saharawi foreign minister
Mohammed Salem Uld Salek. By Owei Lakemfa. Mohammed Salem Uld Salek descended the stairs of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, SADR, Embassy in Abuja with an agility that belied his seven decades on earth. The…
DISCOURSE -Restructuring in Nigeria: Why? How? When? (Full Text Of Prof. Jega’s lecture)
Prof Jega. By Professor Attahiru M. Jega Introduction Federalism is the principle, some would say a conceptual or institutional framework, which defines “the division of authority among national and subnational governments” in a given country…
Pa Okowa: More testimonies, tributes as sympathisers pour in
Delta's commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu signing the condolence register. Some commissioners in Governor Okowa's cabinet consoling him and the family. Owa-Alero, the Ika North East Local Government Area community of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa…
PERSPECTIVE – Again, entombed humans triumph over death
Chinese in the mines. By Owei Lakemfa IF you have ever been trapped in a lift; lights suddenly going off, darkness everywhere and perhaps having to breathe with others trapped in the lift, you will…
PRESS STATEMENT – TI: Worsened corruption rating under Buhari vindicates Us- PDP…Charges APC to commence refund of stolen N15tr
President Buhari. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the abysmal 2020 corruption index report on Nigeria by Transparency International (TI), has further confirmed that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government is a citadel of corruption…
PERSPECTIVE – Buhari’s Trumpian complex and Nigeria in search of dialogue
President Muhammadu Buhari. Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa Humanity was given the earth as a sustainable security. Our entire lives depend on it. However, human beings constitute the greatest danger to earth. In realisation…
PERSPECTIVE – Nigeria needs the peace serum of Restructuring
Atiku Abubakar. By Atiku Abubakar Nigeria needs to be restructured. Just look at Nigeria today. This truth is staring us in our collective faces. The current ethnic and religious clashes bedeviling Nigeria are symptoms of…
PERSPECTIVE – Biden and the kicks of a dying horse
President Joe Biden of the United States. Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa. President Joe Biden’s arrival at the White House two days ago was like light breaking at the dawn of an enforced darkness.…