
A leader like Jacinda Ardern, By Azu Ishiekwene
A leader like Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand doesn’t come in tens. Not even in twos. And so, it was such a bright day on […]
A leader like Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand doesn’t come in tens. Not even in twos. And so, it was such a bright day on […]
In over two decades since Nigeria’s return to constitutional democracy, this is the longest politicians have had to campaign before a general election. And […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be shaken to its foundations, but it will survive. The most problematic question for the party of course […]
By Azu Ishiekwene If he could, he might have built a highway to Sharm el-Sheikh where the world’s great and mighty gathered between November 6 […]
Dear Chairman, It was about this time eight years ago, wasn’t it? I’m talking of course of when you took what was perhaps the most […]
By Azu Ishiekwene Former US President Donald Trump didn’t just happen to the United States. He hit the world like the climax of a horror […]
Senior Vice Chairman/Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP, Mr. Azu Ishiekwene, has won the Columnist of the Year Award in the 30th edition of the Nigeria Media Merit […]
If there was a prize for Nigeria’s number one letter writer, journalist-turned-lawyer and one-time minister, Tony Momoh, would appear to be the undisputed champion. The […]
By Azu Ishiekwene It’s a great time to be a football lover. It might not feel exactly so if your country is not one of […]
The Enugu State Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Casmir Agbo, has said the chapter is waiting for directives from the party’s Headquarter to conduct fresh gubernatorial primary.
Not so long ago, he was the poster boy of what looked like an African renaissance. Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo didn’t only know what to say, he also knew when and how.
Azu Ishiekwene In a widely shared story last week, The Economist likened the political carnage in Britain to the situation in Italy in the 1940s. Italy was […]
After eight months’ strike, one of the longest in the country’s history, university teachers finally returned, at gunpoint, to the classrooms on Monday.
Back in the day, weather forecasts were a joke. And I mean literally. The weather forecast segment which used to come at the end of […]
There is fire in Ouagadougou. And who’s to say where it’s catching next? For the second time in eight months, the military in Burkina Faso […]
When the row between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), spilled onto the streets after the party’s presidential […]
If this were a compulsory exam question, a number of politicians would simply answer: it depends. On what? On what is at stake. What the […]
One of the ironies of politics is how easily fiction becomes reality, and reality, precedent. Before our eyes, the president-elect of Kenya, William Ruto, who […]
“I’m going to waste my vote,” a friend told me recently. “And don’t argue with me,” he added. “It’s my right to do so.” I […]
When a proud Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan climbed the podium in faraway Eugene, Oregon in the United States, as the World Champion in Women 100m Hurdles, […]
After BBC Africa service promoted a story on Friday of an interview with the bandit warlords of Zamfara State, a senior Nigerian journalist, Kadaria Ahmed, […]
The advent of any significant changes in technology has often triggered concerns about the fate of journalism. Even at the infancy of social media, TIME […]
By Azu Ishiekwene If the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu thought a placeholder would be a lightning […]
Nigeria is awash with arms – guns, bullets, charms, drugs and local stuff. Not just Nigeria. The entire Sahelian and sub-Saharan African region is drowning […]
Until she asked, I didn’t know it was a problem. Her problem, I mean. When people say whatever gets your time and attention gets you, […]
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