Contrary to insinuations in some quarters, Wale Odunlami, Executive Chairman of Ikeja Local Government Area, Lagos State, is optimistic that the country will not go into recession in 2016. “It is not true that the […]
As the Federal Government prepares the 2016 budget, there are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to remove fuel subsidy. SUNDAY PUNCH, however, learnt that the President would retain the fuel subsidy in […]
Complaints of malfunctioned card readers trailed the governorship election of Kogi State on Saturday. Though the election was adjudged to be peaceful by stakeholders in many areas of the state, accreditation of voters and actual […]
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition, Senator Sam Anyanwu (PDP-Imo East), has said no one can fault the committee’s report on Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi. Anyawu was reacting to suggestion […]
AMIDST rising criticisms that Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) policies are anti-people and the economy, the Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said they are bitter pills with long-term benefits. Speaking at the 49th Annual Bankers’ Dinner hosted […]
THE interment of the late matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief HID Awolowo, has sparked off a wave of celebrations at Ikenne and area for the final burial rites of the woman considered to be the most influential […]
CONTRARY to the Federal Government’s strongly held belief that it can turn the fortunes of the country’s four ailing refineries around, the hard facts continue to present reasonable grounds to doubt this unfounded optimism. Based […]
Two months ago, precisely in the September 12 edition of Saturday PUNCH, I wrote a piece titled, “The Education Minister Buhari Should Appoint.” In that article, it was observed that while the President had the […]
Dear President Buhari, I will like to extend an invitation to you for a tour of down town, so that you can have a clear view of what the people who voted you into office […]
We are at the mercy of the politicians who rule us as masters rule slaves. They do not have any consideration for our needs and desires. They do not care to honour even their word […]
A prime asset of any leader is a wily use of humour. It is that drop of ecstasy that quells the tension in a room. It is magical, and the progeny of its lack is […]
Is nemesis dealing the Peoples Democratic Party a fatal blow or is the once-upon-a-time behemoth finally charting its self-destruct lane with suicidal equanimity? Whatever it is, the PDP is in a do-or-die with itself. This […]
Since his emergence as Senate President, it is difficult not to admire the dexterity with which Dr Bukola Saraki has been deftly but maximally utilising the enormous influence and resources of his office to consolidate his […]
A younger friend’s ‘factory’ was closed down last month by officers of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service. It took him over two weeks to get it reopened. What the service demanded from him would wipe […]
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, disagreed with other governors of the country on the ability of the states to pay the N18,000 minimum wage, saying they must pay. Recalling that the minimum wage […]
THE law was laid down for Nigeria’s ministers when they were sworn into office last week. No corruption, their austere president, Muhammadu Buhari, told them. Obey the law and work together, because expectations are high. […]
Nigeria’s government is coming under pressure from the Home Office to help pave the way for the deportation of an estimated 29,000 Nigerians believed to be living in Britain illegally, according to one of its […]
Two news items caught my attention this morning and I wish to have a say on them. 1. Lagos State Govt #plans CCTV for public places. This is quite cherry ain’t it? Well I dare […]
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