Last week, PUNCH took a stand to start using the military rank of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in all its titles, as its reaction to Buhari’s dictatorial tendencies. In addition, the newspaper […]
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was in the news recently over his plan to grant amnesty to criminals operating in the state as a strategy to combat crime in the economic nerve centre of […]
A documentary by BBC Eye Africa has revealed how African women are trafficked to India and forced into sex to satisfy the demands of African men living in that country. The 13-minute video documentary revealed […]
Ango Abdullahi, acting chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says President Muhammadu Buhari is not serious about fighting corruption. Abdullahi spoke in an interview with journalists in Kaduna shortly after the opening ceremony of a […]
At a time Nigeria requires a robust conversation about its politics, economy, ethnic relations, unity, and indeed, future, the country’s over-indulged lawmakers, egged on by a president who is anything but a democrat, are placing […]
Nigeria’s democratically elected president turned military tyrant, Muhammadu Buhari, from all indications has turned Nigeria into an evil empire. Buhari has completely wiped out our democracy. All freedoms have been curtailed and contained. Judiciary and […]
In 1929 pipe borne water was introduced in Kano. At that time, many other parts of Northern Nigeria were large swathe of bush. According to historical records from Alkali Hussaini Sufi’s book “Musan Kammu”, after […]
My most recent published article, “Recalling Tai Solarin’s prediction”, which appeared in the first week of this month, ended with a series of questions. I reproduce four of them that are most relevant to this […]
In contrast to 30 years ago, the world is a better place in consideration of almost all the metrics of human development including economic growth, healthcare, access to education, and human right. This rate of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
’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 […]
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 […]
There’s just so much about Nigeria that is still a mystery to the average person. If you were to place those issues on a scale, the Nigerian oil and gas sector would sit at the […]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes
