VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa THE Northern governors in their collective wisdom a week ago, decided against a lockdown of the region. The reasons for this, according to their Chairman, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, include that the people are…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa The World Health Organization (WHO) which is coordinating and leading humanity’s war against the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, is ironically under attack by the United States (US) itself, the country most devastated by the virus. US President Donald Trump sees…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa. The World Health Organization (WHO) which is coordinating and leading humanity’s war against the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, is ironically under attack by the United States (US) itself, the country most devastated by the virus. US President Donald Trump sees…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa A man was very poor. So much that even when he worked hard, begged and scavenged, he remained hungry. He decided that his best option was to die. So he went in search of death. He knocked…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa. A veteran journalist called me on April 4 to confirm if indeed the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) issued a statement advising government against approving the Fifth Generation Mobile Technology (5G) claiming it is dangerous and linked to the…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa Dodan Barracks, which was the seat of military regimes, is in Obalende, Lagos; the area I grew up. There were three gates I knew; the State House, Keffi and Obalende gates with the last being the…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa THESE are times people are burdened. When many, with the future appearing bleak due to partial or full lockdowns, need help to get by. This is when religious leaders should be praying for all, or at…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa. In the war against the Coronavirus Covid-19, the television screens show various countries fumigating public places and streets. I have not seen nor heard of a single case of fumigation in our country. I commuted between the Murtala…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa Humanity, despite its giant strides in knowledge, and over the planets, lies prostrate before an almost invisible enemy, the Coronavirus (Covid-19) The nuclear weapons, stealth jets, sophisticated weaponry and armies of the human race are no match for…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa GLOBAL writer, poet and humanist, Odia Ofeimun is from a lineage with close affinity with leopards. There was an unwritten rule between the humans of Iruekpen-Ekum, Edo State and that feline family that neither will attack…