Opinion

By Yusuf Abubakar Onumoh, PhD ‎There are teachers who deliver lectures, there are scholars who disseminate knowledge, and there are...

By Cliff Stanley Human societies have an uncomfortable habit: we often reserve our highest praise for people after they have...

By Blessing Yashim ‎‎At just 17, Adeola, a Nigerian teenager, never imagined that trying a strawberry-flavoured vape a few months...

By Cliff Stanley ‎‎Nigeria’s political culture often treats a stint in the Senate as the ultimate credential for executive office....

‎By Peter Kelly  ‎‎An award means more when it comes from people who follow your work closely and are in...

By Cliff Stanley The appointment of Rev. Wakil Joel Phillip as Executive Secretary of the Gombe State Christian Pilgrims Welfare...

‎By Otunba Biodun Ajiboye ‎‎The Punch Editorial Board’s October 16, 2026 piece on the political participation of chief executives of...

By Cliff Stanley ‎‎The resignation of Adamawa State’s 21 local government chairmen and 226 councillors from the Peoples Democratic Party...

By Ademola Adedoyin, fnipr ‎‎There is a compelling argument to be made for the Forum of Chief Executives of Federal...

The internet has been agog with stomach-wrenching revelations from Hon. Awah Alhassan, a former supporter of Alh. Murtala Yakubu Ajaka...

By Cliff Stanley ‎‎In a country where the law is often invoked more readily than obeyed, Chief Mike Agbedor Abu...

The twin flyovers being constructed in Mararaba by Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State are more than a response to...

By Olufemi Lawson ‎‎The recent arrest of five suspected kidnappers linked to the abduction of 20 prospective National Youth Service...

‎By Cliff Stanley ‎President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to let APC governors and party structures lead much of his 2027...

By Cliff Stanley ‎On 11 October 2026, Gombe, Nigeria, became more than a host city for a concert; it became...

‎By Rahma Abdulmajid ‎‎History is obsessed with the theatre of power. It immortalizes the roaring stadiums, the blinding camera flashes,...

‎The rise and fall of Zekeri Yau is a story that every young person in Kogi East must listen to,...

By Abua Hunde ‎For years, Nigeria’s insurance industry has occupied an uncomfortable position in the national economy. Its importance has...

By Stanley Nkwocha The true test of a presidency is not only what the President says when the world is...

By Aaron Mike Odey The successful coronation of His Majesty, King Charles Douglas MacPepple Jaja, Jeki VI, as the sixth...

By Cliff Stanley There is something deeply symbolic about the increasingly sharp political disagreement between two prominent sons of Anambra...

By Thomas Agagu ‎ ‎In the life of any institution, recognition means little when it is detached from results. But...

‎ ‎By Sunday Johnson ‎ ‎“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is...

By Abdullahi O Haruna In many developing democracies, politicians have perfected a peculiar craft. Unable to build enough roads, create...

By Cliff Stanley The appointment of Chief Barr. Leonard Daniel Nzadon as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Adamawa...

By Abubakar M. Kareto When a politician who once stood on the verge of national leadership takes to the public...

For decades, the landscape of Nigerian agriculture has been shaped by the concrete monuments of unfulfilled potential: multi-billion-naira dams, uncompleted...

By Cliff Stanley Four years have passed, yet some memories refuse to fade. They become part of who we are...

By Mahmud Muhammad, Ph.D (inview) ‎One would expect Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed to still be resting and reflecting. He should be...

By Edem Enifon ‎The true measure of a government's vision is not always found in the projects it inaugurates, but...

In the management of public finance, institutions matter. But even more important are the men and women entrusted with breathing...

By Itodo A. Itodo ‎ ‎There are politicians who support a political candidate because circumstances demand it, and there are...

When African heads of state and agricultural ministers gathered in Kigali for the 20th Africa Food Systems Forum Summit, the...

KIGALI, RWANDA — In a major continental triumph for Nigerian agribusiness, Ifeoma Mary Okonkwo, Co-Founder and Group Managing Director of...

By Cliff Stanley “The greatest danger to democracy is not merely that elections may be rigged; it is that citizens...

By Adewale Adeoye ‎Of all the left activists I have encountered in life, Dapo Olorunyomi, Baba Omojola and Chima Ubani...

‎By Torkuma Gbor ‎There is an uncomfortable reality about social media that we may need to confront: we are increasingly...

By Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice In politics, victories are often credited to candidates, but history teaches that behind every successful...

By Alkasim Abdulkadir ‎ ‎In Nigerian football, leadership is often judged by what happens on the pitch. When the national...