Sunday, August 16, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene

July 9, 2025

Danger of the single story

How do we get to Gusau, knowing what we know, I asked ChatGPT. Response: Don’t go except it’s essential.

Zamfara governor's official portrait
June 26, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Rejoinders to my article on the Israel-Iran war

Mr. Azu’s article does not merely repeat lies. It baptises them in footnotes and anecdotes and then dresses them in history.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
June 13, 2025

A tribute to Uncle Sam at 90

“He (Sam Amuka) believes that life has a NAFDAC number,” Anaba said. “Nothing can take you out if your number has not expired.”

Sam Amuka-Pemu
June 5, 2025

Understanding the flight announcer

is it also possible for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to authorise the use of pidgin English as the second language for flight announcers, at least for domestic routes?

Nigeria's boarding lounge
May 29, 2025

Inside the Oval Office, Trump’s new lair

If, at this time, African leaders cannot find good company among themselves, they may as well learn to sit at home.

Trump with Zelensky in Oval Office; Trump with Ramaphosa in Oval Office
May 19, 2025

How to crown an impostor

For three years, Traoré’s stock has risen amid algorithmic populism expressed in languages he neither understands nor speaks.

Burkina Faso's military ruler Ibrahim Traore
May 8, 2025

Adesina, Onanuga and the matter of being better off

Abuja can argue that the hardship is global and that the temporary difficulties will produce a better future. But as economists say, in the long run, we’re all dead.

Adesina and Onanuga
April 21, 2025

Do children of politicians in power make sense?

As we move closer to 2027, the actions of the children of newsworthy politicians will be a valuable lens through which we try to view and understand the political space.

Mohammed Abubakar and Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed
April 10, 2025

Fake outrage and the making of the Uromi 16

Neither the Uromi I read about in history nor the one my mother visited is the same as the present crime scene. Something is broken, and false outrage won’t fix it.