Tag: Azu Ishiekwene
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Triumph of the ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ Governors – By Azu Ishiekwene
He plumbed the depths, far below the sepsis reached by the sarcasm of Salihu Lukman, the former director general of the Progressives Governors Forum, and gave gutter language a new lease of life. Akeredolu called governors of his own party, yahoo-yahoo governors.
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APC Putting Everyone at Risk by Endangering Itself – By Azu Ishiekwene
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) looks determined to set itself on fire, even though the story out there is that the match box has been snatched from the hand of its interim chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni. The danger still looms.
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Africa And Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine – By Azu Ishiekwene
War is messy and never fails to spread responsive misery. When Adolf Hitler asked for safe passage to East Prussia through the Polish corridor and also for the occupied port of Danzig, not many could have imagined that it would spiral into a world war that would cost 85 million lives and leave an unspeakable…
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Abba Kyari was a farce waiting to happen – By Azu Ishiekwene
Abba Kyari’s response in July after the US Attorney General’s Office Central District of California issued a warrant of arrest against him following his indictment in a case of internet fraud involving Ramon Abbas, otherwise called Hushpuppi, was the earliest warning sign that the Nigerian end of this affair might descend into a farce.
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Where’s the Coup next? – By Azu Ishiekwene
Barely a month after this audacious proclamation, Murtala was brutally assassinated in a bloody coup on the streets of Lagos on February 13, 1976. Not a few, including yours sincerely, were convinced that Dimka’s aimless coup was a western conspiracy to get another revolutionary African leader out of the way.
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Mountain Facing Yahaya Bello – By Azu Ishiekwene
If the APC plays the zoning card on February 26, as is widely expected, and concedes the chairmanship to the North Central, that could significantly complicate the presidential ambition of the most visible contender from the zone – Governor Yahaya Bello – even before he has formally and publicly declared his intention to run.
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Police Recruitment: Behind the Figures – By Azu Ishiekwene
A small news item from a police statement tucked inside the print edition of PUNCH on Wednesday stirred more interest than usual. In the statement, the police had asked those who applied for the position of constables to resume at the state commands between February 1 and 20.
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A defeat foretold? – By Azu Ishiekwene
A defeat foretold? – By Azu Ishiekwene
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Sly: Why We Can’t Walk Away from This Crime Scene – Azu Ishiekwene
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, would like to close the case of the suspicious death of Sylvester Omoroni Jr., and simply move on to something else. He’s surprised there’s pushback and can’t understand why. Odumosu said the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had advised that the evidence provided was insufficient to…