Issues/Policy

Only a writer of Umberto Eco’s depth and spread of knowledge could generalise the size and direction of a country’s literature from its noir. He is said to have written that, “noir literature is a […]

As it is now quite clear that our present crop of leaders at all levels may have hardened their hearts about the expediency of rebuilding Nigeria at this time, I think we should begin to […]

For them, the vocabulary is wide and ever-expanding: from words like ‘streets’ to ‘clients’ to ‘updates’ to ‘cashout’ and so on, the language, inspired by some of Nigeria`s most contrarian but popular musicians is a […]

BY AMOS AJIBOYE Nigeria is running a presidential system of government, with a taste of a parliamentary system to cater for the interest of the political figures. The Nigerian government has one of the most […]

BY ZAINAB SHINKAFI-BAGUDU On July 10, 2020, agents of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) prevented the departure of 58 Nigerian medical doctors from Murtala Mohammed International Airport (Lagos) on a chartered aircraft bound for London […]

You need to see me laughing quietly in my corner as we prepare for the 2023 presidential election. The political debate has been built around where the next president should come from. I am having […]

With the recent endorsement of the long-expected first malaria vaccine, RTS, S/AS01 (RTS,S), by the World Health Organisation (WHO), children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum transmission will, […]

Kindly give me an opportunity to make use of your medium, the PUNCH Newspaper, to appeal to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State to come to our aid in the Ikangba Town axis of Odogbolu […]

In theory, the Nigerian people have constantly been reminded that the country is functioning under a people’s constitution, but the reality is that the military imposed 1999 constitution is for the first time in 20 […]

Since independence, Nigeria has witnessed various political crises that escalated insecurity, destroyed lives and properties, as well as facilitated the disruption of the socio-economic life of the nation. However, the crises assumed a different dimension, […]

Nigeria seems to have joyfully entered a new era that is defined by its unknown-ness. Rapists are unknown. Gunmen are unknown. Assassins are unknown. Sponsors of terrorists are unknown. Last Friday we added to the […]

As the clock ticks for the scheduled governorship election in Anambra State on November 6, 2021, there is mounting apprehension over how to conduct a free and fair election and who will succeed Governor Willie […]

Major-General Adewunmi Ajibade, who retired from the army as the Director of Military Intelligence, was my friend. During his years in service, he was one of the most influential and principled military officer who stood […]

The governorship election in Anambra State is slated for Nov 6. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had announced that the election would not hold! As a bargaining chip, they have vowed that unless their […]

The United States – the world’s most prosperous nation is a study in how capitalism unevenly distributes access to quality healthcare. Healthcare there is in the hands of the insurance companies who operate like a […]

Let me allow you to enter my column today by way of revising a remark I made last Friday with reference to Daniel Okwudili. Daniel Okwudili was not a product of Amukpe Football Club of […]

The very serious trust deficit between the leadership and the people they lead today, the widespread perception of injustice and inequity in the distribution of opportunities and benefits as well as in the application of […]