Temilolu Okeowo temiloluokeowo@gmail.com 07086620576 (sms only) Dear Mummy, I just read your Saturday PUNCH column. May God bless you indeed for your work! I have a lot of young baby mamas around me, walking about […]
At the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the University of Ibadan, famous historian, Professor Bolanle Awe, will be conferred with a well-deserved honorary doctorate degree. For both Awe and even Nigeria’s […]
A former Executive Secretary of Nigeria Universities Commissions (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola recently decried acute shortage of teaching staff in Nigerian universities; noting that the annual growth rate of Nigerian universities at four per cent […]
George Orwell’s 1945 novel, Animal Farm, shares verisimilitude with contemporary Nigerian experience. The novel is a mordant satire on the contradiction of the human condition. Animal Farm, once Manor Farm, is an entity that “flows […]
I remember with nostalgia how a friend amidst euphoria triggered by the declaration of the 2015 presidential election result cautioned me with these few words; ‘men will change their ruler expecting to fare better; this […]
For some time now, issues around Candidate Muhammadu Buhari’s West African School Certificate, WASC, have become four-yearly rituals. Over time, the attack and the defence have grown rather incrementally ferocious. The total lack of consistency […]
“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.” – George Gordon Byron A vigorous discourse about the nomination of Dr. Hadiza Balarabe by Governor […]
_“They continue to say that we are armed. This is a blatant lie. If we are armed, Nigeria Army cannot face us. If we have weapons with us, Nigeria Army is too small to face […]
The lack of basic facilities for self-actualisation has led to two major problems with their scally hands on the nation’s jugular: poverty and unemployment. They rate as number six and seven respectively on the people’s […]
In June 2018, the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria announced that with the repatriation of the sum of $322.5million, the Swiss government had concluded the return of about $1billion stolen and hidden in Switzerland by Sani […]
The good old days are gone when the groundnut pyramids in northern Nigeria were a major contributor to the economy. They were the admiration of everyone from far and near; one of the pride of […]
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the International Police (INTERPOL) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to immediately track down All Progressives Congress National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole. His flight out of the country […]
Lagos traffic has returned to the perpetual gridlock of the old days. At present, commuters endure excruciating hardship on the roads. This is primarily because of the dilapidated road infrastructure and breakdown of traffic laws […]
The United States is now the world’s biggest crude oil producer, pushing Russia and Saudi Arabia to the back seat. In the week ending November, the U.S. crude production hit a whopping 11.6 million bpd, […]
Following a resurgence in the clamour by Nigerians for President Muhammadu Buhari to present his attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result by the West African Examination Council, the Nigeri office Registrar, Dr. Uyi […]
‘Everyman inherits unfinished tasks from his predecessors and leaves unfinished tasks to his successors. Enough for us, if we lay a stone, though it be one stone in one of the courses of the great […]
On every occasion he comes to mind during one’s random musings or when the name pops up in discussions at formal and informal gatherings, an unyielding memory of the pro-democracy campaign instantly looms large – […]
Recently, the Nigerian Labour Congress returned to the trenches threatening strike action. Its leadership says governments drag their feet over an agreement to increase minimum wage for workers. A reader may notice that I use […]
Disappointments have defined my paths in life. Letdowns have paved my ways. If I am allowed to chronicle some sad events around my world in times past, many bony jaws will drop. A lot of […]
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday painted the precarious situation of the nation’s economy in particular and Sub-Saharan Africa’s, in general, going by how much the country and the region spend on debt servicing. According […]
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