COLUMNS

An Unusual View of Banditry

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene 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 heavyweights oppose him over political differences.He has learned to mind the state’s business, hardly

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Why Jonathan Won’t Contest, Whatever the Courts Say

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene 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 possible frontrunners. Former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Labour Party’s presidential flagbearer in the last election, Peter Obi, are perhaps the two most […]

COLUMNS

Nigeria’s Top Oil Boss Walking into A Trap

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene 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 Ojulari as group chief executive officer is proving it. This might not be obvious if you look solely at Nigeria’s […]

FEATURES

Azubuike Ishiekwene – A Titan of Nigerian Journalism and Media Leadership

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2025

By Olugbenga Adebamiwa Azubuike Ishiekwene, popularly known as Azu, was born on February 19, 1965, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Over the past three decades, he has emerged as one of Nigeria’s most influential journalists, editors, and media entrepreneurs. As Senior Vice Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers, Azu has consistently shaped public discourse