By Punch Editorial Board In swift succession, containers attached to trucks are wreaking havoc across Lagos. A tragic accident on Sunday on the Ojuelegba Interchange in which a 20-foot container fell on a commercial bus…
By Ikenna Obianeri No fewer than 10 female students have been raped and robbed when armed robbers invaded six off-campus student hostels at Ifite, near the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. According to sources,…
By Daniels Igoni Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called on the political class to allow the judiciary to carry out its constitutional functions, saying society is dynamic. He gave the admonition while speaking during the…
By Simon Kolawole My friend sent me a WhatsApp chat shortly after President Olusegun Obasanjo announced his endorsement of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. “What does the Obasanjo endorsement mean?”…
By Chidi Amuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has once again done what he is reputed for. He has cast a big stone into Nigeria’s brackish political pool. The splash is all over the place. Like…
By Matthew Hassan Kukah Today, most Nigerians have become cynical about conferences, seminars, committees, commissions and so on, because it is generally perceived that these initiatives are largely a distraction from the main problems of…
By Oluwatoyin Malik For 46-year-old Mrs Tunrayo Famurewa, her ordeal at the hands of kidnappers is a bad dream from which she longs to wake up. But every day appears to take her back to…
By Punch Editorial Board NIGERIA’S perennial failure to leverage its natural advantages to create wealth and eliminate poverty was brought into sharp relief Tuesday. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development admitted that while…
By Simon Kolawole In October 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel over its occupation of the Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula, two Arab territories. With the now-defunct Soviet Union (read Russia)…
By Sharon Osaji and Esther Blankson A student of the Federal University, Dutse Jigawa, Aminu Mohammed, has been sent to the Suleja Correctional Centre in Niger State after tweeting about the wife of the President,…
