COLUMNS

Back Story of Tinubu Interview

Daily Dispatch December 26, 2024

By Azu Ishiekwene Apart from General Sani Abacha, I have met one-on-one with every Nigerian leader since 1992, from General Ibrahim Babangida. However, I have only participated in one televised live group media chat with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. If you have met Obasanjo before –

COLUMNS

Why Museveni Video Shames Africa

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene There’s a trending video from nine years ago. If you watched it casually, you might in fact think that it was done yesterday. It was a clip of Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, narrating what happened in 2014 when a delegation of African heads of state was asked by AU to mediate the […]

COLUMNS

Mmesoma: What really happened?

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene I’m not sure what breaks the heart more: her insistence on her innocence or the prospects of a future that now hangs in the balance. For a young adult with a promising future, the emerging facts only suggest one thing: it doesn’t rain, it pours. Mmesoma Ejikeme was one of the numerous […]

NEWS

LEADERSHIP Editor-In-Chief, Azu, Wins Columnist of the Year Award

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2022

Senior Vice Chairman/Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP, Mr. Azu Ishiekwene, has won the Columnist of the Year Award in the 30th edition of the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) 2022, held in Lagos on Sunday. Mr. Ishiekwene, fondly called Azu, beat Abimbola Adelakun and Tunde Odesola both of PUNCH to win the award in an entry fielded […]