‘The victory of Castro is the triumph of principles, commitment and an unconquerable spirit which in the face of seeming hopelessness, refused to accept defeat. Despite the years of struggle, blood and toil, the electoral victory may …
Owei Lakemfa
‘The rest of us do not need to wait for a bloodbath in the town before trying to make peace. The Delta State Government has the duty to bring all …
OSCAR López Rivera, 74, was a 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy when he was brought to Chicago in 1957. He grew up there and joined the United States, US, military. He …
NIGERIANS have since colonial times basically belonged to two groups: the conservative, pro-establishment and the progressive, anti-establishment. During colonialism, the conservative group was symbolised by Oba Dosunmu of Lagos, while …
‘So that they may not sustain needless economic losses in the name of elections, these are held on Sundays more so when Catholic mass is usually short and the electorate …
‘When I entered Venezuela, I was completely unprepared for what I saw. The capital, Caracas, is so developed with well-built roads and multi-storey buildings doting every available space that you …
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Refugees: Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere
by Owei Lakemfaby Owei Lakemfa‘As a trade unionist, I always keep in mind the International Labour Organisation, ILO May 10, 1944, Declaration of Philadelphia which warned that: “Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.” Humanity …
What in recent times has freaked me out about this government is not its claim that it spent N523.3 million on school feeding programme when Nigerians, including school children, were …
‘In all these, the warring Europeans do not put the lives of the hapless refugees into consideration. It is incredible that Europeans who can deploy helicopters and troops to rescue …
“Fela’s beautiful retort in his ‘Unknown Soldier’ album was: “If na unknown soldier; we get unknown police; we get unknown soldier; we get unknown civilian; All is equal to unknown …