Issues/Policy

By Tajudeen Kareem and Maureen Chigbo No fewer than 2.3 million Nigerians registered their preparedness to receive the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine jab within 48 hours of the registration of the e-portal in the first week […]

It would appear setting up state police in Nigeria is now a matter of “when” – not “if”. What started as a campaign championed solely by south-west political and opinion leaders at the dawn of […]

The first tranche of the much awaited COVID 19 vaccines arrived our shores last week. The first set of people to be vaccinated were the President, his Vice, the SGF, the CoS and some prominent […]

By Taiwo Ojoye “The issue is a very big question because I noticed that they both come from the same state of Kebbi and they may even be related. For me, that is not a […]

Three or so years ago, precisely towards the tail-end of 2018, I saw the unquestionably frail man at the beautiful ceremony Vanguard newspaper organized for some great Nigerians who had distinguished themselves. It was the […]

One can reasonably guess that that was the end of Western education for those innocent children whose crime was just the accident of their place of birth. How are we sure that those children are […]

Organised labour has a duty to protect the interests of workers, be they members of the various labour and trade unions or not. We are all bound together in a capitalist economy in which employers […]

Brethren, the Prophet of Islam, (upon him be peace) is reported to have said: “The world and all things in it are valuable; but the most valuable thing in the world is a virtuous woman”. […]

NIGERIA, the beautiful land richly blessed and endowed with human and material resources, will survive. But right now, the country is in the hands of her wicked children who are determined to take from her […]

It was with dismay that I watched the Federal Executive Council alongside the Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Melami SAN signed an MOU with the British government on the repatriation of the looted fund […]

gregodogwu@yahoo.com, 08063601665 With the fight the Nigerian military is putting up to ensure that the fabric of the nation remains intact, it becomes germane to give a thought to the vital role the Nigerian Navy […]

I want to tell you a story.This is the story of Professor Gbogboǹṣe, a.k.a. Awogbaàrùn. Since I no longer live in Nigeria, I am no longer privy to what the situation is like now in […]

By Oladapo Olatunde Public procurement refers to the acquisition by governments and state-owned organisations of goods, works and services, using public funds. It also deals with the disposal of used assets of the government, acquired […]

aadelakun@punchng.com On Monday, former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, met Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at State House, Abuja to be debriefed on his assignment as ECOWAS’ Head of Mission on the election in […]

Optics from Monday’s meeting between Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa and workers of the commission aren’t exactly complimentary. Although they are most likely the very opposite of what the chairman […]

Not many Nigerian parents would like to have a daughter-in-law like Meghan Markle. Yet in the few years since she had married to the royal family of England, she has proved her worth as a […]

Before Nigeria’s independence, our security problems were focused on internal security. The main thrust was to suppress the Nigerian people. This focus of national security has continued to characterize the Nigerian security architecture even long […]

The present tension in Nigeria following the murderous activities of the Fulani herdsmen in the last few years and the forced reactions of the frustrated victims of their atrocities in the South necessitates the need […]

There are words that have been given different meanings in Nigeria. Sometimes, the meaning given to these words is even the opposite of their original meaning. Let us look at 10 of these words. fatal […]

The childish attempt by a conglomerate of Northern Nigerian elements to blockade the transport of foodstuffs and cattle to the South-Western region of Nigeria especially is inappropriate and in bad taste. What seems to have […]