This week, I was in Kano attending the 6th social influencers summit. I am a fan of the annual event and I have attended all of them since it started in 2019. I have found it to be a useful…

Introduction Multichain stores have historically played a crucial role in shaping consumer behaviour, standardising products, and strengthening distribution networks. In Nigeria, the story has been no different. From the pioneering days of multinational corporations such as Kingsway Stores and Leventis,…

Ultimately, Nigeria’s IGR landscape is no longer just a ledger of numbers, it is a reflection of leadership, equity, and the evolving social contract between government and citizens. States that pair revenue ambition with transparency, inclusive policy, and responsible spending…

Putting it nicely, Aparutu is the Yoruba word for a joker, a clown. In August 1986, when I first arrived at the wooden, fabricated office of PUNCH in Kudeti, Ikeja, Lagos, for a vacation job, that was how the editor…

The House of Representatives has discharged several standing committees of their legislative responsibilities on some bills after they failed to present reports within the timeframe prescribed by the chamber’s Standing Orders.This followed a motion during Thursday’s plenary by the Chairman…

Across the world, as technology advances, the historian Yuval Noah Harari has warned about the rise of what he calls the useless class — people who will become economically irrelevant because they have no skills that the modern world needs.…

Senator Ahmed Mallamadori The new law is worth being celebrated because it is only one of the many reforms that Senator Mallam Madori is understood to be also pursuing as chairman of the very vital Senate Committee on Police Affairs.…

Less than two years into President Bola Tinubu’s first tenure, everything about him and all decisions now revolve around politics and politicking toward his reelection in 2027. Not that he ever took his gaze off that all-important year — the…

Unfortunately, some segments of the public, whether through deliberate misunderstanding or inadvertence, fail to see the positive and transformative nature of clemency. This misunderstanding risks discouraging inmates from genuine reform and undermines the credibility of the correctional system’s rehabilitative vision.…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). We are therefore not dealing with cases of people who are going around wielding machetes and looking for me in order to kill me because I am…

Comrade Hassan Sunmonu On Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, Yaba College of Technology will host a major event to honor Comrade Hassan Sunmonu. It is not just a case of honoring a great alumnus but of honoring a preeminent labor leader…

Yesterday was 20 October, the fifth anniversary of the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre, aftermath of the #EndSARS youth protest in Lagos. Scores of young persons were reportedly killed, maimed, made to inhale tear gas, or jump into the Lagoon and…

FILE PHOTO: #EndSARS: One of the most enduring protests by the Nigerian youths Today, as we mark this grim anniversary, a recurring pattern of state defiance confirms a tragictruth: the system’s DNA of impunity remains fundamentally unchanged. As I type…

It’s harvest time. Souls are God’s greatest passion. Buildings, finance, fame, and all other things are good, but don’t compare to souls. God is a soul hunter, just as Satan is a soul hunter. All over scriptures, God avowed His…

Reno Omokri (l), Mike Arnold (r). …Reno Omokri’s debacle with his American “factfinders” should be a wake-up call. Nigeria’s image, particularly on security issues, must never be outsourced to foreign lobbyists. True advocacy begins with local credibility, verified data, and…