Category: Column
Tinubu and the significance of yesterday (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The great British Rock Band, ‘The Beatles’, eulogized ‘Yesterday’ in one of its most memorable hit songs. In the lyrics of the song, the past...
Aparutu and His Life Coach
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...
*Reframing Nigeria’s Corruption and Growth Problems Using China’s Lens: How Tinubu can win without fighting.* Part 11
If Episode 1 diagnosed Nigeria’s corruption mix, this one prescribes the cure. Yuen Yuen Ang’s framework points to a pragmatic route: make grand and petty...
Of Nigeria, False Friends and True Dangers: A Call for Vigilance
by Hassan Gimba I have a confession. Vice President Kashim Shettima has never been my man. I have never quite taken to him. Not that I hate the man some want to see as...
No to military coup
On Saturday October 18th,2025,a news report to the effect that sixteen senior military officers led by an unnamed Brigadier General and other ranks have been...
Should we find this BAT a Delilah?
…If we must uncover the secrets of his many mouth-gaping successes? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Uneasy, they say, lies the head that...
Ekiti, Oct 27: Date with destiny!
Ekiti, Oct 27: Date with destiny! By abiodun KOMOLAFE The allegations of contrived mayhem in the State of Ekiti are an acknowledgement that desperation has taken root in...
Intimate Affairs: When forgiveness is hard (2)
By Funke Egbemode She was popularly called Mama Iyabo. Her husband threw her out of their matrimonial home 15 years ago, along with her three children, after 15 years of...
Of Trump, Peace Deals and the Day After
Azu Ishiekwene US President Donald Trump may be getting ahead of himself with the encouraging signs that, following the ceasefire in Gaza, the world might have another...
When the Pulpit Became the Marketplace: A Cry for Spiritual Revival Echoes
The account by Senator Babafemi Ojudu, “The Day Mourners Rebelled in Church,” was more than a lamentation; it was a revelation. It told of a funeral in...
