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Defend Truth

Azu Ishiekwene

Azu Ishiekwene is the Editor-In-Chief of Leadership and author of the new book Writing for Media and Monetising It.

Latest Work

Azu Ishiekwene

8 April 2024

President Bassirou Faye’s promise to loosen Senegal ties with France proving tough to keep

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Azu Ishiekwene

24 March 2024

From Joseph Stalin to Kate Middleton — the photoshopping princess and the perils of manipulation

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Azu Ishiekwene

10 March 2024

Nigeria’s rolling blackouts are killing us (and our light bulbs and appliances)

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Azu Ishiekwene

3 March 2024

Time for Ecowas to eat humble pie and negotiate with West Africa’s delinquent states

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Azu Ishiekwene

18 February 2024

Nigeria is facing an inflation crisis – even cashew nuts are now unaffordable

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Azu Ishiekwene

8 February 2024

West Africa beware — Senegal’s Macky Sall leading Ecowas from crisis into disaster

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Azu Ishiekwene

4 February 2024

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger could spell the end of Ecowas

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Azu Ishiekwene

4 January 2024

The futility and bloody pursuit of the supposedly last Hamas

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Azu Ishiekwene

30 November 2023

In a region blighted by instability and sit-tight leaders, George Weah is a breath of fresh air

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Can journalism and the media as we know it survive the ‘attack’ of big tech?

19 November 2023

Can journalism and the media as we know it survive the ‘attack’ of big tech?

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Azu Ishiekwene

21 September 2023

Nigeria needs more than a large ego and a begging bowl to get a seat at the G20 big table

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Azu Ishiekwene

21 August 2023

Time to stop this Niger nonsense, but not by rubbing buttocks with the porcupine

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