Issues/Policy

Of all the institutions that the African continent and its energetic leadership have established to facilitate its reform efforts to achieve continental transformation and empowerment for Africans at the turn of the 21st century, the […]

tingles@punchng.com 08139149577 (SMS only) A lot of things that happen in relationships these days have continually given the ‘old school’ in our midst goose pimples. I have been studying relationships of the past and fast […]

Gradually, Nigerians are being led into the new world in which they would live under the second coming of President Muhammadu Buhari. Every day since he was reelected, he has unveiled in bits what his […]

March 8 was the International Day for Women and just last week, some parts of the world were celebrating Mother’s Day. In fact, it’s safe to say the whole of March was Women’s Month. But […]

Upon being re-elected, President Muhammadu Buhari endeared himself once again to the citizenry when he promised to show significant improvement in his second term. Buhari had also attributed a great deal of his first term […]

These, no doubt, are seasons of painful farewells and sudden departures. The news of Professor Tunde Oduleye’s passing reached me this morning and threw me into a welter of memories and reminiscences.  Calling that news […]

My teacher and mentor, both academically and in the practical world of politics and activism since the 1980s, in his Daily Trust column of 5th April 2019, Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim (Mallam Jibo) argued that the […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has issued permits to meter asset providers (MAPs) to begin the roll out of new meters by May 1. In a statement on Saturday, the commission said MAPs engaged […]

Who among homo-sapiens has no story to tell? What living being has not experienced the bad or good weather of life? Any man or woman who claims to have no sweet or sour story to […]

The new appellation and euphoric praise name by which high-profile governorship candidates were addressed by their supporters during the campaign and voting period is the word, ‘incoming’. Now the governorship elections, including that of the […]

For some time now, motorists have been passing through hell as a result of the ongoing reconstruction work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Last Wednesday, the entire stretch of the road was locked down for hours […]

Kolade Johnson, victim of the fatal shooting in the Onipetesi area of Lagos, might have survived the incident if help had come his way early enough. The deceased, who was watching an English premiership match […]

Death eath makes mockery of life, and of all achievements. Death is always a tragedy since it puts a finality to existence, and ceases all possibilities. The death of a terminal patient, a loved one, […]

The lessons of Nigeria’s Elections 2019 to which I refer here are not abstract lessons-in-general or lessons-for-all-time, but concrete lessons that emerged for the use of political forces on the Nigerian Left that see the […]

What a country is our country, this country that is our country. As I write, I wonder who we are as a people and as human beings civilized enough to live in our part of […]

Dear governors, Permit me sirs, to lay the foundation of this letter with literature because as a literary person, critical thinking is my forte. The place of letter writing in the annals of human relationships […]