Opinion

Driving 756km to watch soccer god, Messi

Driving 756km to watch soccer god, Messi Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 12, 2026) Cool fire…

2 months ago

Don’t add lies to the terrorist horror in Oyo, By Farooq Kperogi

Don’t add lies to the terrorist horror in Oyo, By Farooq Kperogi The kidnapping of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo…

2 months ago

The Shettima danger for Tinubu, By Farooq Kperogi

The Shettima danger for Tinubu, By Farooq Kperogi Sometime in January this year, a senior Lagos-Ibadan journalist called my attention…

3 months ago

Don’t Label Oyo Kidnappers as ‘Islamic Jihadists’ – Saudi-Based Nigerian Scholar Warns

Don't Label Oyo Kidnappers as 'Islamic Jihadists' – Saudi-Based Nigerian Scholar Warns Says criminality remains criminality, warns against dangerous religious…

3 months ago

IGP Disu: Inside the rotting walls of Zone II

IGP Disu: Inside the rotting walls of Zone II Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, May 22, 2026)…

3 months ago

Understanding Ahmad Gumi Controversy and Nigeria’s Security Power Structure

Understanding Ahmad Gumi Controversy and Nigeria’s Security Power Structure By Mudashir “Dipo” Teniola The conversation did not begin with Sheikh…

3 months ago

War against Nigeria’s academic title fraud, By Farooq Kperogi

War against Nigeria’s academic title fraud, By Farooq Kperogi The federal government’s decision to prohibit recipients of honorary doctorates from…

3 months ago

Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso are Tinubu’s most reliable campaigners, By Farooq Kperogi

Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso are Tinubu’s most reliable campaigners, By Farooq Kperogi There is really no opposition in Nigeria in the…

4 months ago

A coup trial without precedent, By Farooq Kperogi

A coup trial without precedent, By Farooq Kperogi I came of age in Nigeria during absolutist, totalitarian military regimes and was…

4 months ago

Tinubu’s Yoruba agenda risks deep rupture in Kwara, By Farooq Kperogi

Tinubu’s Yoruba agenda risks deep rupture in Kwara, By Farooq Kperogi Intra-state cultural and subregional tensions are building up in…

4 months ago