PERSPECTIVE – Nigeria and twitter
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN We are in perilous times in our land, given the flurry of events in the past one week. It started with the meeting between the President and the Independent National…
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PERSPECTIVE – Constitution wetin? A game of deceit and distraction
By Tola Adeniyi It is curious that millions of otherwise educated people can be easily fooled and dragged into the on-going theatricalities and inanities of a so-called jamboree deceitfully tagged Constitution Amendment Panorama.…
PERSPECTIVE – The battles of Ibadan in the June 12 uprising
By Owei Lakemfa The bloody five-year pro-democracy uprising that forced the military back to the barracks after a cumulative 29-year military dictatorship began on Monday, July 5, 1993. Hundreds of lives were lost. Some of the bloodiest…
PERSPECTIVE – Shifting Nigeria’s foreign policy despite its unconstitutionality
President Muhammadu Buhari. Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa On the eve of Africa Day, this Monday, May 24, 2021, soldiers went to Malian President, Bah Ndaw, not to salute him, but pick him like…
THE DEBATE – Fred Akpewe writes Deltans on 2023 guber, says it’s equity, not rotation
Mr. Fred Akpewe. By Fred Akpewe Dear Deltans, Nearly a year ago and at a time when it was yet early to canvass a successor for Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, I mentioned that the issue of…
For Nigeria to avoid disintegration: Northern Elders’ Forum calls for a citizen-driven national dialogue
Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Northern Elders's Forum (NEF). Statement by Northern Elders Forum on Escalating Threats to National Security, Unity and Integrity. Northern Elders Forum (NEF) is convinced that it is time…
PERSPECTIVE – Nigeria’s full of cracks that need fixing not negotiations
Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa A country, like a multi-storey building, may not collapse of a sudden; it starts with cracks. The cracks maybe a symptom of greater magnitude that might not be immediately…
PERSPECTIVE – Attahiru: The lessons we must learn!
Late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Mohammed Attahiru. By Sunny Igboanugo (The Tiny Voice) I recall once interviewing Kenneth Idiodi, the Head of Rosae Crucis (AMORC) in Nigeria some 20 years ago, as a…
TRIBUTE – Celebrating Eddie Madunagu, international revolutionary at 75
Dr. Eddie Madunagu. Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa Many in my generation first encountered the name, Eddie Madunagu when we started actively reading newspapers. He was a passionate Nigerian the Gowon regime threw into…
PERSPECTIVE – Bob Marley’s first 40 years of leaving us
Late Bob Marley. BY Owei Lakemfa One day I shall always remember is May 11, 1981. Nigeria was in turmoil. There were protests across the country while some cities were deserted. Factories were closed as…