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Azu Ishiekwene

January 9, 2025

What you might expect in 2025

I made a particularly catastrophic forecast for last year, which has left a puree of tomatoes on my face.

Trump; Dangote; Tinubu
January 2, 2025

A Nation at War: Five days in Israel

With a ceasefire holding by a thread, this was an inauspicious time to visit anywhere in the area, let alone the country at the heart of the renewed conflict.

Gaza destruction
December 26, 2024

Back story of Tinubu interview

If you have met Obasanjo before – whether for an interview or anything else – you might agree that he’s a handful and more.

Tinubu seated with interviewers
December 19, 2024

An accidental Christmas story

“She kept asking me to come clean, to level with her,” Jibrin said. “It soon became obvious she wanted me to confess what I had not done.”

Uber ride in Abuja
December 5, 2024

Word of the year 2024

My five finalists for the words that most captured younger adults’ moods, feelings, imagination, and ethos in 2024 are e choke, steeze, no cap, vibing, and composure.

Gen Z
November 28, 2024

The Fuss about Kemi Badenoch

Badenoch has a lot of work ahead of her, but she has the competence, character, and energy to do it despite the snippers at home and abroad.

Kemi Badenoch
November 14, 2024

Is AI coming for the journalist?

This may sound incredible, but increasingly, with improvements in infotech and biotech, it seems that what AI cannot do does not exist.

October 17, 2024

Does it still make sense to trust Tinubu?

How and why, despite his experience in the oil industry, Tinubu indulges NNPCL’s damaging and scandalous incompetence, only he can explain.  

Sleeping President Bola Tinubu
October 10, 2024

How Africa is paying for pursuit of the last Hamas

The continent does not have to wait to pay a much higher price for this war before closing ranks and leveraging its closer ties to pressure Israel to accept a ceasefire.

African Leaders
September 12, 2024

Ghost of the witchfinder general

I’m concerned that there is a growing similarity between witchcraft and how Nigeria’s security services look for enemies.

SSS Officers (Credit: Premium Times)