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Presidential title and discordant tunes from presidency
THE Punch stirred up a hornet’s nest and got the country talking with its last Wednesday’s editorial comment where it stated that it would henceforth prefix President Muhammadu Buhari with his Army title of Major General (retired) because…
Death the leveller
Life begets death. The day a person is born, the race to death tees off. For some, it is a dash; 100 metres or 200 metres. For others, it is a mini-marathon; 1,000 metres or 2,000 metres. For yet some others, it is a long-winding marathon.…
The real problem with ghost workers
SOKOTO State government, last Thursday, came up with a novel measure to tackle the menace of ghost workers in the state by granting the phantom workers amnesty. While addressing a press conference in Sokoto, the state capital, Alhaji…
No, herdsmen are not the enemy
After the gubernatorial election of penultimate Saturday in Kogi State followed with the announcement of the winner on Monday, some suspected thugs stormed the house of Mrs Acheju Abuh, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) woman leader in…
Madmen and their rulers
ACCORDING to a consultant psychiatrist at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Dr Michael Agbir, there has been a 30 per cent rise in psychiatric cases among the nation’s youths in the last four years. The shrink, who said…
Will of God and ill of man
The fire disaster that razed Ochanja Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, resulting in the death of five persons, including a mother and her child, and destroying goods running into billions of naira points to the nation’s poor emergency…
Poverty in the land: Let’s review our strategy
LAST Thursday, the world marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with different countries highlighting their achievements in moving the poor out of poverty. China lifted over 500 million people out of poverty in 30…
What motivates Nigerian politicians?
WHAT inspires the average Nigerian politician? What exactly drives him to seek power? Is it ambition, sense of entitlement, avarice, crave for emancipation, nationalism, tribalism, the quest to serve, building a legacy or compassion? Since…
Nigeria: Building on slippery ground
AS one of the speakers at The Platform, a programme organised by the Christian Covenant Centre, Lagos, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Charles Soludo, echoed the sentiments of the rest of the world that the days of…
Of uncaring nation and unpatriotic nationals
THE greatest challenge to our nationhood is the lack of any form of bonding between Nigeria and her nationals. There is such implausible disconnect between Nigeria and Nigerians that more often than not the nation and most of her nationals…