Editorials

THERE is an air of momentous celebration and grateful reflection as Ajibola Ogunshola, the Emeritus Chairman of PUNCH, marks his 80th birthday today, July 14, 2024. In the past eight …

The world celebrates the inimitable literary icon and humanist, Professor Akínwándé Olúwolé Sóyínká at the graceful age of 90, today; deservedly for the many ennobling caps he has worn and …

Nigeria, through President Bola Tinubu, deserved better treatment than what it got at the swearing-in of South Africa’s President, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, for a second term in office on June …

IN fulfilment of one of his campaign promises, President Bola Tinubu recently set up a consumer credit guarantee scheme to address issues surrounding access to credit by the public. The …

NEARLY five decades into its existence, the ECOWAS socioeconomic super-structure that was constructed in 1975 to foster regional peace is crumbling fast. The trio of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger …

The discord between the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is, on so many grounds, not merely unhealthy, to put it mildly, it is dangerous to …

AS the world celebrates the 2024 World Population Day themed, ‘Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending Inequalities in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights’ today, it should be a springboard …

NIGERIA’S power sector is shabby, inefficient and has led to wasteful expenditure outcomes. With gross infrastructure deficits and ineffective systems, homes and industries spend trillions of naira annually to provide …

Another round of industrial action that is brewing in the nation’s universities is undesirable and should be averted. As an antidote, the Federal Government should quickly bring together the Academic …

OGUN State is under a security siege, and residents are living in fear. Daredevil criminals, kidnappers, ritual killers, armed robbers, and violent Fulani herdsmen are wreaking havoc in the state. …