Issues/Policy

Continued from yesterday This vision already indicates a significant strategic ideology, which is further fleshed in the ISEYA acronym—Infrastructure—Social Welfare and Well-being—Education—Youth development—Agriculture and food security. The acronym, therefore, provides a Yoruba cultural call to […]

About two weeks ago, The PUNCH published the interview of the National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore herdsmen group, Mr. Saleh Alhassan. One sentence Alhassan made was instructive. He said: “Buhari has not done […]

By Professor Allan Lichtman While the House impeachment managers have focused on events leading up to the Capitol breach, it was the real time response from Donald Trump to the rioters which yields smoking gun […]

The urgency of the issues involved becomes clearly defined when we examine the impact of our “unitary federalism” on the prospect of fiscal federalism for internal development of the federating units. If it is correct […]

And with over $400 billion frittered away in oil revenue and poverty staring down citizens and now compounded by clear bias in the management of herdsmen crisis, it is heartbreaking to spot Nigeria amongst the […]

In one of the most recent interviews he granted a national daily, Governor Kayode Fayemi was asked to state for the record, who between former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Governor […]

BY AGBAJE AYOMIDE On February 5, 2021, Nigeria’s apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria, announced to deposit-money banks, non-bank financial institutions, other financial institutions and the general public the ban on accounts dealing in payments […]

Nigeria is in dire economic straits and in one of its worst economic crises in its history as recently warned by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund last December. It is so bad […]

Pentecostal Christianity is sweeping across parts of Christian Africa, leaving so much wreck and havoc in its wake. Incidentally, very little has been said about this wave of destruction and abuse. Look, Pentecostal Christianity has […]

Some professionals and investors have expressed optimism that the proposed reactivation of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), which is saddled with the responsibilities of mopping up farm produce, bridging seasonal availability gaps, and ensuring price […]

The news flash of Prince Tony Momoh’s transition to luminous heights, as he himself would have described his own passage to immortality, was a rude shock to me. Though I was conscious of his being […]

No other economy has a ‘brighter opportunity’ for arbitrageurs like ours. And in no other market has arbitrage taken a firmer root than in foreign exchange. The differential between the investors’ and exporters’ (I&E) and […]

The plight of the Niger Delta has never been worse than it is now. They are a lot poorer than ever before. The people are restless, nearer revolt; the low-level insurgency is gone. The original […]

BY MACK OGBAMOSA If there was anyone who prepared himself adequately for his life’s career, it was Prince Tony Momoh. After attending a teachers’ training college in his early life to train as a teacher, […]

I had a good laugh when I read the reply to an anti-vaccine tweet by a lady wearing medicated glasses. She had declared: “You CANNOT have FAITH in God and still take this vaccine. If […]

I was asked on a recent TV interview by Rev Fr George Ehusani how ordinary people who are busy working in their offices could ever find the time to get registered to vote and collect […]

Of all the good news that came from the restrained face of President Ramaphosa, last Monday, the most welcome was the nomination of Cuba for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, 2021. South Africa must be […]

The other day, our no-nonsense President, Muhammadu Buhari surveyed the land on which he has sown in due, sorry six planting seasons, juxtaposed his numerous achievements with the usual criticisms of the elite and then […]

How Mesut Ozil despite his past fantastic contributions to the Arsenal side was frozen out of the team in 2020/21 is still the subject of much debate. Even at its nadir a few months back […]