May Day, 140 years later: Distress calls become more desperate, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, May 2 -- May Day! May Day!! May Day!!! The desperate calls from Chicago, United States workers in 1886, taken up by workers of the world, now sounds more desperate. But the world seems to hav... Read More

May Day 140 years later: Distress calls become more desperate

Nigeria, May 1 -- May Day! May Day!! May Day!!! The desperate calls from Chicago, United States workers in 1886, taken up by workers of the world, now sounds more desperate. But the world seems to hav... Read More

Sledgehammer diplomacy and China's soft touch, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, April 25 -- Taiwan is a defined territory with claims to being a sovereign state. This is partly because powerful countries like the United States,US; Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the Eu... Read More

Sledgehammer Diplomacy and China's Soft Touch

Nigeria, April 24 -- Taiwan is a defined territory with claims to being a sovereign state. This is partly because powerful countries like the United States,US; Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the Eu... Read More

Ceasefire: A world on its knees and US on its throat, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, April 11 -- It was too quick. Humanity heaving a sigh of relief on Tuesday, 7 April when a two-week ceasefire in the United States/Israel-Iran war came into effect. The very next day, one of... Read More

Slavery: Humanity found its voice, but US-Europe want it silenced By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, April 4 -- Humanity found its collective voice on March 25, 2026 by situating the 400 years of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and categorising it. Also, it sought ways of honouring the millio... Read More

Chants of Treason: No Water, No Electricity, No Food!

Nigeria, March 30 -- A diplomat from the Group of Seven (G7) countries in March 2026 invited me to dinner in Abuja. The first thing he asked was how I was coping with water supply. The diplomatic miss... Read More

Football, Moroccans and a runaway monarchy, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, March 29 -- Moroccans. I love Moroccans. They are a fine people with a very rich history and culture. But in the last six decades their country has been in the news, often for the wrong reaso... Read More

Washington's three blind mice, see how they destroy the world, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, March 21 -- Washington's three blind mice. Donald Trump, their president. Marco Rubio, his secretary of state, and Pete Hegseth, his secretary of Defence, now transformed into secretary of Wa... Read More

Washington's three blind mice: See how they destroy the world, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, March 21 -- Washington's three blind mice. Donald Trump, the president. Marco Rubio, his secretary of state. And, Pete Hegseth, his secretary of Defence, now transformed into secretary of War... Read More

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