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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Opinion

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 27, 2025

Can Joash Amupitan restore confidence in Nigeria’s electoral institutions?

As citizens, it is incumbent upon us to engage constructively with electoral reforms and uphold the democratic principles for which generations have struggled.

Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan
October 26, 2025

Ese Oruru’s graduation marks triumph over sexual exploitation

Rights groups across Nigeria have widely hailed her recent graduation from the University of Ilorin.

Ese Oruru and Yunusa Dahiru
October 26, 2025

 Economic and financial collusion commission

To hold others to account, EFCC must be accountable.

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 20, 2025

Abdul Mahmud: Letter to Bilyamin Bello

This letter is a mirror held up to a country that has lost the capacity for moral astonishment.

Bilyamin Bello and Maryam Sanda
October 19, 2025

How Bola Tinubu’s reckless pardons damage Nigeria’s national security

There is no way to diminish the damage that Lateef Fagbemi’s Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy has done to the presidential pardon.

President Bola Tinubu and Lateef Fagbemi
October 18, 2025

How artificial intelligence makes God unnecessary

It is so terrifying that even God’s job is not safe.

Open AI
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 13, 2025

When mercy becomes mockery

When the presidential prerogative of mercy becomes a blanket of mockery, it covers both guilt and impunity.

Bola Tinubu and Herbert Macaulay