ONCE AGAIN, THE POLICE IN NIGERIA HAVE BEEN TIED TO A WHIPPING POST TO BE TONGUE-LASHED FOR BEING THE MOST CORRUPT IN THE COUNTRY. They have been voted as the most corrupt in a survey […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria together with the Bankers Committee has introduced a classification system for the bank verification number (BVN). Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, announced this on Saturday at a press briefing to […]
The UK Charity Commission says it is investigating SPAC Nation over allegations that pastors told worshippers to “take out loans and sell their blood in order to pay for the church’s lavish spending”. The church […]
I have said it over and over; we are not organised and we often act on impulse. The Fulani think 50 years ahead , but we think and romanticise with yesterday. We celebrate achievements of […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has projected an exponential growth in the revenue of his conglomerate from the present $4billion yearly to $30 billion in 2021. The projected revenue is 88 per cent of Nigeria’s […]
At a time when most South African middle class voters, black and white, confess that they have no party to vote for, two parties are holding their annual elective conference right now. One is the […]
Are we really practicing democracy in this country? We may borrow an answer to that question from G. K. Chesterton, who wrote: “If we really lived in a democracy, we would not be deciding what […]
‘Silence is golden at times. It’s probably the best thing to practise when an argument is going nowhere. It’s also the best policy when you don’t want to soak in the negativity of other people. […]
Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal has urged livestock owners, farmers, butchers, livestock sellers and veterinarians in the state to be at alert to any sign of Charcoal Anthrax in their livestock. Lawal […]
Fresh facts on how the Hungarian wife of Gildas Tohouo, Managing Director of Maersk Nigeria Limited, Bernadette, was murdered by two men who invaded their Ikoyi, Lagos abode, last Sunday, have emerged. This followed revelation […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been enjoying relative peace within its ranks since it came to power in 2015 until the crisis that engulfed the party towards the end of the tenure of the […]
A recent presidential initiative instructing federal institutions across the country to help combat the menace of open defecation by building public toilets is a desperate response to an issue that has become a source of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, December 14, 2019, moved to the next level in fulfilling the terms of court sentence passed on former Abia State governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. The […]
’Tunji Ajibade (tunjioa@yahoo.com 08036683657) The Nigerian storyteller, Chimamanda Adichie, received the United Nations Foundation’s Global Leadership Award lately. Congratulations, my sister. The reader would permit me to refer to Adichie as Chimamanda. Surnames are formal, […]
Dear Temilolu, Please keep firing words, backed by the Scripture to empower our Christian youths to preserve their virginity until they get married. As one of your readers in my 70’s, I always look forward […]
Minabere Ibelema mibelema@bellsouth.net As you might recall from last Sunday’s Punchwise, I intended to devote this Sunday’s edition to suggestions for sanitising Nigeria’s elections. Well, that has had to make way for more urgent — […]
When I inaugurated this countdown six months ago, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) was at the beginning of his second term and had 1444 days left in office. But I must point out […]
What are the criteria for establishing public universities? The recent hijacking of specialised universities by the president and his military commanders is, to put it mildly, very unfortunate. The questions abound: What are the criteria […]
The Chief Executive Officer, WFM 91.7, Mrs Toun Okewale-Sonaiya, has asked the Lagos State Government not to be silent on the expected prosecution of anyone found wanting in the sex for grades documentary. She said […]
Five months after Nigeria shut its land borders against its West African neighbours to protect her economy, it seems as if the country might not fully reap the benefits of that decision. Essentially, there are […]
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