After eight months’ strike, one of the longest in the country’s history, university teachers finally returned, at gunpoint, to the classrooms on Monday. It was the 16th time university teachers would be striking in 23 years. Frustrated parents and distraught students just couldn’t wait to hear that the strike had been suspended and schools reopened. It does appear, however, that …

It was on 14th October 2022. The innovational literary actor and producer moved away from his regular stage (the desk) from which his props (pen and computer) have created many interesting characters in colorful costumes, worthy of viewing over the years. He then moved temporarily to a larger and more open stage where a ‘Stage Manager’ paid homage to him …

Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the mint-fresh governor of Ekiti State, was quoted on Monday, after taking office from his immediate predecessor and god-father, Dr Kayode Fayemi, as saying he has “handed Ekiti over to God”. Pray, in whose hand was Ekiti State before now – Satan’s? How time flies and nothing lasts forever – good or bad! It looked like yesterday …

Nigeria is in a precarious situation, financially. The federal government claims it doesn’t have money, so it is borrowing, from all sorts of places for all sorts of reasons. Some say that the government is borrowing even to pay the salaries of federal workers. In June, we learnt that the nation is borrowing to pay the interest on the loans …

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and the Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd.) were two of the hundreds of Nigerians honoured last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. Marwa was awarded the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). The complaint of …

Somewhat subtly, what used to be a household name in the hey days of  print journalism in Nigeria, well ahead of the ceaseless disruption by the internet, has extended the frontiers of his influence into conventional broadcasting. He did it a couple of years before he inched up to seven decades. It was strategic. No less strategic is the choice …

How uncaring our government can be! The past few weeks have been a hell of journey for Lagos-bound motorists on the Ibadan highway. A journey of less than 10 minutes from PUNCH newspapers area down to Berger through the long bridge now takes between three to four hours due to the slow-paced reconstruction works going on. A reasonable government with …

This Wednesday, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, governor of the oil-and-gas-endowed Rivers State, wrote his name in the annals of Nigerian politics and governance. If indeed there was a Nigerian equivalent of the Guinness Book of Records, Wike’s appointment with one stroke of the pen of 28,000 Special Assistants, would qualify as a record-breaking entry. The previous day, Wike appointed 319 Ward …

Back in the day, weather forecasts were a joke. And I mean literally. The weather forecast segment which used to come at the end of the news bulletin on Nigeria’s national broadcaster, NTA, was the butt of cruel jokes amongst folks. Often when the forecasters said it would rain, we said they meant the opposite. Seven out of 10 times, …

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Victor Osodeke has given hope that the eight-month old strike action by his members may soon come to an end – whether gloriously or ingloriously, I must add! The intervention of the House of Representatives, led by its speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila must have broken the ice so much so …