Punch reports that two military officers lost their lives at a club in Lagos over a woman. The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday, but the police were able to bring the situation under control when a distress call was put to them by a concerned citizen in the area. “There was confusion on Sunday morning…
In order to efficiently curb crimes in Nigeria, security apparatus in the country should be overhauled through effective training, proper restructuring and provision of equipment for prompt discharge of their assigned mandate, Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ade Abolurin, has suggested. The NSCDC boss made this observation over the…
Hypocrisy is the worst thing that can happen to a people. Sometimes, we need to tell ourselves the bitter truth and stop being hypocritical. From my experience in combats, let me be sincere, I do not see the Nigerian Soldiers successfully fighting off the Islamist fundamentalist.. reasons are simple.. Every Muslim from the north of…
I met John Kayode Fayemi sometime in 1984 when we were both Student Activists at the University of Lagos. He graduated in 1985, I graduated in 1987. He represented Eni Njoku Hall while I came from Moremi Hall to serve on an ad hoc committee on some issue then. Kayode was the calm, studious type,…
After much deliberation on the continuous posture of Punch in finding faults in the Federal Road Safety Corps and its present leadership, we finally resolved to react to its Editorial of Monday, April 7th, 2014. Our position on previous publications had been to enlighten Punch on key issues, prompting a visit to the Editorial Board…
Obviously we have demon-crazy on our hands, yes the demons have gone crazy, before us is a manifest demonstration of craziness NOT democracy, nothing appears democratic in this clime anymore. In one week the Media is being hunted, hounded and harangued. Newspapers and Distribution Vans searched and impounded in the guise of forestalling the movement…
Once a game reserve renowned for its wildlife, Sambisa is now a key stronghold for Islamic insurgents, and a place of fear for the people of Borno State. A few months ago, the name Sambisa Forest meant nothing to many Nigerians. Not anymore. It has come to signify terror and home to the terrorist group…
There appears to be a growing trend in this country. As I reflect on the last few weeks in our nation’s history, something about it seems hauntingly familiar, and it’s not merely the apparent unity of the Nigerian people in the face of the heinous kidnapping of our Chibok girls, or the involvement of the…
Former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has described the bombing of his private residence in Owerri, the state capital, by some suspected bombers on Thursday, as unfortunate. Ohakim also advised politicians in Imo State not to resort to violence in playing the game of politics, urging further that the polity should not be overheated.…
It has over the years become visible that most of the pastors and general overseers in Nigeria are actually in the profession for personal gains and not because God actually called them. And situations over time have proven that the devil has actually moved into the church where he now reigns supreme; and this further…