Monday, July 6, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene

April 2, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene: Adelabu’s power lines as laundry lines

Adelabu, like many of his predecessors, is running the power ministry in 2026 with the 1950 operational manual of the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria.

Adebayo Adelabu And lantern
March 27, 2026

Obi’s transition from serious contender to mascot

Obi has paid the price for a ticket to the zoo, but he’ll soon find that he’s in a jungle.

Peter Obi
March 12, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene: Saving the police from itself

For a moment, I thought the demons of Abuja had seized President Bola Tinubu, one of the strongest advocates of state police.

Armed policewomen
March 5, 2026

Africa and the deadly dust from Iran

Who could have believed that after the U.S. and its allies destroyed Iraq in search of “weapons of mass destruction” and found none, history would repeat itself as a farce?

Donald Trump with Benjamin Netanyahu
February 26, 2026

El-Rufai: What a good turn didn’t deserve

I’ve often joked that even if you beheaded El-Rufai and minced his skull, his tongue would still be wagging. Those who have been in his crosshairs might agree.

El-Rufai talking to Bola Tinubu
February 19, 2026

The road to a doctor’s Nigeria

Balewa was right. But in hindsight, did Achebe’s lamentation suggest that the prime minister was also naïve?

Balewa and Achebe
February 5, 2026

Can we quench the fire that might start in Mali?

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have just won the biggest diplomatic jackpot beyond their wildest imagination.

Col. Assimi Goita
January 29, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene: Yusuf’s red cap on Tinubu’s red carpet

After months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf finally broke ranks with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his in-law, mentor and political godfather.

Kano Governor Abba Yusuf
January 22, 2026

We owe Putin an unreserved apology

If the price for world peace is to award Trump a Nobel Peace Prize for ending eight wars, a delusion he firmly believes, then we should indulge his fantasy.

Trump with Putin
January 15, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene: A British war journalist’s account of how January 15 changed Nigeria

Frederick Forsyth’s account of the Nigerian Civil War, mainly from the Biafran lens, is perhaps one of the most riveting you would find.

Nigerian Civil War