What have you done for me lately? By Muyiwa Adetiba
He was my former Chairman’s con- tact and possibly friend. He later became my friend and even confidant. But it was a transition that almost didn’t happen. When Chief Olu Aboderin – the founding Chairman of Punch – asked me to interview ‘Senator’, he was described as one of the richest Nigerians of his time. […]
This could lead to war
ON Wednesday last week, I was at the Enugu State High Court to attend a session. Shortly before 10am, a large number of prisoners, accompanied by their wardens, arrived.
Patriotism even in thievery
RICHARD Nixon (1913-1994), the 37th President of the United States of America; and Jacob Zuma, 74, the incumbent President of South Africa, are two of a kind.
Citizens uniting to reclaim Nigeria’s democracy
ON Tuesday this week, the civil society organisation called Citizens United for Peace and Stability (CUPS), made good on its announced plan to peacefully storm the National Assembly, to demand the immediate resignation of Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
Nigeria or North?
THE words of President Muhammadu Buhari above remains his best lines to a badly divided country till date. They were reassuring to segments of Nigeria already feeling alienated by the negative triumphalism of some scions of the far North following the outcome of the March 28 elections which I captured in “Arewa songs of conquest.”
The time for genuine electoral reform is NOW!
THE spate of surprisingly unanimous yet lamentable 2015 governorship election petition decisions handed down by the Justice Mahmud Mohammed-led Supreme Court has made the case for genuine and lasting electoral reform a matter of national urgency, bordering on an emergency.
