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Tinubu and his incredible ministers, by Azu Ishiekwene
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has failed to keep his promise to provide a constant electricity supply. He said at a business lunch in December 2022 that he shouldn’t be voted
What shall we do about South Africa?
RIGHT OF REPLY Approximately 1,030 words Azu Ishiekwene asks the right question, and he is right that the World Cup answered it before any of us did. The hostility Bafana
What shall we do about South Africa? By Azu Ishiekwene
If South Africa needed any serious signal that the mobs roaming the streets of its cities and townships in search of immigrants were a disgrace, the FIFA World Cup in
The Daily Times we wish for, but can’t have, by Azu Ishiekwene
The piece by columnist and former Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, Martins Oloja, entitled “Why Should We Celebrate Daily Times @ 100, FRCN @ 75?”, published on September 5, was
Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III: A Sultan for All Seasons, by Azu Ishiekwene
It was five years on Tuesday since I wrote a tribute to the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, who was 65 at the time. Our paths first crossed after
Osun Decides: From Dance Steps to War Footing, by Azu Ishiekwene
Osun State has a reputation for controversies bigger than its size. It ranks 26th nationally in terms of voter population and is six out of six in the Southwest. From 2010,
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
