Azu Ishiekwene
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Monetising Trouble with Azu, By Lasisi Olagunju
YOU remember how Portable, the Wahala musician, described government a few days ago? He said, “after God, na government.” Great…
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What’s in a Book? You’ll Never Know, Until…, By Azu Ishiekwene
Earlier this week, I teased on my social handle about my encounter with a deity. Of course, not in the…
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Is a Third World War Coming? By Azu Ishiekwene
This was the question a friend of mine in his late 20s asked me when we woke up on April…
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Faye and France: The Tyre Meets the Road, By Azu Ishiekwene
The words of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye were honey to taste. Following the bitter ending of the 12-year rule of…
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The Okuama Dead: Story Behind the Grief, By Azu Ishiekwene
When Lt. Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Ali, 49, assumed duties as Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian…
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Photoshopping Princess and The Perils of Manipulation, By Azu Ishiekwene
The press has been unkind to Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales. I find it hard to understand why, of…
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Inside Nigeria
The Famished Road to Kuriga, By Azu Ishiekwene
The journey to Kuriga in southern Kaduna, North-west Nigeria, did not start with the kidnap of 287 students last week.…
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Rolling Blackouts, Heatwave and Tales from Dead Bulbs, By Azu Ishiekwene
I don’t know how it is in your part of town. But it’s been a nightmare in mine, a supposedly…
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Will the Humble Pie Heal ECOWAS? By Azu Ishiekwene
The resolutions following the Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the…
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APC Digging Its Own Grave in Edo, By Azu Ishiekwene
Nigeria’s politicians have perfected the art of burying themselves with one foot sticking out. And it appears that the All…
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