Looking back, facing forward as Nigeria decides
It’s hard to imagine that it’s nearly eight years since. This time in 2015, I was over the moon with the prospects of a general election that was certain to end the government of...
Amidst chaos, 13-year-old boy vows to rebuild broken bridge of hope
If he could, he might have built a highway to Sharm el-Sheikh where the world’s great and mighty gathered between November 6 and 18 at COP27 to discuss climate change.
But who knows, he...
America, watch your back!, by Azu Ishiekwene
Former US President Donald Trump didn’t just happen to the United States. He hit the world like the climax of a horror movie.
Scene after scene, act after act left the thoughtful in bewilderment,...
The letter, the spirit, and The Letterman
If there was a prize for Nigeria’s number one letter writer, journalist-turned-lawyer and one-time minister, Tony Momoh, would appear to be the undisputed champion.Â
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The late Momoh performed the difficult task of making sense of...
In Love, as in football, size does not matter. Here’s why
It’s a great time to be a football lover. It might not feel exactly so if your country is not one of the 32 taking part in the 22nd edition of the World Cup...
Will Ghanaian President Survive This Storm?
Not so long ago, he was the poster boy of what looked like an African renaissance. Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo didn’t only know what to say, he also knew when and how. I still remember...
In search of vaccine for toxic marriages
Bad news has almost become a regular feature of Nigeria’s daily narrative and recently, it’s been like a flood of it (pun intended).
But the news of the ordeal of two-month-old Miracle Chikwe at the...
Briturkey, Britaly and fear of Britainistan
In a widely shared story last week, The Economist likened the political carnage in Britain to the situation in Italy in the 1940s. Italy was a major theatre of the First World War at...
A professor’s pay-slip and lessons from ASUU strike
After eight months’ strike, one of the longest in the country’s history, university teachers finally returned, at gunpoint, to the classrooms on Monday.
It was the 16th time university teachers would be striking in 23...
Why is Africa playing with fire?
There is fire in Ouagadougou. And who’s to say where it’s catching next? For the second time in eight months, the military in Burkina Faso struck in a palace coup that removed military leader...
DSS makes U-turn, says ‘Emefiele now in our custody’
The Department of State Services (DSS) has recanted its earlier denial of arrest of the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin...
States can now generate electricity as Tinubu signs Electricity Act 2023...
President Tinubu has assented to the 2023 Electricity Act which is a replacement for the Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act of 2005. ...
4 children found alive, 5 weeks after deadly plane crash
Four children have been found alive - five weeks after the plane they were travelling in crashed into thick jungle.
They were rescued by the...
Wike hails Tinubu for suspending Emefiele as CBN governor
A former Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike has applauded President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the Governor of the Central Bank...
Explosion rocks Abuja suburb
An explosion resulting from a fuel tanker crash rocked Gwagwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, on Friday night, Saturday PUNCH has gathered.
This...