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 […]
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#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 […]
What is Mali telling Africa? By Azu Ishiekwene
The headlines, especially in the Western press, suggest that Africa is back again in the news for the wrong reasons. Misery has really never been […]
Bayelsa Governor’s One Leg, By Azu Ishiekwene
Nine months after the curtains were drawn on the Bayelsa governorship polls, the electorate still can’t be too sure who they voted for or […]
Kashamu: Backstory of Obasanjo’s letter to the dead, By Azu Ishiekwene
From the way he addressed the letter, you could almost guess that he had some difficulty writing it, but Olusegun Obasanjo being Olusegun Obasanjo, he […]
Arotile, Saleh: Two deaths, many life lessons, By Azu Ishiekwene
The news last week of the deaths of two young people, Tolulope Arotile and Fahim Saleh (Gokada entrepreneur) whose paths may never have crossed but […]
NDDC: When the cure is worse than the disease, By Azu Ishiekwene
Those who opposed the creation of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 20 years ago must be having a good laugh now. Their biggest concern […]
Will Trump go, if he loses? By Azu Ishiekwene
After three and a half years of his presidency, US President Donald Trump appears to have exhausted all surprises in the bag, except, of course, […]
The politics of Tinubu obsession, By Azu Ishiekwene
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has very strong enemies and a few of them would not wait for […]
Using Covid-19 donations to give charity a bad name, By Azu Ishiekwene
Global response to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Africa has been remarkable, especially following fears that should the virus take hold, its impact on […]
Oshiomhole, Obaseki and APC’s game of long knives
By Azu Ishiekwene I goofed, but may be just a little, because this is not how the story ends. In January, I predicted that the […]
Who Listens To The North? By Azu Ishiekwene
Journalist and former Minister of Youth Development and Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, wrote a thought-provoking piece last week entitled, “Who speaks for the North?” The article reinforces […]
The unravelling of America: You’ve gotta watch to cry
By Azu Ishiekwene I first watched the movie in the lockdown. At the beginning, it was funny when the pair was fiddling with their entrée […]
Does the Minister work for a Chinese Company?
By Azu Ishiekwene Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, has been in hot water lately. It’s hard to sympathise with him because he jumped into the cauldron […]
Mad as Madagascar, By Azu Ishiekwene
In the fight against COVID-19, the war between biology and economics has just expanded to the nationalist front, spilling over with the ferociousness of a […]
In Africa, Trump’s fate is worse than a laughing stock
By Azu Ishiekwene In a recent article in The Atlantic also widely used elsewhere, American journalist, Anne Applebaum, described the pathetic meltdown of US President Donald Trump, […]
Kano Conundrum: Why it matters, By Azu Ishiekwene
Following a string of suspicious deaths in Kano last week some have said the state, arguably Nigeria’s most populous, could be Nigeria’s Italy. They are […]
COVID-19: Should You Believe What ECA Is Saying About Africa? By Azu Ishiekwene
In one of his bestsellers, The Zahir, Paulo Coelho said there are two major problems in life: knowing when to begin and knowing when to stop. If, […]
Lockdown: A radical view, By Azu Ishiekwene
The government did not extend the lockdown by two weeks to punish us. But the unintended consequence of the extension for a poor country such […]
COVID-19 and that flight from Abuja, By Azu Ishiekwene
The trip was not planned. As concerns over the spread of Covid-19 grew and the country inched more and more towards the abnormal, I figured […]
Unusual story as tragedy writes book of humour
By Azu Ishiekwene In a world where laughter is already in short supply, the outbreak and rapid spread of Coronavirus has only left us all […]
Obasanjo: A belated love affair, By Azu Ishiekwene
If words could make the dead turn in their grave, the founder of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Faseun, would have rolled over […]
What has the Supreme Court done? By Azu Ishiekwene
Not a few politicians are beginning to have second thoughts about what may be the sure path to electoral success in future. The traditional model, […]