A Letter On The First Lady, By Azu Ishiekwene
It is gratifying that the first family rallied in the face of a blistering attack last week by busybodies. I would be remiss not to […]
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Of Drones, The Governor And Saudi Prayer Warriors
By Azu Ishiekwene A few weeks after the New York Times published a report that Boko Haram may be using drones in fresh attacks in the North […]
Buhari And Other Authors Of Nigeria’s Famous Book, By Azu Ishiekwene
If politicians are not tired of making speeches on Independence Day or such occasions, the public is weary of listening. In official circles, it may […]
Death of civility and the rise of rage, by Azu Ishiekwene
Angry mobs have dominated recent images from the streets of South Africa and Nigeria – Africa’s two largest economies. Even within national boundaries, we have […]
The Story Of Busola Dakolo’s Unknown ‘Cousin’, By Azu Ishiekwene
Busola Dakolo has a cousin she has never met and might never even meet. They don’t share blood ties, of course. But like tens of […]
In Search Of The Real Oshiomhole, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria – As I watched the video again on Sunday, it felt like a recording from another age, yet it was taped only five years […]
Amaechi’s train ride for $2b silence, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria -If it had been news about the former sports minister who had defiantly sat on $150,000 mistakenly paid into the ministry’s account by the […]
One Life, Many Lessons, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria – Even though the attention of the world was focused on the role of the media in elections and democracy on the World Press […]
Wike, the GOC and Oil Bunkering, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria – Comparison between public conduct elsewhere and what obtains in Nigeria can sometimes be awkward, especially because it can be mistaken to suggest that […]
Ganduje: Understanding The Pathology Of Revenge By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria- Sarkin Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, always wanted to be to local. Even in his heyday as governor of the Central Bank, he said he […]
Missing secret in Yari’s masterclass, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria – (UPDATED) Zamfara State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Abdulaziz Yari, gave a masterclass to incoming governors last week. The governor, […]
Ndume vs Lawan: The danger ahead, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria: What would it take President Muhammadu Buhari to get the politics of the National Assembly right? Four years ago, he had a problem which, […]
Nanny Vice Chancellor confronts helicopter parenting, By Azu Ishiekwene
At first, I thought it was fake news. But I read it to the end and later noticed that it had also been shared on […]
Inconclusive vote: Buhari’s disclaimer, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria -I don’t know why a few state governors are running around, dragging President Muhammadu Buhari by the hem of his agbada to save them […]
Ajimobi, Okorocha, Ganduje: An unfolding story By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria – It’s incredible how eight years have ended as a two-word parable: constituted authority. That’s what Governor Abiola Isiaka Ajimobi would be mostly remembered […]
Voting: A very personal diary, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria – I woke up several times peeping for the first sign of dawn before my phone finally rang at ten-past-six. A family friend who […]
Atiku: An omen worse than defeat, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria – As the final results of last week’s presidential poll were released, three broad groups emerged: Those genuinely surprised that the Peoples Democratic Party […]
In case you missed it: Buhari v. Atiku: The Inconvenient Truth
By Azu Ishiekwene #TrackNigeria – If you walk by sight you cannot help approaching Saturday’s presidential election with a heavy heart. The candidates of the […]
Mahmood Yakubu’s Second Chance, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria -Last week, when I described the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, as one of the most frequently executed men […]
The stranded squirrels in Ezekwesili’s party, By Azu Ishiekwene
#TrackNigeria: I didn’t notice the squirrel until later. The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) actually has a squirrel as its logo, but I didn’t […]
Onnoghen misery’s and the Nigerian dilemma By Azu Ishiekwene
The first sign of chaos is the number of senior advocates of Nigeria who offered to take up the matter free of charge. Often, when […]
Why Yari should take his empty seat home By Azu Ishiekwene
Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, offered Greek gift as Christmas present: his soon-to-be-vacant official stool is not worth the paper on which he made the […]
2019: Facts, fiction, myths…and what matters By Azu Ishiekwene
Get this straight: Atiku Abubakar will lose the presidential election on February 16. I’m not Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka or one of the tongue-in-cheek seers […]
2019: A Profile Of The X-Factors, By Azu Ishiekwene
The general election in 51 days will be different from previous ones in nearly two decades in many ways. Money is one way. At this […]
Leave The Wolves, Atiku, By Azu Ishiekwene
With less than two months to go, concerns by the opposition that next year’s general elections would not be free and fair, appear to be […]