What shall we do about South Africa?
RIGHT OF REPLY Approximately 1,030 words Azu Ishiekwene asks the right question, and he is right that the World Cup answered it before any of us did. The hostility Bafana Bafana met in those stadiums was not football. It was a bill arriving. I take his question seriously and respectfully disagree with part of how […]
Engaging Nigerien Military President is like having sex with someone you hate, By Azu Ishiekwene
A GOOD number of people, including me, seems opposed to Nigeria leading the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to war in Niger. In one of the most telling anti-war metaphors, a Nigerian columnist and Editor, Lasisi Olagunju, likened military intervention to rubbing buttocks with the porcupine. Doves everywhere are flying the flag of peace. […]
Tinubu’s list, Gbaja-nisation and Nigeria’s politics, By Azu Ishiekwene
IF President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the ground running, it was because problems chased him into office. Yet, it wasn’t long before he tripped on a matter in which his genius has been acknowledged: forming his cabinet. One of his credentials for eight years as governor of Lagos, and even outside public office for 16 […]
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 […]
