Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene

December 11, 2025
Sam Nda-Isaiah
December 5, 2025

Azu Ishiekwene: A troubling message from Guinea-Bissau

None of the three Guineas is thriving, but in Guinea-Bissau, recent events are twisting that nation’s fate into profound misery.

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo
November 27, 2025

Habits that disgrace us are not Trump-made

It’s not Trump’s fault that Nigeria is where it is.

Donald Trump and Bola Tinubu
November 21, 2025

Editors and the missing part of Uzodimma’s trust story

Uzodimma was right about the need for the media to take a long, hard look at itself.

November 13, 2025

Why is the promise of 60 years unravelling?

PDP’s size, which was the source of its pride, became the root of its decay, and its symbolic umbrella has been unable to weather the rain, not to speak of the storm

PDP members with umbrellas
November 6, 2025

Thinking about midlife

Life, they say, happens. There was something else I used to hear while growing up: A fool at 40 is a fool forever.

Middle Aged Nigerians
October 30, 2025

The log in America’s eye

Sensational narratives like Cruz’s become amplified whenever Nigeria approaches an election. It might not be a bad idea also to remind Cruz of the epidemic of U.S. gun violence.

Trump’s mugshot
October 23, 2025

Aparutu and his life coach

If this story reads like a chapter from The Osinubi of PUNCH, it is because he dedicated 45 years of his life to the company.

Demola Osinubi
October 18, 2025

Of Trump, peace deals and the day after

If he pushes for a two-state solution and manages to get Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a round table, that might be the medal-worthy deal of our lifetime!

Donald Trump official portrait
October 9, 2025

What will they eat when they finish the money?

The National Assembly, through the House, is getting one more chance to redeem itself from the eloquent scandal charmingly expressed by the Senate committee chairman.

Akpabio and Abbas