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The Log in America's Eye, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Oct. 31 -- Apart from tariffs, another word that the Trump presidency is fond of is genocide. First, it was South Africa. During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to the White H... Read More


Aparutu and his life coach, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- Putting it nicely, Aparutu is the Yoruba word for a joker, a clown. In August 1986, when I first arrived at the wooden, fabricated office of PUNCH in Kudeti, Ikeja, Lagos, for a va... Read More


"Aparutu" and his life coach, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- Putting it nicely, Aparutu is the Yoruba word for a joker, a clown. In August 1986, when I first arrived at the wooden, fabricated office of PUNCH in Kudeti, Ikeja, Lagos, for a va... Read More


Aparutu and His Life Coach

Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- Putting it nicely, Aparutu is the Yoruba word for a joker, a clown. In August 1986, when I first arrived at the wooden, fabricated office of PUNCH in Kudeti, Ikeja, Lagos, for a va... Read More


Of Trump, peace deals and the day after, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- US President Donald Trump may be getting ahead of himself with the encouraging signs that, following the ceasefire in Gaza, the world might have another opportunity to end the Midd... Read More


How to drink from a poisoned cup: Harold Smith and the Nigerian story, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Oct. 2 -- On the eve of Nigeria's 65th independence anniversary, I reflected on Harold Smith. He's not widely known in Nigeria. And that's probably to be expected for a man whom the British e... Read More


A cabal in plain sight wants more, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Sept. 26 -- The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Nigeria's lifeline from decades of rot in the petroleum downstream, has to fight every inch for its turf. The fight started 18 years ago, when the ... Read More


An unusual view of banditry, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, is hardly in the news. Lawal has enough on his plate in a region struggling with banditry and insurgency, and in a state whose political heavy... Read More


Why Jonathan won't contest, whatever the courts say, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Sept. 5 -- After the main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) announced last week that it would zone the presidency to the South in 2027, some names have been widely mentioned as possi... Read More


Nigeria's top oil boss walking into a trap, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- When I wrote that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is an animal that eats its curator for lunch, it sounded like a stretch. But so far, the tenure of Bayo Oj... Read More