Converstion with Azu
AEDC: What it takes to get a meter, by Azu Ishiekwene
Data is good, but it often doesn’t tell the whole story. Data cannot capture the extent of our efforts to get a prepaid meter at my workplace in Abuja after we
Coup talk and echoes of a banana republic
By Azu Ishiekwene These days, it seems all right to play with fire. The blaze started like a solitary spark in Mali in August when the streets, the elite and
Busybodies outside the gates
By Azu Ishiekwene Bill and Melinda Gates had barely finished saying the “D” word when all kinds of marriage counsellors and grief-mongers besieged social media with suggestions of why they think
‘Follow me to the market…’
By Azu Ishiekwene EVERYONE has their meal of the day, and mine happens to be dinner. Having dinner, for me, is a ritual, but one that has evolved over the
Generational tension and children up in arms
By Azu Ishiekwene I WAS visiting a senior over the weekend when our conversation devolved into the soul of the Nigerian banter: how is the country going, I asked? He paused. After
The audacity of anarchy
By Azu Ishiekwene THERE was a BBC News story in February that caught me between laughter and bemusement. The news channel reported, in very strong language matched only by the
My vaccination story
By Azu Ishiekwene IT wasn’t planned. I was seeing off my neighbour and friend on Thursday evening when one of the officers of our estate residents’ association called out to
Monguno is damned in translation
By Azu Ishiekwene LAST week, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno, stripped the government bare in public only to try hiding the ugly sight with fig leaves shortly after.
The Story Of The Naira-For-Dollar Promo
By Azu Ishiekwene IT would seem harsh to judge the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, solely by its intentions, especially in the last four or five years. In a weak,
Ganduje’s genius is his hypocrisy
By Azu Ishiekwene THERE’S a model for managing rebels in government that the American political drama, “Designated Survivor”, teaches so well. In one of the episodes after the horrific death
