A party for Nigeria’s latest abductors, by Azu Ishiekwene
Nigeria’s main political parties are in the thick of their primaries ahead of the 2027 general elections. That politicians can still manage to hold primaries in the midst of a worsening wave of horrendous attacks on communities and kidnappings in parts of the country, not to mention the economic hardship, suggests we must be living in […]
Begging for a seat at the table, By Azu Ishiekwene
FOLLOWING the G-20 summit held in India, I have been amused by the debate about whether or not Nigeria should be more than a guest again at the next G-20 meeting in Rio, Brazil. If South Africa is a member, why not Nigeria? How do you offer Africa’s largest economy only a complimentary ticket every […]
From the mouth of His Lordship, Azu Ishiekwene
IT’s not often that you meet Supreme Court justices, serving or retired. I first met retired Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan casually at a reception in Abuja, for my friend and radical lawyer, Yinka Olumide-Fusika, who had been admitted to the inner bar. Then, we met again about one year later, this time, through his book. […]
Obaseki and Shaibu deserve each other, By Azu Ishiekwene
Except Shaibu intends to make his luck, which will not only include raiding the vote bank in Edo South, but also subverting the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, structure in the state, and overthrowing Obaseki’s ego, history is not on his side.
Saving Abuja from Wike, Really? By Azu Ishiekwene
Abuja needs salvation not from Wike but from decades of elite abuse; otherwise, we may hand the city over to Walt Disney as a zoo franchise!
Gas car rigmarole, questions Tinubu can’t ignore, By Azu Ishiekwene
IT was not meant to be this way. But like a good number of things Nigerian, the story is hardly complete without a twist in the tale. And so it has been for at least three years now with the story of the gas car that was supposed to lessen, if not end, Nigerians’ petrol […]
