Ondo back story imitates insanity, By Azu Ishiekwene
ONDO is one of Nigeria’s most enlightened states. It is, perhaps, side-by-side with Oyo, one of the most significant political bellwethers of the South-West. Apart from Olusegun Agagu’s four-year spell as governor, that state has maintained its progressive credentials in the last 24 years. But that illustrious tradition has fallen on bad times. And you know […]
Does social media affect your voting? By Azu Ishiekwene
WHEN I first voted in an election in Nigeria in 1983, the Internet was just newly born. It had not even been properly named. Forty years later when I voted for the fifth time, my daughter who attained voting age only 13 years ago and has since voted only once, as far as I know, […]
Why Museveni video shames Africa, By Azu Ishiekwene
Why can’t AU, especially if the African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, the continent’s financial provider, set up a payment and settlement mechanism to facilitate intra-African trade?
Tinubu and burden of ministerial list, By Azu Ishiekwene
You may have seen it. The list, of course. Those who think that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not moving fast enough to appoint ministers have offered to help. They have composed their own ministerial list for him and shared it on social media. It’s trending now. Just one look at it, however, and you […]
Mmesoma: What really happened? By Azu Ishiekwene
Mmesoma’s travail shows that obsession for short-cuts and quick fixes often lead to broken hearts and deeper misery; it’s not about tribe or ethnicity, else Mmesoma would not have chosen all four school choices outside the South-East, her native enclave
Titan and migrants: Two tragedies, different stories, By Azu Ishiekwene
IT doesn’t make sense to weigh tragedies on a scale. How do you measure them? Leo Tolstoy got it right in Anna Karenina when he said whereas all happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
