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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

5 June 2022

Southern Nigeria’s hypocrisy will almost certainly produce another northern president

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Azu Ishiekwene

15 May 2022

The bucks start here when navigating the very costly road to Nigeria’s presidency

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Azu Ishiekwene

31 March 2022

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock modelled the worst excesses of modern pop culture

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Azu Ishiekwene

3 March 2022

Fallout for Africa will follow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Azu Ishiekwene

20 February 2022

Toothless AU and Ecowas sit back and shrug while coup contagion spreads through Francophone Africa

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Azu Ishiekwene

30 January 2022

The invisible, insidious tentacles of oil, political corruption and Nigeria’s exit from the African Cup of Nations

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Azu Ishiekwene

23 January 2022

Intimations of mortality: Why do husbands so often die before their wives?

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Azu Ishiekwene

14 November 2021

Ageing: Lifestyle changes can delay our inevitable entry into that great departure lounge in the sky

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Azu Ishiekwene

25 October 2021

Nigerian editors in a time of crisis: It’s not our job to be cheerleaders and truth fudgers in the war against Boko Haram

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Azu Ishiekwene

10 October 2021

Mark Zuckerberg’s chickens come home to roost, but we’re all eggs in the Facebook basket

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Azu Ishiekwene

13 September 2021

Guinea’s bitter pill: Military coup the wrong prescription and Ecowas must demand Condé’s reinstatement

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Azu Ishiekwene

1 August 2021

Stop this squabbling over the Benin Bronzes and artefacts — just bring them home to Nigeria where they belong

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