Tag: Azu Ishiekwene
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Edo polls and the famous product vendor – By Azu Ishiekwene
By his admission, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is a lousy product vendor. In the real commercial world, his premises would have been closed and his products banned. But in politics, crime multiples grace. Oshiomhole dragged Godwin Obaseki into the governorship race in 2016 when the odds were against him.
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Ghost of the witchfinder general – By Azu Ishiekwene
I don’t get involved with what the security services do or how. Their ways are so complex and their motives so unsearchable that sometimes you’ll be forgiven for thinking that working from the answer to the question is the standard operating procedure. Of course, you are told that whatever happens in between is in the…
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The journey to Yenagoa, after 19 years – By Azu Ishiekwene
When I was invited to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, in June, I didn’t know what to expect. I had not visited the place since 2005. Even though I had been to nearby Rivers and Delta States several times, Bayelsa didn’t cross my mind.
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The trouble with Tinubu – By Azu Ishiekwene
Almost everyone thinks they know what is wrong with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his government, except Tinubu himself. And to show that it’s not just bellyaching, there are plenty of examples to beat the president over the head.
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The price we pay when legislators die – By Azu Ishiekwene
We met last on April 21. I went to Asaba from Lagos to promote my new book, Writing for Media and Monetising It, at Delta State University, which, according to JAMB statistics, is one of the country’s highest subscribers to Mass Communications in 2021.
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NNPC vs Dangote: Where the truth lies – By Azu Ishiekwene
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is not a stranger to adversity or its more sinister cousin, sabotage.
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In this difficult marriage, Democrats must love Biden – By Azu Ishiekwene
The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13 at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania has sucked the oxygen from the debate on President Joe Biden’s fitness for a second term. The discussion will resurface, but Democrats should forget it. The party is stuck with Biden.
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Ajibola Ogunshola: Triumph of the non-newspaperman – By Azu Ishiekwene
If the lot had fallen on Chief Ajibola Ogunshola to be the undertaker, not many would have blamed him for the fate of PUNCH.
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Olatunji Dare: To repay is to owe more – By Azu Ishiekwene
Ten years ago, this article appeared under a different title, “The Debt I Owe.” Professor Olatunji Dare was 70 at the time. Ten years later, on Dare’s 80th birthday on July 17, I’m republishing the article with minor changes.
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Rishi Sunak’s next life – By Azu Ishiekwene
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came to the job as an afterthought, yet his days in Number 10 were numbered before he received the ceremonial blessings of King Charles III.