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Azu Ishiekwene

August 20, 2021

Lies, damned lies Biden sold about Afghanistan

Are Afghans freeloaders happy to use others as dogs in their own fight?

Biden and Taliban
August 12, 2021

An encounter with a doctor

Too often, we hardly get to hear of the extraordinary courage and devotion of doctors and other medical personnel.

Doctor
July 30, 2021

Benin artefacts and the choice facing Robin Hood

Let’s bring the artefacts home, where they belong.

July 17, 2021

Lauretta Onochie as metaphor

Public opinion is perfectly entitled to ignore the Senate’s framing and to claim victory for Onochie’s rejection.

Lauretta Onochie
July 2, 2021

Ataga and the woman in the mirror

Reckless sensationalism is a disservice to journalism. It also undermines diligent investigation and allows criminals to go scot-free.

Usifo-Ataga-Chidinma-Ojukwu
June 11, 2021

What Twitter ban teaches the world about Nigeria

Banning Twitter in an already impoverished country is hardly in keeping with the President’s promise to lift 100 million people out of poverty.

June 4, 2021

What is the endgame in Nigeria’s South-East?

Nnamdi Kanu’s goal may be to secure a territory, but he won’t get one, because Biafra is a heartfelt cry for justice, equity and fairness.

May 28, 2021

COVID-19 stories by children

For a continent already beset by poverty and a host of deadly diseases, Corona could only compound our misery.

COVID-19 Test
May 14, 2021

Coup talk and echoes of a Banana Republic

You can choose when to have a military government, but often, you can’t decide when, or even if, they would leave.

President Muhammadu Buhari