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Azu Ishiekwene

April 27, 2023

What Nigeria’s election cannot teach does not exist

Polls are like mini-skirts. They are short enough to attract attention but long enough to hide the subject matter.

Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu and Muhammadu Buhari
April 20, 2023

Hadiza and the Toes of the Nigerian Big Man

Hadiza’s trial was an idiot’s tale, the government replaced her on the advice of the minister, whose main contribution was being Buhari’s ATM eight years ago.

Director General of the NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman.
April 13, 2023

Why Trump’s trial doesn’t make America special

We have seen, especially in the last 10 years, that the U.S. is not the undimming beacon that it often pretends to be.

Trump in court
April 10, 2023

A British example in our rascally times

If we’re serious enough, it shouldn’t be hard to produce the sort of mosaic inner circle expected at Prince Charles’ coronation at the inauguration of a Nigerian president.

Kong Charles, Humza Haroon Yousaf and Rishi Sunak
March 30, 2023

Africa: Why does Burna Boy rock more than Nigeria’s elections?

While the continent rocks the Afrobeat of its music stars, Sierra Leone’s general elections in June shouldn’t be another outsourced African story.

OBI, ATIKU, TINUBU VOTING; BURNA BOY SINGING
March 23, 2023

Louis Odion: The matter of ‘Capacity’

Since he insists that he is just 50, I’ll have to accept. But by my reckoning, which of course is not just a number, he has gifts far, far beyond his years!

Louis Odion
March 16, 2023

INEC server and other election day stories

The worst thing voters can do on Saturday is to surrender by staying away.

YAKUBU AND MELAYE PROTESTING AT THE NATIONAL COLLATION CENTRE
March 2, 2023

What really matters to Obasanjo in 2023 presidential election

His audacious demand on Monday gave the eerie feeling that he wanted a replay of June 12, at any cost, if not directly for himself, then for his acolytes.

Olusegun Obasanjo
February 16, 2023

Looking back, facing forward as Nigeria decides

As Nigerians go to the ballot on Saturday, February 25 to elect a new president, not a few voters think that the worst mistake would be to let Buhari happen again.

Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari
January 19, 2023

Why we love expensive rituals

The only promises made by politicians are those they often do not intend to keep.

Julius Abure, Rufai Ahmed Alkali, Iyorchia Ayu and Abdullahi Adamu