Tag: Azu Ishiekwene
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Why they shoot friends and spare the enemy – By Azu Ishiekwene
Her funeral rites would have begun on Wednesday, January 11, but were postponed because her family, along with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), is awaiting an autopsy report. As of the time of writing, the matter had faded from the headlines and a new date was yet to be announced.
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The trouble with Obasanjo’s wish – By Azu Ishiekwene
I’m sure he expected the firestorm. As is his custom, he primed and released it to explode at his own time and season. If the letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo endorsing Labour Party’s Peter Obi had gone unnoticed, uncriticised, and un-replied, then it would not have been Obasanjo’s letter.
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What you might expect in 2023 – By Azu Ishiekwene
In the last three years, I have formed the dangerous habit of forecasting what the new year might bring, roughly speaking. The quote above was extracted from the piece I wrote on New Year’s Eve of 2022, six months before the APC presidential primaries.
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Western hypocrisy loses in epic Qatar match – By Azu Ishiekwene
The shenanigans were always there, but until FIFA president, Infantino Giovanni, called them out in his down-to-earth press conference in Qatar, they remained the elephant in the room.
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Amidst chaos, 13-year-old boy vows to rebuild broken bridge of hope – By Azu Ishiekwene
If he could, he might have built a highway to Sharm el-Sheikh where the world’s great and mighty gathered between November 6 and 18 at COP27 to discuss climate change. But who knows, he might yet do so. Thirteen-year-old Musa Sani, who has already taken infant steps in civil engineering, might live a bigger dream…
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A letter to Sam – By Azu Ishiekwene
It was about this time eight years ago, wasn’t it? I’m talking of course of when you took what was perhaps the most audacious, some may even say, most controversial political decision of your career at the time to run for the Presidency.
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America, watch your back! – By Azu Ishiekwene
Former US President Donald Trump didn’t just happen to the United States. He hit the world like the climax of a horror movie.
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The letter, the spirit, and The Letterman – By Azu Ishiekwene
If there was a prize for Nigeria’s number one letter writer, journalist-turned-lawyer and one-time minister, Tony Momoh, would appear to be the undisputed champion.
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In Love, As in Football, Size Does Not Matter. Here’s Why – By Azu Ishiekwene
It’s a great time to be a football lover. It might not feel exactly so if your country is not one of the 32 taking part in the 22nd edition of the World Cup in Doha, Qatar. But being a fan means managing to love the game without having your dog in the fight.
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Briturkey, Britaly and fear of Britainistan – By Azu Ishiekwene
In a widely shared story last week, The Economist likened the political carnage in Britain to the situation in Italy in the 1940s. Italy was a major theatre of the First World War at the end of which the country was in ruins.