Browsing: Azu Ishiekwene

By Azu Ishiekwene Bad news has almost become a regular feature of Nigeria’s daily narrative and recently, it’s been like…

By Azu Ishiekwene In a widely shared story last week, The Economist likened the political carnage in Britain to the situation in…

By Azu Ishiekwene After eight months’ strike, one of the longest in the country’s history, university teachers finally returned, at…

By Azu Ishiekwene Back in the day, weather forecasts were a joke. And I mean literally. The weather forecast segment…

By Azu Ishiekwene When the row between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spilled…

By Azu Ishiekwene If this were a compulsory exam question, a number of politicians would simply answer: it depends. On…

By Azu Ishiekwene The only thing that compares in recent tweet villainy with the post of US-based Nigerian professor Uju…

By Azu Ishiekwene In six African countries the heads of government have been in power for 20 years or more. Attempts to…

By Azu Ishiekwene If you haven’t had a good laugh, you have not been with him. And anyone who knows…

By Azu Ishiekwene One of the ironies of politics is how easily fiction becomes reality, and reality, precedent. Before our…