Sometimes I wonder in my quiet moments how African forebears treated the silent assassins of the body and soul – bleeding in the head, hernia rupture, unborn extra-large child, heart attack, kidney and liver failure, among others. I wonder why the rampaging Abiku phenomenon disappeared upon the arrival of hygienic birth delivery practices and Western…
A long time ago, when the harmattan still remembered how to bite, a thunderous blinding lightning and thunder flashed across the sky. It was followed by chilling bellow. Who could that be or were the ancestors descending on an angry ladder. It was the voice of Trump the Thunderer, the one whose voice could not…
The year was 2002 and we were seeing off Mrs. Bola Thomas, the Chief Executive Officer of LTC Advertising. She had come to The Punch on a courtesy call, in solidarity, for the foremost role the newspaper played in forcing the soldiers back to the barracks, after 16 years of military rule. When we saw…
I just saw a news flash that the Office of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, will address the press regarding President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy the U.S. military to Nigeria if the government fails to act against what he calls the “systemic persecution of Christians.” This follows Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a…
The resurgence of military coup rumors is not a coincidence; it is a clinical symptom of a democracy in profound failure. The disturbing truth is that, for any attempt to disrupt the constitutional order to gain traction, plotters must first conduct a reconnaissance of the public mood. And right now, the mood of Nigeria is…
In retrospect, Professor Wole Soyinka’s dramatic decision to tear up his U.S. Green Card shortly after Donald Trump’s election was unnecessary and deeply disrespectful to the country that had legally granted him residency. While protest is a legitimate expression of personal conviction, every privilege carries responsibility. The U.S. Green Card, governed by the Immigration and…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has disclosed that the United States government revoked his visa. The author linked the action to his long history of criticizing political leaders, including former U.S. President Donald Trump.The renowned playwright revealed this during a media event held on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Freedom Park in Lagos. He explained…
• Tinubu’s Nigeria: Where the Familiar Feel Seen and the Forgotten Find Footing What if leadership wasn’t about choosing sides—but about enlarging the table?What if the true measure of power was not how loudly the majority roared, but how gently the minority was heard? President Bola Ahmed Tinubu didn’t inherit a banquet. He met a…
There are moments when silence becomes cowardice -and this is one of them. Omoyele Sowore’s decision to mobilise Nigerians to “free” Nnamdi Kanu, an individual whose words and followers have brought blood and terror upon innocent citizens, is not activism. It is a dangerous act of moral blindness that insults the memories of the dead…
At his Senate screening on Thursday, 16th October, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the sixth Chairman-designate of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), showcased an impressive resume and promised to deliver elections with integrity. Like in many political ecosystems, elections are a source of political conflicts and haemorrhaging divisions…
