Tag: Azu Ishiekwene

What I learnt from my friend, Tony, was not a denial of press freedom or the promotion of self-censorship. It’s ...

With all of these swirling around, I didn’t know what to expect on this trip, and more than once I ...

APC Presidential primary election. Now that the wanton joke called party primaries are over – or nearly over – I ...

When the Manchester City v AC Bournemouth match ended in a 1-1 draw on Tuesday night, giving Arsenal an irretrievable ...

Britain stands at a moment when frustration can either deepen democratic maturity or embolden grievance merchants. The choice the parties ...

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Peter Obi Why, even though he has flipped political parties five times in three election cycles, ...

The real trouble is that far more than English, the economy is making both Kenyans and Nigerians miss the humour ...

Wale Edun, the former minister of finance and coordinating minister of the Economy. We may quibble about the real backstory ...

INEC Chair, Professor Joash Amupitan. The numerous calls for his resignation by different groups, including opposition parties and civil society, ...

If the Latin phrase, “status quo ante bellum”, does not kill the ADC, it will make it stronger and better ...

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu After watching Adelabu perform so poorly over the last two years on the national ...

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Peter Obi ...this Obi is a Peter of Clay – malleable, confused, and lacking in staying power. He’s drifting, mistaking ...

The optics across Nigeria point broadly at a singular outcome in next year’s general elections – a victory lap for ...

Nigerian Police After decades of wear and tear, the police force, as presently constituted, is more like a uniformed agency, ...

While Africa is out of earshot of the ongoing bombings and explosions in America’s war on behalf of Israel, the ...

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai My mother used to warn me that the words of my mouth could claim ...

Collis’s book is a personal encounter. It is part social observation, part memoir, and part travelogue – a journey through ...

Mali Disregard for democratic values that might have concerned the US in a former life is no longer an issue. ...

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf (CREDIT: X @Kyusufabba) Surprisingly, Kano is quiet – for now. The fanatical Kwankwasiyya Movement – ...

Russian President Vladmir Putin. If Trump believes that he can grab Greenland and plant the US flag in Nuuk, whether ...

“Nigeria awoke on Saturday (15 January) morning in total confusion,” de St. Jorre wrote. “In three major cities (Lagos, Ibadan ...

"I forecast that by 29 May or earlier, the president will replace ministers, especially those who have since outlived their ...

I hope your experience has been different this Christmas, and that despite chaotic flight delays, you still managed to hear ...

The Nigerian godfathers of oil rent, to paraphrase Yergin, are putting up fierce resistance against the new dynamics that Dangote’s entry is ...