Hadiza and the toes of the Nigerian big man
“You will be surprised,” Hadiza wrote about her lessons, “at how you are left to fight your own battles when they occur...
The fowl of Mecca and Nigeria’s census palaver
Another sign of unpreparedness was the questionnaire – the basic instrument for the 2023 census. On April 14, the NPC Director of...
What you might expect in 2023
Let me start with one of the most frequently asked questions: who will likely win the presidential election of February 25, 2023?...
What Nigeria’s election cannot teach does not exist
What Nigeria’s election cannot teach does not exist
By Azu Ishiekwene
Nigeria’s February/March elections undid many...
Why we love expensive rituals
Perhaps if voters focus less on the drama and aso-ebi of campaigns - expensive rituals - and spend a bit more...
Musings after 48 hours with Raila Odinga
Giving Odinga, the leader of the largest opposition party, a microphone after his Jacaranda rally, was like providing a foreign staging post...
Obaseki and Shaibu deserve each other
Obaseki and Shaibu deserve each other
By Azu Ishiekwene
It’s more than one year to the...
Louis Odion: The matter of ‘capacity’
I call him by the name that the closest circle of his friends has come to know and call him for nearly...
Titan and migrants: Two tragedies, different stories
The double-standard between the wall-to-wall coverage of the implosion of The Titan and the short shrift that the deaths of over 500...
The trials of Nyesom Wike
The trials of Nyesom Wike: Wike will not be judged by his conquests in Rivers State; so Fubara may level the entire...
