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Azu Ishiekwene

September 7, 2023

Obaseki and Shaibu deserve each other

Obaseki and Shaibu deserve each other. And Oshiomhole, the father of this incorrigible pair and high priest of their shenanigans, must be sorry.

August 31, 2023

Saving Abuja from Wike, really?

Framing Wike as an urban bulldozer misses the point. Abuja needs salvation not from Wike but from decades of elite abuse.

Nyesom Wike and FCT gate
August 24, 2023

Gas car rigmarole, questions Tinubu can’t ignore

Tinubu has enough problems on his plate. Hugging a special purpose initiative to nowhere will not do him much good.

CNG-powered bus
August 17, 2023

Engaging Nigerien military president is like having sex with someone you hate

It’s time to end the nonsense in Niger, not by rubbing buttocks with Tchiani, but by keeping the cage trap firmly on the table for this porcupine and his cohorts.

Gen. Abdourhamane Tchiani, President Bola Tinubu
August 10, 2023

Tinubu’s list, Gbaja-nisation and Nigeria’s politics

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was also faced with choices similar to those that Tinubu wrestled with for 60 days. It’s easy to forget now….

TINUBU SPEAKING WITH GBAJABIAMILA
August 4, 2023

Again, a bizarre joke in Niger speaks French

ECOWAS may have to review its ultimatum and adopt a negotiated exit, with former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s example in Sao Tome in 2003 as a guide.

Bazoum and Niger Republic military leader
July 27, 2023

Does social media affect your voting?

The winner of that election, President Muhammadu Buhari, thought social media helped him win. Did it, really?

A polling unit
July 20, 2023

Why Museveni video shames Africa

With 54 countries in Africa, it would be interesting to test a continental payment clearing house that is not even contemplating optimum currency area.

AFRICAN PRESIDENTS
July 13, 2023

Tinubu and burden of ministerial list

Perhaps by Tuesday, when the official list is finally released and laid before the Senate, appointment mongers on social media would take their business elsewhere.

President Bola Tinubu
July 6, 2023

Mmesoma: What really happened?

How did we get here? As in many things dumb and useless, politicians have managed to lead the way to the collapse of values.

JAMB REGISTRAR PROF ISHAQ OLOYEDE and MMESOMA EJIKEME