Issues/Policy

…we can join the rest of the world in a post-COVID-19 era in which the future has been re-defined by seeking sincere minders of ‘Brand Nigeria.’ It is important to note, however, that the national […]

Apart from going to church every Sunday and surrendering to the Catholic church’s century-old worship rituals observed in Latin, my dad was hardly an overly religious man. I remember being in this one prayer session […]

The sudden departure of Ismaila Isa Funtua from earthly life came as a shock. Yes, hardly does death give anyone notice that it would soon come calling or it is already by the door seeking […]

Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked the presidential probing the agency under his watch to explain why people who are being tried by the EFCC have […]

Stella Immanuel, the Nigerian-trained US doctor who claimed she treated 350 COVID-19 patients, is insisting that chloroquine can cure the disease. Immanuel had come under criticisms after a video where she made the claim went […]

The Nigerian President is different things to different people, depending on the prism from which he is being considered. To some people, Muhammadu Buhari is a father figure. At 77 years old, he qualifies. To […]

This debate over hydroxychloroquine, Zithromax and zinc as a cure for COVID-19 is really getting me confused. I am just trying to check out the facts as I know them. Let me start with the […]

Governor Nyesom Wike’s experience in the political arena keeps him in good stead to know a bad, unsaleable political product. If he tells you that a particular politician is a bad product that cannot be […]

The PUNCH editorial entitled, The world should stand with Hong Kong (July 19), is a grave concern to me because the article has no factual basis. Since its return to the motherland from the United Kingdom in […]

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, recently wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari listing several allegations against Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This kick-started […]

I write in response to the article by Abimbola Adelakun entitled, “Osinbajo: Beyond the nostrum”, published on Thursday, July 16, 2020, in The PUNCH newspapers. While the writer acknowledged at the beginning that the allegations “made by […]

The Nigerian Government’s decision to reopen schools for students in exit classes and allow the country participate in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a welcome development. It is also heartening […]

Amoo struggled to pick up broken parts of his Nissan car’s wing mirror, his demeanor lifeless. He mumbled a few words of complaint, threatening to seek justice. The 35-year-old commercial cab driver had just engaged […]

The Nigerian media space has been agog with a cacophony of opinions over the recent exclusive interview by a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), and President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura, on the […]

Flying officer Tolulope Arotile’s painful death is causing a growing social media gaslighting among Yoruba tribal mob who will not allow her valorous soul to rest in peace. Oduduwa radicals are now speaking in vengeful […]

The last time I checked, Nigerians in their entirety couldn’t wait to embrace the commencement of yet another gas pipeline within the country’s Northern region. The curiosity isn’t unconnected with the recent avowal tendered by […]

Many persons, including this opinion-page columnist, from time to time get messages from the NCDC, that is, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control relating to the very notorious pandemic universally known as Coronavirus or COVID-19 […]

The persisting misuse of funds by many government parastatals is a manifestation of an impaired and unprogressive form of project supervision and monitoring by the disbursing unit (Ministry of Finance). Additionally, the irrational cases at […]

I was very shocked to hear about the passing away of Chief Bode Akindele. I had seen him regularly at social functions and he never looked an inch older than 70 years even though the […]

On Monday, I watched as Breitbart, an American right-wing media, streamed a speech by a gathering of doctors in Washington D.C. The doctors had travelled to the nation’s capital to dissent against their fellow doctors’ […]