MY mother used to warn me that the words of my mouth could claim my head if I weren’t careful.…
Browsing: Azu Ishiekwene’s Column
THERE Was a Country, lamented Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s literary icon and one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Achebe’s title evokes…
NIGERIAN elections never end. But the cycle gets into overdrive roughly one year before a fresh general election. This is…
MALI, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist…
AFTER months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State finally broke ranks with Rabiu Musa…
AS US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada…
FREDERICK Forsyth’s account of the Nigerian Civil War, mainly from the Biafran lens, is perhaps one of the most riveting…
I FORCAST that by May 29 or earlier, the president will replace ministers, especially those who have since outlived their…
I INTENDED to write about something else, but changed my mind halfway through. Apart from making New Year’s resolutions a…
IT’s rare to find a multibillionaire who hasn’t had nasty battles. Yet, as battles go, the fight between Aliko Dangote,…
IF it seems like only yesterday when the founder of LEADERSHIP, Sam Nda-Isaiah, passed away, it’s because he is still…
NONE of the three Guineas is thriving, but in Guinea-Bissau, the country that sits on Africa’s map like a tongue…
THERE’s no need to obsess over what US President Donald Trump said about Nigeria being disgraced or his threat to…
WHEN I saw the programme for the 2025 Nigerian Guild of Editors annual conference listing Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma,…
IF the name of the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), its secretary, or convention date were the subject…
IT feels somewhat like nostalgia, but it’s not. Life, they say, happens. There was something else I used to hear…
APART from tariffs, another word that the Trump presidency is fond of is genocide. First, it was South Africa. During…
PUTTING it nicely, Aparutu is the Yoruba word for a joker, a clown. In August 1986, when I first arrived…
US President Donald Trump may be getting ahead of himself with the encouraging signs that, following the ceasefire in Gaza,…
THE grave is never satisfied, but other things compete with it for insatiability. I can’t help feeling that some members…