Bola Bolawole

The All progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship party primaries have come and gone but the reverberations may not abate any time soon. Call them primaries of controversies and you will be right. None of the two leading political parties can lay claim to the bragging rights over the conduct and outcome of their primaries. And this is a shame! 

By Hassan Gimba

I once had cause to quote Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s 1980 hit song, “Authority Stealing”, where the Afrobeat maestro sang “You be thief” while the chorus chanted “I no be thief”, “You be rogue”, “I no be rogue”, etc,

By Femi Adesina

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is an interventionist agency created for the development of the oil producing region of the country.

Azu Ishiekwene

A small news item from a police statement tucked inside the print edition of PUNCH on Wednesday stirred more interest than usual. In the statement, the police had asked those who applied for the position of constables to resume at the state commands between February 1 and 20.

By Agha Egwu

Whether Nnamdi Kanu is the best person to lead us or not, it is VERY, VERY uncharitable for any Igbo person not to acknowledge his achievements to date, appreciate and say thank you.

By Tony Amokeodo

Kabiyesi Oonirisa, Arole Oduduwa Adimula Mo yika otun, mo yi ka osi. Mo fori bale fun ori ade. Ki ade pe lori. Ki bata pe le se. Ki iru kere ki o di okini. Ki ase pe lenu, ki e pe! pe! pe! pe!

By Godknows Igali, PhD

INTRODUCTION

Though much constrained by professional norms to a life of near anonymity and subdued social exposure, the great national service of one of Nigeria’s ace security professionals, Chief Albert Korubo Horsfall who is also a key witness to the Nigerian story, even as he joined the ranks of octogenerians on 22nd December 2021 remains sparsely told.

By Jude Eze Ogechi

Ordinarily, this shouldn't form a topic in formal conversations like this, but since social media have found a way of launching its plebeian feet into the traditional media parlance; it would amount to dereliction not to appraise some of its controversial headlines to correct erroneous impressions.

By Bolanle Bolawole

I read my brother and friend’s treatise on the 52nd Convocation Ceremony of the University of Lagos – A Quick Return to UNILAG - and was enthralled.

By Onjefu Okidu

Just about 15 months to the 2023 general elections, some unconscious Idoma sons and daughters have already taken over, and turned virtually all the social media platforms setup majorly for the Idoma Governor agitation into billboards for birthdays, marriages, burials, fashion parades, hip-hop music, praise singing, besties, cross dressing and portrayals of heroes and super heroes that are real, imagined and fictional.

By Bola Bolawole

Babafemi Ojudu is in the news – but again for the wrong reason. The first time Ojudu missed his steps was when he regaled the world with the story of the Sunday Igboho he claimed to know.

By Yusuf Ali

Nigerians will not forget in a hurry how the APC swept the behemoth PDP out of power and rob the party of its claim as the biggest political platform in the African continent. The PDP's false claim is not that of numerical strength but of power and abused of power that led to their total rejection by Nigerians.