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Nigeria's blurred vision in a fractured world

Nigeria, Dec. 20 -- It is difficult to be a patriot when you don't know where the truth lies. It is good to stand by your country. But at least, you should know where your country stands to be able to... Read More


Benin: Between Military Claws and Bloody Talons of President Talon

Nigeria, Dec. 12 -- Early morning Sunday, December 7, 2025, while many Beninois slept, hoping to go to church, mosque and traditional places of worship at dawn, some members of their armed forces fann... Read More


The Inside Story of the Fake Coup in Guinea-Bissau

NIGERIA, Dec. 5 -- Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo on November 26, 2025 sat in his office as the President of Guinea-Bissau. As a retired General, the 53-year-old knew when he was beaten. Three days ear... Read More


Tinubu's Security Emergency is Only a Half Measure

NIGERIA, Dec. 1 -- I have worried that President Bola Tinubu did not appreciate the fact that our country is at war against vicious, unfeeling bandits and terrorists who massacre babies, children, the... Read More


Guinea-Bissau's Lawless President Embalo Has No Business in Office

NIGERIA, Nov. 28 -- The military coup on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 that swept away President Umaro Sissoco Embalo did not come as a surprise. Embalo, a retired general who camouflaged as an elected... Read More


Ibrahim Gambari: Untiring diplomat for risky missions, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- The world was in turmoil in the mid 2000s. Nature had visited humanity with one of the most devastating storms in contemporary times. Hurricane Katrina which made a landfall in New... Read More


We charge the United States with genocide, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, Nov. 23 -- As the year 2025 rolls to a close, there are citizens of the United States planning, in the new year, to charge their country with genocide against its "Black, Brown and Indigenous... Read More


Nigerians caught between genocide and an opportunistic USA virulent virus, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, Nov. 8 -- There are intense discussions going on in Nigeria. Is the United States of America, USA preparing to attack? If it is, what are the targets? A Government increasingly incapable of s... Read More


Your hero's not our hero: Choosing Soyinka, Floyd and Kirk, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, Nov. 1 -- Professor Wole Soyinka, 91, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a well-sought after global citizen. But even as a famous dramatist, he must have been caught unawares wh... Read More


No king in US, no coronation in Africa, By Owei Lakemfa

Nigeria, Oct. 25 -- In vain President Donald Trump cried out that he is no king, and does not intend to be one. However, many United States (US) citizens did not appear to be listening. At least some ... Read More