Editorial
In support of single-day elections
NIGERIA is in a desperate search for free, fair, credible, and peaceful elections to alleviate the challenges associated with its democratic journey. This is because the country’s post-independence ...
8th April 2025Nigeria’s rising debt dependence
IN just 20 months, Nigeria has secured N13.21 trillion ($8.6 billion) in loans from the World Bank alone, with an additional $2.2 billion in borrowing expected in 2025. While access to concessional lo...
7th April 2025WHD 2025: Nigeria must plan for better health
AS the world marks the 2025 World Health Day, themed ‘Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures’, Nigeria must make a strong commitment to addressing the challenges facing its health sector to give citi...
7th April 2025Uromi killings: Symptoms of a broken system
The heinous killing of 16 Fulani hunters in Uromi, Esan North LGA, Edo State, in late March is unacceptable. The PUNCH Editorial Board condemns it in its totality. This is reprehensible. No decent soc...
6th April 2025Nigeria’s toxic prison system
IT was with mixed feelings that Nigerians received the news of yet another prison break at the Koton Karfe Medium Security Correctional Centre in Kogi State. No fewer than 12 inmates escaped in the Ma...
4th April 2025Path to sustainable stable electricity
BEFORE independence, specifically in 1950, the Legislative Council of Nigeria enacted a law to establish the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria with the duties of developing and supplying electricity....
4th April 2025Reps’ N705m donation to the poor
A well-known stock-in-trade of Nigeria’s political class is gain-induced philanthropy. Politicians solicit publicity-seeking donations to feign empathy for impoverished Nigerians. Some of such “pu...
3rd April 2025Restructuring: Way out of failing democracy
DEMOCRACY is fast losing its popularity among Nigerians. Often chanted as the government of the people, by the people, and for the people, this model now rings hollow. The presidential system, under r...
3rd April 2025Mediation as catalyst for business-friendly environment
DISPUTES between governments and businesses have become increasingly common, leading to disruptions in operations, investor apprehension, and revenue loss for both parties. However, successful mediati...
2nd April 2025States must spearhead anti-diphtheria campaign
NIGERIA is plagued by diphtheria, a communicable disease that has become a cyclic feature in the country’s public health landscape. Amid poor primary health infrastructure, socio-economic stress and...
2nd April 2025The President’s wife’s donations
OLUREMI, the wife of President Bola Tinubu, has been making huge donations to different causes in Nigeria. Understandably, this has raised the curiosity and suspicion of many Nigerians. A national dai...
1st April 2025Bumpy ride towards domestic refining
SHORTLY after the Dangote Refinery announced that it had temporarily halted the sale of petroleum products in naira due to the stoppage of the naira-for-crude policy, prices started increasing again. ...
1st April 2025Role of money in Nigeria’s democracy
IT is just about two years until the 2027 general elections. Politicians are already engaged in high-level discussions and negotiations ahead of the polls. President Bola Tinubu is fighting so hard to...
31st March 2025Saving traditional institutions from ridicule
IT is sad that the traditional institution in Nigeria has been infiltrated by persons with character deficits, including bandits, drug addicts and kidnappers. This should be of great concern to every ...
31st March 2025Public schools are dying, govs must act now
NIGERIA’S public primary education system is dying. In a competitive learning globe, many public primary schools in the country are, at best, pigsties and ranches rather than spaces to equip future ...
30th March 2025Supreme Court verdict on Adamawa farmer
NIGERIANS are reeling from a shocking verdict of the Supreme Court, which upheld the death sentence passed on a farmer, Sunday Jackson, by an Adamawa State High Court. The sentence followed his convic...
28th March 2025Lagos sweepers deserve better pay
THE paltry pay faceoff between the Lagos State Government and its street sweepers is beyond a trade dispute. It shows how the Nigerian society treats the masses. The ordinary people seem to matter onl...
27th March 2025Revamping agriculture for economic growth
NIGERIA stands at a crossroads. With a population projected to exceed 400 million by 2050, ensuring food security, economic productivity, and a thriving agricultural value chain is crucial to the coun...
27th March 2025Corps members and free speech
NO government improves without listening to criticisms. Nigeria supposedly operates as a democracy. This presupposes that free speech should reign supreme in the country. Unfortunately, the reaction o...
26th March 2025Trump’s escalating tariffs and lessons for Nigeria
DONALD Trump, in his first term, made good his threats to impose tariffs on some goods coming into the United States. In his second coming as president, he continues to double down on the policy. Cons...
26th March 2025ECOWAS must reinvent itself at 50
IN a few weeks, the Economic Community of West African States, established on 28 May 1975, will turn 50. It was established following the signing of the Treaty of Lagos. It aimed to promote economic i...
25th March 2025Warning on deepening poverty
THIS present administration has got many things to worry about. Insecurity is one of them. The high cost of living is another. The worst appears to be hunger and extreme poverty, which could trigger u...
25th March 2025Nigeria can end tuberculosis scourge
AS the global community commemorates the 2025 World Tuberculosis Day, themed “Yes! We can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver”, today, the urgency of ending the scourge of the world’s deadliest infe...
24th March 2025Arbitrary levies bad for business
NIGERIA’S business community is under relentless siege. In an already suffocating economic environment marked by rising costs, multiple taxation, policy inconsistency, and dwindling investor confide...
24th March 2025State govs’ borrowing spree without impact
Nigeria’s governors are plunging their states into crippling debt, borrowing without accountability while the citizens they swore to serve languish in poverty. Instead of investing in essential sect...
23rd March 2025End deadly tanker explosions
THE recurring accidents from explosions are a deadly killer in Nigeria. This was re-enacted on Wednesday evening on the Abuja-Keffi Expressway. A truck carrying cement exploded after it lost control a...
21st March 2025World Water Day 2025: Glaciers raise concerns
AS the global community celebrates World Water Day 2025 on Saturday, with the theme: ‘Water and Climate Change: Preserving Glaciers’, it is critical to examine the significance of glaciers to life...
21st March 2025Tinubu’s hasty declaration of emergency in Rivers
TWELVE years after Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three North-East states due to Boko Haram Islamic terrorism, President Bola Tinubu repeated it in Rivers State on Tuesday. With no...
20th March 2025Attacks on DisCos: Nigerian military is lawless
THE Nigerian military is escalating its recklessly violent and illegal attacks on electricity distribution companies. It intensified its impunity and lawlessness at the weekend when soldiers invaded a...
19th March 2025Youths and native doctors
MANY charlatans have made scamming people a lucrative business in Nigeria. Over the years, some native doctors have established an industry that thrives on the gullibility of many youths. They claim t...
18th March 2025Don’t toll Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s government is hard-headed. It cancelled petrol subsidies upon inauguration, floated the naira, and yanked off electricity subsidies. Recently, it stated its intention to rein...
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