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Azu Ishiekwene

January 12, 2023

Why they shoot friends and spare the enemy

A senior advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, on a live TV programme was obliged to recommend the outsourcing of the force.

Nigeria Police
January 5, 2023

The Trouble with Obasanjo’s Wish

As president for eight years, Obasanjo vehemently rejected any suggestions to help restructure the country, which would have given the regions a fairer footing. 

Olusegun Obasanjo, Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu
December 29, 2022

What you might expect in 2023

I was bang on the money from Tinubu’s emergence to Wike’s showdown with Atiku Abubakar and from the return of stolen Benin Bronzes to the resilience of insurgency.

Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, Nyesom Wike, Seyi Makinde and Peter Obi
December 22, 2022

Western hypocrisy loses in epic Qatar match

Hypocrisy…remains the hallmark of a number of its (West) current engagements with other parts of the world, especially Africa and the Arab world.

Qatari Leader, Joe Biden and Olaf Scholz
December 15, 2022

Amidst chaos, 13-year-old boy vows to rebuild broken bridge of hope

By the time the world is ready for Cop28 in Dubai, who knows if Musa might have built more than a clay bridge to connect not just his community, but perhaps his country?

Musa Sani
December 8, 2022

A letter to Sam

What that history will say about your mentor, Buhari, who is rounding off his eight years in office is still being written.

Sam Nda-Isaiah
December 1, 2022

America, watch your back!

Trump 2.0 is a possibility and the man is seriously looking forward to it. He has the capacity of a brigand; he fights – fair or foul – he just fights, anyway.

U.S. President Donald Trump
November 26, 2022

The letter, the spirit, and The Letterman

The record of the most controversial, most volatile — and some might even add, most annoyingly pontifical epistles — may deservedly go to Obasanjo.

Olusegun Obasanjo
November 17, 2022

In love, as in football, size does not matter. Here’s why 

The travails the world has gone through in the past few years are indicative that the choice of Qatar was probably right.

Qatar 2022 trophy
November 10, 2022

Will Ghanaian president survive this storm?

While the storm gathers, Akufo-Addo appears upbeat.

Nana Akufo-Addo