Naked Supreme Court dance not a bad thing after all, By Azu Ishiekwene
When I first read the news in People’s Gazette through a link forwarded to me by a friend, I prayed that it would not be […]
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Tinubu: Back Story and the Morning After
By Azu Ishiekwene After the feisty, if not bitter, presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ended on Wednesday with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed […]
Southern hypocrisy will help Atiku to succeed Buhari, By Azu Ishiekwene
After last weekend’s primary by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate for next year’s […]
Journey to Grenada and Reparations for Slavery
By Azu Ishiekwene Nigeria’s spectacular crises in almost every facet of its national life are inescapable. They cling like your skin. And for your sanity, […]
Deborah: Victim of WhatsApp Rule Violators
By Azu Ishiekwene Parents, students, and indeed anyone with a conscience is still shocked at the killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto over allegations of blasphemy. The brutal […]
Adamu’s Genius and the Road to the Presidency, By Azu Ishiekwene
After emerging as the consensus Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, was faced with a major crisis. Healing the deep divisions in […]
Ayo Adebanjo’s musings on power shift, By Azu Ishiekwene
The statement by the leader of the Yoruba Cultural Group, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, that the South East should get the next turn at the […]
What history says about how Buhari’s successor will emerge
By Azu Ishiekwene I think the most frequently asked question today is, who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari? With over 35 aspirants openly declaring their […]
Chrisland’s Dubai Five and Our Digital Footprints, By Azu Ishiekwene
Most parents like to think that their generation’s burden was the heaviest. And that today’s children are too soft and spoilt by the easy life […]
A Troubling History of Consensus Politics, By Azu Ishiekwene
On March 26 at the Eagle Square, Abuja, the All Progressives Congress (APC), reinvented a version of consensus politics that ancient Rome and Greece would […]
Turning The Other Cheek For Will Smith, By Azu Ishiekwene
One week before Hollywood, Nigeria hosted a different kind of Oscar moment. At the swearing-in ceremony of Charles Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank […]
Ebele’s Diary and Other Unforgettable First Ladies, By Azu Ishiekwene
I thought there was a mistake. The headline said Nigeria’s former ambassador to Spain and wife of Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca, slapped the outgoing First […]
Triumph of the ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ Governors, By Azu Ishiekwene
In the midst of our current misery, the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu thought we needed something to cheer last week, so he offered a […]
APC Putting Everyone at Risk by Endangering Itself, By Azu Ishiekwene
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) looks determined to set itself on fire, even though the story out there is that the match box has […]
Africa And Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, By Azu Ishiekwene
War is messy and never fails to spread responsive misery. When Adolf Hitler asked for safe passage to East Prussia through the Polish corridor and […]
Abba Kyari was a farce waiting to happen, By Azu Ishiekwene
Abba Kyari’s response in July after the US Attorney General’s Office Central District of California issued a warrant of arrest against him following his indictment […]
Where’s the Coup Next? By Azu Ishiekwene
There’s a severe, earth-baking drought in the Horn of Africa. About 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti are in the grip of […]
Mountain Facing Yahaya Bello, By Azu Ishiekwene
Even though the All Progressives Congress (APC) has repeatedly denied zoning the position of chairman to the North Central, there’s hardly any credible analysis which […]
A defeat foretold? By Azu Ishiekwene
Loving Nigeria’s national soccer team, the Super Eagles, is like being in a bad marriage. Your heart is broken many times, yet it’s hard to […]
Why Husbands Often Die First, By Azu Ishiekwene
My wife occasionally jokes that my stressful, high-strung lifestyle could mean I’ll die before her. I’ve hardly paid any attention, until recently. Three weeks ago, […]
Sly: Why we can’t walk away from this crime scene
By Azu Ishiekwene The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, would like to close the case of the suspicious death of Sylvester Omoroni Jr., […]
My Precipitations, By Azu Ishiekwene
No, it’s not what you think. I have read Bisi Akande’s feather-ruffler, entitled, “My Participations.” Perhaps the only connection between the memoir and what you’re about […]
Buhari wants to handover to PDP. Here’s How, By Azu Ishiekwene
After four weeks of delay, confusion and indecisiveness, President Muhammadu Buhari finally refused on Monday to sign the Electoral Amendment Bill, citing a raft of […]
Travellers’ Misery and Nigeria’s Slot War With UAE
Azu Ishiekwene It’s not been a merry run up to Christmas for many Nigerian travellers. It all started with Canada, Saudi Arabia, and then the […]
Sam Nda-Isaiah: One Year After, By Azu Ishiekwene
I still remember that night like yesterday. Our lives had been turned upside down by the resurgence of the second wave of Covid-19. Like most […]