More appalling APC arrogance! By Donu Kogbara
Last week, I complained about the arrogance displayed by Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works, who has a lot of questions to answer around the mysterious death in his compound of an attractive young female nurse. This week, I will focus on another example of APC arrogance. Following a visit to the presidential villa by the […]
Aparutu and his life coach, by Azu Ishiekwene
Putting it nicely, Aparutu is the Yoruba word for a joker, a clown. In August 1986, when I first arrived at the wooden, fabricated office of PUNCH in Kudeti, Ikeja, Lagos, for a vacation job, that was how the editor then, Alhaji Najeem Jimoh, referred to me: Aparutu. He wasn’t being mean or harsh. That just […]
Defections: In a true democracy, people’s power trumps governors’ hubris, by Olu Fasan
President Bola Tinubu is taking no prisoners. He and his party, All Progressives Congress, APC, are going all out to coopt governors of the opposition parties into their fold ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Recently, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC, donning Tinubu’s trademark cap, […]
How to read strategically and extract what you need, by Ruth Oji
Let’s be honest: no one has the time — or the patience — to read every single page of every book or journal article related to their research. If you’re a PhD student or a researcher working on a thesis, you probably already know what it feels like to sit in front of a mountain of […]
Tunji-Ojo: Lodestar in Tinubu’s cabinet, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
When Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who had been re-elected a member of the House of Representatives, was appointed minister of interior by President Bola Tinubu in August 2023, not many paid heed. But those who knew his antecedents were upbeat that the appointment was tantamount to putting a round peg in a round hole. To be sure, the […]
Christian genocides and Boulos baloney, by Ochereome Nnanna
The greatest oxygen of insecurity in Nigeria is what people call “political correctness”. Most people do not want to call a spade by its name. The question of whether there are Christian genocides in Nigeria should not arise. Routine Benue and Plateau mass burials say it all. The miasma of these massacres of Christian populations in […]
