Issues/Policy

Like Ile-Ife Iwo is an old town in Osun State reputed worldwide for its great tradition and culture. For centuries great men had emerged as Obas to represent a great cultural heritage in Yorubaland. With […]

Ask people who are in the midst of an all-out civil war, and they would tell you that the worst thing is a prolonged stalemate. It is like a nightmare from which they can’t wake […]

It is always thrilling to recognise how well-informed Nigerians at home are about events abroad. I often wake up in New York to the latest news in the United States from friends and family in […]

Now, more than ever, the government must get its decisions spot on. Nigeria is now the third African country with the highest number of coronavirus cases, behind South Africa and Egypt —twenty thousand and counting, […]

“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” Proverbs 22.29. The above eternal words from the wisest man that ever lived in Bible […]

Dear Queens and Kings, The wind is finally behind us. After centuries of discrimination and racial injustice, the world is now waking up to our reality as black people. As a Black woman living in […]

Chukwuneta Oby tingles@punchng.com 08139149577 (SMS only) Many issues we perceive in others are pure figments of our own imagination. The other person’s disposition may have nothing to do with you. The human emotion is complex. […]

temiloluokeowo@gmail.com 07086620576 (sms only) Dear Aunty Temilolu, I am 30 and a virgin! I just got out of a three-year-toxic relationship late last year. Whenever I was under pressure to compromise and fornicate, I visit […]

It is an infallible truth that the heavens, the earth and all creatures therein were all fashioned out into existence through a spiritual process. Through process, this earthly existence was set in a unique and […]

The demise of Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, naturally called attention to what he was busy doing at the time he departed. It also reminds one of what leaders across the African continent were doing lately, […]

“You don’t run after a snail. When you are ready (to make it a cuisine) you pick it up and put it in a bag” – Comrade Adams Oshiomhole –Cited in Festus Adedayo, Nigerian Tribune, […]

The despicable killing of George Floyd left me stunned, horrified, and then infuriated. I couldn’t believe someone could do that to another human being in broad daylight! I couldn’t believe that in spite of knowing […]

Whales and sharks are the biggest and some of the deadliest and fastest ocean predators. Here we have: THE GIANTS OF THE OCEANS. Whales are the only confirmed mammals in the ocean but sharks are […]

Although Rodney King was filmed being beaten by White police officers in 1991, before the advent of smartphones, it revealed the deep-seated maltreatment of Blacks in the hands of police. One can imagine the many […]

I strolled down the boulevard of the ruling party, APC, recently. I wish to report, with a feeling of sadness, that the boulevard constructed in 2014 with shovels and diggers from national politics in a […]

Going by the strategies recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for schools across the world to adapt before reopening for academic activities, one can conveniently say that Nigerian schools are unprepared. Recall that schools […]

Genetically Modified Organisms have raised concerns in our clime, the same way they have in other countries of the world – where a clear line is drawn between the pro and the anti-GMO citizens. Nonetheless, […]

Last week Wednesday, the police announced that they had arrested and detained the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Coalition of Northern Groups, Nastura Sharif, one of the masterminds of the protests against the spate […]