Sunday, October 18, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene

July 4, 2024

Rishi Sunak’s next life

But Sunak is young and immensely gifted. He is not finished quite yet. His death might have been slightly exaggerated.

United Kingdom Prime minister, Rishi Sunak
June 10, 2024

Why minimum wage is a bad idea

The main challenge for Nigeria has been the tendency, especially among states, the main power blocs, to prioritise rent and politics over creativity and competition.

Labour union members protesting over new minimum wage
May 31, 2024

The pathologies of a throne

The moment the Supreme Court upheld Governor Abba Yusuf’s election in January, Bayero knew the governor would need the throne to pay his debt. 

Sanusi, Governor Abba Yusuf and Aminu Bayero
May 23, 2024

One year of Tinubu

The problems of Tinubu’s government in the last one year have been partly self-inflicted, and partly unavoidable.

Bola Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari
May 18, 2024

Thrills, joys and surprises of selling

I have bought stuff that I really didn’t need because the seller made me feel like they were offering the moon on a stick.

Azu Ishiekwene: Thrills, joys and surprises of selling
May 18, 2024

Who does America listen to?

The ‘complex’ has Biden by the balls. And what a hold they have on him and anyone in the White House in an election year!

May 6, 2024

What’s in a book? You’ll never know, until…

What is in a book is the thing that might just change your life; but you’ll have to read it to find it.

May 6, 2024

Musings on parties in turmoil

Nigeria’s three main political parties, the All Progressives Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party, and the Labour Party, are in turmoil.

APC, PDP, LABOUR PARTY
April 18, 2024

Is World War III coming?

Global institutions expected to keep the fragile balance for peace have almost all broken down, and all five veto-wielding members of the UN have gone rogue.

April 4, 2024

Jonathan and Sam: Two books, one message

There’s a place where Sam’s poetic prose and Jonathan’s enthralling story-telling meet: leadership.

Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi