Author: Anthony Akaeze

About Anthony Akaeze

Anthony Akaeze, an award winning journalist and author, was born in Jos, Nigeria. He holds a BA degree in English from the University of Abuja and an MA in Literature from the University of Lagos. His journalism career began in 2005 when he joined Newswatch Magazine as staff writer. He later moved to TELL Magazine where he worked until September 2018. Akaeze currently serves as a freelance journalist and researcher.

COVID, Death and the Leadership Question

Long before the emergence of the internet, the description of journalism as history in a hurry, which I first beheld Read more

Africa Day and the Lessons of History

As is usually the case in this age of the Internet when print newspapers have all but disappeared from my Read more

Trump’s Bumper Package and the Missing Immigrant Number

At no time, in the last fourteen months of his sojourn in the United States of America, has the reality Read more

Lagos “Blind Street Lights”

The newly installed lights and electric poles at the bridge were in keeping with the state government’s promise to light up Lagos at night as part of efforts to improve security and commercial activities in the state.

Nigerians Abroad: The Bitter – Sweet Experiences

Olumide Idowu, a strategic planning graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure is one of the many Nigerians abroad. Read more

Africa Can Overcome Its Challenges – German Envoy

On a recent visit to Senegal for the Spring School on Media and Migration workshop, Anthony Akaeze, senior associate editor, spoke with Stephan Roken, German Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde.

Goree: The Island of No Return

The feeling was odd. Standing like many others inside the port that morning, I reflected on what might have been, Read more

Journalism in a Global Context

Perspectives from Africa – Challenges for Europe