By Victor Itodo Abuh THE JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently set the cut-off marks for the 2024/2025 academic session, with the minimum score for admission into universities at 140, and for polytechnics and colleges of education at 100. This decision has stirred a significant amount of discussion among stakeholders in Nige...
By David Adenekan DID THE Punch Editorial painstakingly, study the issues of federalism in the United States of America (USA) before making this unfounded submission, that the states, in a third-tier federal system of government in the USA are responsible for the funding of the local government authorities? The Punch Editorial Board blew it bi...
By Bola BOLAWOLE IN “FINDING LONG-lasting solutions to Nigeria’s woes” published on 11 June, 2024, I commented on a post sent to me by a comrade and classmate at “Great Ife”, Wale Olajire Ajao, titled “The role of the public space in a democracy.” In it, I disagreed with Wale that critics do not necessarily […]
By Bayo Onanuga THE SUPREME Court judgement on July 11, granting financial autonomy to the 774 local councils and recognising them as the third tier of Nigeria’s governance architecture, was truly historic. It was perhaps the most remarkable judgement ever delivered by the apex court in recent times, as it used its power to interpret […...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE IF YOU were to choose between three infrastructures, which is also often referred to as social amenities, which of these three would you choose? Or, better still, how will you prioritize power supply, water supply and good roads? Which will come first in your order of preference? Power supply is the life-wire […]
By Dave Agboola HAVE YOU ever wondered why Rt Hon Dr Mudashiru Obasa is well loved by people, especially those from his constituency? Well, don’t wonder further! It has been discovered that he is a grassroots politician! In the realm of politics, few things are as crucial as providing a platform for the voices of […]
By Adewale Adeoye A LOT of people may have been carried away by the judgment of the Supreme Court that, in part, empowers the Federal Government to disburse funds directly to Local Councils The Judgment is bitter-sweet. The should weigh the immediate and long-term implications. That Local Councils should no longer be administered by caretakers...
By Paul Ejime EMBATTLED KENYAN President William Ruto has dissolved his cabinet in response to lingering youth-led national anger against bad governance characterised by economic hardship, insensitivity and extravagance by government officials and police brutality. “Upon reflection, listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and af...
By Bola BOLAWOLE THE RICHEST man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, stirred the hornet’s nest recently when he accused the International Oil Companies (IOC) operating in Nigeria of sabotaging his efforts to put an end to the embarrassing, ridiculous and neck-breaking importation of refined fuel products by Nigeria. Although Dangote exonerated th...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE WHAT YOU are about to read was written by me and was published in The PUNCH edition of Monday, July 7, 1998, which is 26 years ago, the very day the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Basorun MKO Abiola, died in incarceration in Abuja. I must have scribbled the […]
