IBB’s presidential jet was a castle in the clouds. It was luxury redefined. The kind of luxury that makes opulence look so ordinary as if it is not in the same league with affluence. The kind of jet that moves like the wings of angels. There are planes and there are planes. It was a plane with a plain mission: …

The Celestial Church of Christ, Acts of Apostle Parish, Ketu, Alapere, Lagos, has been thrown into crisis following the donation of N5 million by the church authority. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the crisis erupted during a Sunday service last week when an acclaimed son of the church founder, Muyiwa Oluponna, stormed the church and disrupted service in an attempt to …

There is an awakening sweeping through many parts of our world and questions are arising in the minds of a great many. Many are perplexed that world leaders have not been able bring about an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. It is believed that with the emergence of hawkish Donald Trump, the war in the Middle-East would be further muddled …

Yes! It is not out of place to protest, particularly when there’s justification to do that. However, we, as senior citizens must see ourselves as role models to those yet to attain our status. Therefore, It behoves on us, to conduct ourselves in a manner that will earn us the respect we deserve. Whether anyone likes it or not, in …

Since President Bola Tinubu transmitted four executive bills tagged #TaxReformBills to the national assembly last month, many needless controversies have engulfed the debate around the bill. Most of these controversies are simply borne out of inability of those flaming the controversies to carefully go through the contents of the bills currently before the parliament. As a result of, a lot …

It’s a famous story in Christendom. Palestine, a vassal territory under the Roman Emperor Caesar, was obliged to pay tributes and taxes to Rome. A radical teacher in the territory, Jesus, taught things that the teachers of the law and local administrators in Palestine were uncomfortable with. After setting traps for him but missing, they pitted him against Caesar by …

A new terrorist organization called Lakurawa has entered the Nigerian space! It operates in the North-west, particularly in the old Sokoto state made up of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states. In the North-east we have Boko Haram. In North-central and the Middle Belt, we have the murderous Fulani herdsmen while bandits are on rampage in the entire northern landscape. The …

Like a regular user of water transportation in Lagos told me recently, the Lagos ferry service is like a faster, very comfortable BRT system. The difference, she said, is that this is on water. Lagos State Ferry Services Corporation (better known as LAGFERRY) has become very popular in coastal communities within Lagos State providing affordable, fast and safe taxi services on water …

Five days after the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, renowned columnist Ikechukwu Amaechi, in a piece titled, If I Were Asue Ighodalo, stated: “The Edo election has confirmed what every discerning Nigerian knows: the Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is a fraud with no moral fibre to conduct free, fair, and credible elections. If I were …

He reincarnated in the form of a cream coloured, two-storey building in the bosom of the boulder-braided, writers’ commune, in the rocky delight of Abuja’s Mpape district. His happy host, like him an erstwhile member of the tribe of wordmongers was dispatched over a phantom putsch one decade before him. But he rolled out a carpet of dry laterite with …