‘Follow Me To The Market…’, By Azu Ishiekwene
Everyone has their meal of the day, and mine happens to be dinner. Having dinner, for me, is a ritual, but one that has evolved […]
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First Jollof, Now Twitter. What Next? By Azu Ishiekwene
Something Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said reminded me of British political journalist, Andrew Marr. Journalism, Marr wrote in his book, My Trade, is […]
Generational Tension And Children Up In Arms, By Azu Ishiekwene
I was visiting a senior over the weekend when our conversation devolved into the soul of the Nigerian banter: how is the country going, I […]
The Audacity Of Anarchy, By Azu Ishiekwene
There was a BBC News story in February that caught me between laughter and bemusement. The news channel reported, in very strong language matched only […]
Brazil, Zambia And Echoes Of A $1.5bn Nigerian Repair
By Azu Ishiekwene Brazil has proved a disaster in the management of COVID-19, but there are other areas where we can use their examples. Like […]
Monguno Is Damned In Translation, By Azu Ishiekwene
Last week, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno, stripped the government bare in public only to try hiding the ugly sight with fig leaves […]
The Story Of The Naira-For-Dollar Promo, By Azu Ishiekwene
It would seem harsh to judge the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) solely by its intentions, especially in the last four or five years. In […]
Governors take fools’ ride to next level, By Azu Ishiekwene
If there was any doubt that governors are underworked and overpaid, this week proved it. This is not the old, familiar sitting governor […]
Can This Grandmother Save The World? By Azu Ishiekwene
As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) formally announced the appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General this week, a Swiss newspaper received her with […]
Bobi Wine and the old African brew, By Azu Ishiekwene
After the presidential election in Uganda, it dawned on me that there are two people in the country who don’t fear President Yoweri Museveni: […]
Buhari, Sleeping At The Wheels Is Not An Option, By Azu Ishiekwene
If you were on a holiday to Nigeria from Mars last week, you would almost certainly cut short your stay to avoid what looked like […]
Ebele Obiano’s Designer Vaccination, By Azu Ishiekwene
Whether Jean-Jacques Rousseau mis-credited the words to Marie-Antionette in Confessions or not, Nigeria is happy to supply a modern-day princess who has earned the title of Her […]
How Will Africa Remember Donald Trump? Here Is How, By Azu Ishiekwene
US President Donald Trump may have lost re-election but he would be escorted out of the White House on Tuesday night with a special prize: […]
The Guest, Coro, Didn’t Come To Play, By Azu Ishiekwene
It’s true that Coronavirus is not among the top five most deadly diseases in Africa today. But it’s also correct that at this […]
What happened to Akufo-Addo? By Azu Ishiekwene
If we could cast a vote in the December 8 presidential election in Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo, would have won […]
The Sam I Knew, By Azu Ishiekwene
I first met him after the 2003 election, which his candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, lost. I was then Editor of PUNCH and Sam Nda-Isaiah, […]
How we remember Maradona, By Azu Ishiekwene
When the news of the death of Diego Maradona broke, I was in a friend’s office. Our initial spontaneous reaction was sorrow and regret. And […]
Message from the dead Borno farmers, By Azu Ishiekwene
That the slain Borno farmers did not get military clearance is an inconvenient truth, but the real error of judgement was taking the government at […]
In search of Lai Mohammed, By Azu Ishiekwene
I have known the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for a long time, I think. Before I got close, I was first drawn […]
Understanding Nigeria’s obsession with Rawlings, By Azu Ishiekwene
The saying that a prophet is not appreciated at home may well be referring to former Ghanaian president, Jerry Rawlings, who died last Thursday from […]
‘Reminiscences: My Journey Through Life,’ By Azu Ishiekwene
At the beginning, I was tempted to think of the author as a reluctant memoirist. Hon. Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan says his two greatest […]
Win or lose, Trump is a danger To Africa, By Azu Ishiekwene
If Donald J. Trump were president of Wakanda on the eve of an election, that country would have received […]
#ENDSARS: Have our children gone mad? By Azu Ishiekwene
You’ll have to go back nearly a decade to find anything resembling what has been happening across the country in the last one week. Back […]
Residents’ insurgency in estates gets a new lease, By Azu Ishiekwene
The ruling of a Lagos High Court last week that residents in estates cannot be forced to pay levies and dues set off […]
Edo grudge match reaches final, By Azu Ishiekwene
It couldn’t get worse. Like many family feuds, offence festered as quickly as affection grew. In this case, though, there was some hope […]