Banning of Mikel
F.A. Owolabi, Isheri-Oke, Magodo, Lagos State, +23480233425: The news report in The PUNCH of Friday, December 7, 2012, titled: “Mikel banned, fined for confronting Clattenburg”, made a mockery of the...
View ArticleObalende Flyover joints
Kayode Otolorin, 7, Kris Nwosu, Ogudu GRA, Lagos State, +23480380483: I would like to draw Governor Babatunde Fashola’s attention to the Obalende Flyover which splits into Keffi and Ikoyi Club roads...
View ArticleTask before Sanusi
Joseph Onagunwa, Alagbado, Lagos State, +23480269577: Let me respond to issues raised on December 7, 2012 on The uproar over Sanusinomics: A postscript, by Ayo Olukotun. It’s unfortunate for the likes...
View ArticleVP’s lodge
KUNLE Alabi, Ikire, Osun State, +23480564349: It is very saddening and pathetic to see the way and manner public funds are being wasted in this country. Imagine a sum of N3bn is needed to complete the...
View ArticleRe: Jonathan Spendthrift
Lanre Adedipe, 16, Allison Street, Ikorodu, Lagos State, +23470622709: Enough is enough- I felt very sorry for Nigeria when I read the editorial of The PUNCH last Monday with the heading above. It is...
View ArticleRochas, give us electricity
Justin Chieke, 47, Oluwa Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos State, +23480348290: The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, should be notified that Umuekwune, Ngor Okpala appears to be the only community in...
View ArticleReview anti-terrorism tactics
AJANI Mojeed, Surulere Senior Secondary School, Ladipo Labinjo Crescent, Surulere, Lagos State, +23481396692: We all know the rate at which terrorist activities have been carried out in some Northern...
View ArticleImplement Ribadu report
Oladele Omoniyi, 27B, Adekoya Street, Anisere, Ilapo Estate, Alagbado, Lagos State, +23480354395: The Federal Government has being advised to implement the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu report on the oil...
View ArticleLeaders Nigeria needs
Dorothy Albanita, 54, Ada George Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, +23481803295: No matter how hard I try to see the best in people, this administration has only succeeded in proving itself to be a...
View ArticleArrest of cart pushers
Samuel Olusakin, 6, Iju Road, Lagos State, +23480960868: Reading the story in The PUNCH on Friday that cart-pushing yam sellers arrested shows nothing but excesses and power drunkenness of the Lagos...
View ArticleASUU withdraws from constitution amendment
Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities has withdrawn its members from the ongoing amendment to the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly. ASUU while faulting the review process, described it...
View ArticleJonathan may ignore Reps, to retain Oteh
President Goodluck Jonathan may not bow to the pressure mounted on him by the House of Representatives to fire the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh. The...
View ArticleProsecute oil thieves now – TUC
THE Trade Union Congress has called on the Federal Government to begin the prosecution of those indicted in the fuel subsidy probe reports without further delay. The TUC said it was necessary for the...
View ArticleLagos CJ frees 46 inmates
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Philips, on Tuesday released 46 awaiting inmates from Ikoyi Prison. The facility, before Philips’ visit on Tuesday, housed 1,739 convicted and awaiting...
View ArticleTambuwal tasks traditional rulers on insecurity
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday urged traditional rulers to be more committed to efforts made towards addressing the security challenges the country. He...
View ArticleNLC, NUP demand sacking of pension reform team
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to disband the Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina-led Pension Reforms Task Team for allegedly neglecting pensioners in Nigeria....
View ArticleBattle over $15m Ibori bribe shifts to Jan
An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday fixed January 10, 2013 for hearing in the legal battle between the Federal Government and Delta State Government over the $15m former Governor James Ibori bribe...
View ArticleStriking workers raze Plateau commissioner, lawmaker’s houses
ANGRY striking workers in Langland South Local Government, Plateau State, on Tuesday razed houses belonging to the Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr. Barko Donfa; representative of Langtang South...
View ArticlePetitioners wasting time at tribunal
Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, said the opposition parties that filed petitions before the Justice A. Kaka’an-led Election Petitions Tribunal to challenge his re-election are wasting their...
View ArticleReign of destructive politicking
Senator Olorunimibe Mamora, Magodo, Lagos State: I wish to thank Prof. Ayo Olukotun for his usually stimulating articles. The article, Nigeria: Enslaved between elections?, ordinarily should serve as a...
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