A lot has been said about prostitution in both local and international media. The practice has been linked to human trafficking and modern-day slavery, to patriarchy, abuse, and exploitation of women, to crimes and social […]
A first glance at the title of Alexander Pope’s poem The Rape of the Lock immediately rouses the sensibilities to his deployment of the word ‘rape’. Although the mind instantly acquires a sexual cognition of […]
“My dear brother. I understand you were on the Dana flight that overshot the runway while landing at the Port-Harcourt International Airport”. “Hmmm…Let us just give thanks to the Almighty God for His mercies. What […]
Brimming with confidence like the salesman of an elixir that promises to finally cure an intractable disease, the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, told participants at an environmental conference last July, that Visionscape, a […]
To make the Easter celebration memorable for some citizens, a Non-governmental Organisation, The Candlelight Foundation, Lagos, clothed and fed about 170 less privileged members of the society in the Surulere area. The beneficiaries got food […]
The fortunes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have plummeted seriously since the party won the 2015 presidential election. The party had drifted aimlessly for three years, and some of us waited for the time […]
You knew there would be serious trouble when Lagos state had to be shut down – apparently for security reasons – to allow President Muhammadu Buhari visit. Life was made unbearable for millions of Lagosians […]
I am intrigued by the apology the national chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, tendered to Nigerians March 27. He said the party made mistakes during its 16 years in power at federal, state and local […]
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has placed some returnees from Libya on three months salaries. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Desmond Agbama, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Owoseye Ayodamola and Lois Ugbede, the former President of Switzerland and current Chair, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Ruth Dierfuss, during her visit to Abuja, Nigeria, spoke on the […]
From the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) came yesterday a declaration that the N13.5 million reportedly collected by senators as running cost is illegal. According to the commission, the payment is not covered […]
Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos was on a lockdown Thursday as President Muhammadu Buhari makes his first official visit to the city of 22 million inhabitants since coming to power in 2015. The president rarely travels […]
When President Muhammadu Buhari and his advisers agreed to have Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft Corporation, address what was described as an expanded meeting of Nigeria’s Economic Council, they must have thought, among other […]
Instead of turning themselves into professional murmurers and lamenters, the perpetually-insinuating people of Kwara state only need to take a look over their shoulders to see the ongoing transformation in their backyard to believe that […]
Bolting out of the gate President Trump’s administration set a very low bar for leadership, when at his behest his press secretary told the American people and the watching world that Trump’s inauguration drew the […]
Thursday with Abimbola Adelakun aadelakun@punchng.com After reading the speech Bill Gates delivered in Abuja that supposedly rattled off our leaders, I fail to see what he said that should be deemed controversial. Just to be […]
lekansote@yahoo.com 08050220816 There used to be a faith-based talk show on Nigerian television, titled, “The Happiest People on Earth.” Its assumption was that Christianity was the highroad to happiness. And with their happy disposition and […]
• Makes N19b in one year, excess gain hits N4.5 billion • Official says consulate uses market-based exchange rate Though the Federal Government pegged the exchange rate at N305.25 to a dollar, the American Consulate […]
The federal government’s economic team, led by the National Economic Council (NEC), has once again received a hard knock for its poor understanding of how to grow a national economy. Bill Gates; yes, Bill Gates […]
A report the other day that the United Kingdom, in line with an agreement made with Nigeria back in 2014, would build a new £700,000 worth of a wing at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons […]
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