Late Fr Joseph Zi Mancha. Eulogising the cleric, the parish priest of St Augustine’s Pastoral Area Dong, Fr George Barde said, he mentored me and “restored my sanity and compass in the priesthood … with a new lease through the…

Senator Udo Udoma A gentleman by every standard, Senator Udoma sometimes comes across as an Englishman with a dark skin. From the calm way he speaks, to the emphatic but gentle manner he responds to controversial issues, he hardly rocks…

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar This note verbale incident, in addition to a series of others before now which portray our country in a poor light, was one too many. There is a saying in my Igbo dialect…

The point l want to make, my Lords, is that when Police officers are prosecuted or convicted for killing innocent members of the public, such incidents are not adequately publicised. I believe that this lack of knowledge of how the…

Former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. The preponderance of opinions thereafter is: If GYB had so much to show, why did he concentrate on politics at both national and state levels, to the detriment of his legacy of accomplishments?…

As I reflect on the current state of Nigeria, I am amazed by the paradoxical economy that seems to defy logic and reason: How Nigeria, a country blessed with abundant natural resources and potential for self-sufficiency, finds essential commodities such…

Since news broke about the Federal Executive Council’s approval of the implementation of Steve Oronsaye report on the merger and acquisition of Ministries Department and Agencies on Monday, February 26, 2024, I have granted several media interviews on the subject…

It is celebration galore as PUNCH Nigeria Limited, publishers of the most widely read The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH and PUNCH Online clocks 50. The firm clocked 50 on March 18, 2023, but the celebration was moved to this year because 2023 was an election…

Those who think the Yoruba will upturn the applecart of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration seem not to know the Yoruba very well. The Yoruba do not indulge mediocrity, not even from their own. The Yoruba won’t pamper any wayward…

“Hunger is the cry of a god and two gods do the humans worship – the head and the stomach …We know the body will survive without head Sustenance, but the Stomach, the god that rumbles and thunders when sacrifice…

Is IPAC the ideal place to search for Nigeria’s political panacea or has it become a mere contraption without a rudder or compass to direct its affairs and is now drifting aimlessly? IPAC presently faces scrutiny, as its sails seem…

His message, delivered in simple and catchy lines, was always upbeat, and his rhythmic reggae style did not only provide a pleasurable tempo to the lyrics; it sounded also like a call to action. His enduring appeal can be linked…

Without concluding the probe of suspended minister Betta Edu and publicising its findings, lessons learned, and corrective actions taken, the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, announced the expansion of the conditional cash program to 12 million Nigerians from the previous…

This piece was inspired by three different, yet related, sources. Firstly, the astronomical increase in the prices of goods and services in Nigeria, a country still debating the minimum wage while the global community focuses on a living wage. It’s…

By now, you will have come to the painful realisation that running Nigeria is not an “emilokan” thing. Nigeria has happened to you. With runaway inflation crossing the 29.9 per cent mark, the naira in a free fall, crossing N1,500…