•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan In Nigeria’s political landscape, the National Assembly is meant to be a sanctuary of sober deliberation and a place where rules and processes are observed with discipline, decorum and responsibility. Yet in this same hallowed chamber, the suspended Kogi Central Senatorial District Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduag...
•Late former IGP, Solomon Arase For want of appropriate coinage, the passing of Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase on August 31, 2025 without mincing words, compounded my eternal mystery over the last 73 days. I had lost my immediate elder sibling, Ras Johnson Ikhide, the music activist, maestreo on July 19, 2025, whose sudden and untimely […]...
•Dr Samuel Ogbuku At the recent celebration of the 50th birthday of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Community (NDDC) Dr Samuel Ogbuku, which I was privileged to witness, one thing stood out: the impact of the Ogbuku-led management of the Commission on the people of the region in the last two years. […]
•Some textbooks used by secondary school students in Nigeria Being The Punch Editorial As schools resume this September from the long vacation, parents in Imo, Benue, Anambra, and Ondo states have reason to feel relieved. This benefit comes with the new ban on the use of non-transferable textbooks. This policy allows used schoolbooks to be [&h...
•Late Herbert Wigwe On Thursday, February 8, 2024, Herbert Wigwe, the iconic banking visionary, was in London. That evening, he made a call to his elder sister, Joyce Wigwe, a distinguished legal scholar who holds a Ph.D.from Stanford University, USA. Their chat was not just any conversation. It was deep, personal, nostalgic, of childhood memo...
•Akpabio, Tinubu and Abbas A nation’s executive and legislature are like two oars propelling the same canoe. If one oar pulls with force while the other drifts lazily, the canoe spins in circles. If both row in opposite directions, the vessel tilts dangerously, and progress stalls. But when the oars dip and pull in rhythm, […]
•Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde a.k.a. KWAM1 In Nigeria, bad behaviour often cascades from the top, with the so-called ‘big man’s’ impunity undermining integrity in every aspect of national life. The incident involving celebrity musician Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as KWAM 1 and K1 de Ultimate, and ValueJet Airlines at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Interna...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio In the kaleidoscopic turbulence of Nigerian politics, where discord often drowns out dialogue and egos flare like harmattan wildfires, the 10th Senate under Senate President Godswill Akpabio has emerged as a lighthouse of stability, reform, and nation-building. Since its inauguration on 13 June, 2023, followi...
•Nigerian doctors Nigeria’s unstructured reward system is the current focus of a heated public debate. The issue of fair compensation for diverse and critical activities has been simmering over time. The federal government has unwittingly instigated another round of dissonance after the Super Falcons’ glorious triumph at the 2024 WAFCON. Afric...
In Nigeria, there’s a disturbingly haunting temporariness in the appellative identity of every university that derives its name from its location. If the current trend holds, they will sooner or later be renamed after a dead or living politician. The University of Ibadan; the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; the University of Lagos; the Universi...

