Praying to defeat insurgency? No, don’t waste your time
Pushed to the wall by the incessant and seemingly unending attacks by insurgents in his state, Borno State governor, Professor…
A descent into bestiality
JANUARY 27, 2020 will remain evergreen in the memory of Maryam Sanda. That was the day she got convicted of…
Rescuing Nigerian out-of-school kids
THAT Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world is as galling as it is gnawing. That,…
On the road to July 1967
LESS than two years after the governing council of the Obafemi Awolowo, Ile Ife, dismissed Professor Richard Akindele for his…
Buratai, Boko Haram and political-economy of war
SINCE the Federal Government announced in December 2019 its plan to withdraw troops engaged in internal security, the destructive activities…
Making Nigerians one with Nigeria
THE greatest challenge to our nationhood is the lack of any form of bonding between Nigeria and her nationals. There…
Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Pigeons for the dead, pains for the living
PREPARATION for this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day slated for January 15 started on October 16, 2019 with the inauguration…
Feeney’s challenge to Nigerian billionaires
OVER the last 37 years, Chuck Feeney has given away $6.2billion to charity. But that is not the gist. The…
New Year or elongation of old?
MY understanding of new is that it is a departure from the known, a severance from the old, a migration…
Christmas without chicken
“WHAT is Christmas without a chicken? What is Christmas worth without the celebration that goes along with it? How can…
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…
Death the leveller
Life begets death. The day a person is born, the race to death tees off. For some, it is a…
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…
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…
Madmen and their rulers
ACCORDING to a consultant psychiatrist at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Dr Michael Agbir, there has been a…
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…
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…
What motivates Nigerian politicians?
WHAT inspires the average Nigerian politician? What exactly drives him to seek power? Is it ambition, sense of entitlement, avarice,…
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…
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…
