Editorial

The message of Christmas is joy to the world. This is the message as the world celebrates yet another Christmas. The first Christmas heralded the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. The stage […]

It is gladdening to note that for the first time in many years, the country’s National Assembly has passed the Federal Government budget before the New Year, thus paving the way for the restoration of […]

A recent confirmation by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) that police report is not needed before any government or private hospitals could admit or treat gunshot victims is gratifying but the delay in clarifying this […]

The Senate’s recent appeal to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to reduce the number of security checkpoints on the federal highways should be regarded by the authorities concerned as an assignment of urgent national […]

The founding fathers of democracy and the gatekeepers of democratic ideals foresaw the possibility of cross-interference among and between the men and women who would be entrusted with the task of governance. For this reason, […]

A declaration the other day that a convicted senator’s seat would not be declared vacant and the convict would continue to be paid his salary and emoluments until Supreme Court concludes the case is curious […]

A University of Transportation has just been inaugurated in Daura, the home town of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). It is one, out of many of such specialised institutions that have sprung up […]

The trending debate on the proposed new national air carrier triggered by the Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, Ahmed Kuru, offers policymakers another opportunity to make the right choices. Kuru had […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Adetola Juyitan’s strict and tough demeanour easily give her away as one that is not approachable. Yet, the appearance has helped her in achieving her objectives both personally and as President of Junior Chamber International […]

“As a symbolic demonstration of our protest against autocracy and military-style repression, PUNCH (all our print newspapers, The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH, PUNCH Sports Extra, and digital platforms, most especially Punchng.com) will henceforth prefix […]

When President Muhammadu Buhari stated the other day that N1 trillion had been wasted on constituency projects in the last 10 years with no direct bearing on the lives of ordinary Nigerians, he was only […]

Heedless of dire warnings and stark reality of an unsustainable overhang, President Muhammadu Buhari is bent on digging the country into a new debt trap. Should the National Assembly accede to his renewed request to […]

One of the iconic figures from the era of military administration and government in Nigeria, Brigadier-General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson died on October 30, 2019 after 83 long years on earth. Although he served as military […]

With his promise recently to grant amnesty to cultists and some criminal elements who have been wreaking havoc on the state, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, appears to have bought into the hackneyed policy […]

When it suspended rehabilitation works on the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway last week, the appeal for patience by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing was far from reassuring to commuters who had […]

Sponsors of the North-West Development Commission have resurrected their campaign by re-introducing a bill for it in the Senate. The cause is unjustifiable. The bill was passed by the last assembly, but was denied presidential […]

For millions of Nigerians wallowing in economic misery, their hope of escaping from the clutches of poverty in the near future looks exceedingly bleak. Their fate appears sealed with a damning new report by the […]