Michael Jimoh, THEWILL

October 10, (THEWILL) - The first John Pepper Bekederemo Clark memorial lecture begins tomorrow Monday 11, October through Tuesday and Wednesday. The three-day lecture will feature big-name scholars and writers in a zoom meeting starting from 2pm. Prof. Clark died...

October 03, (THEWILL) - Byron. Fitzgerald. Marechera. Okigbo. Plath. Shelley. They were all great writers who died young, some in their twenties, thirties, only one making it past forty. They were all dreamers, idealistic, adventurous and most often geniuses...

September 26, (THEWILL) - If you ask any sufficiently discontented Nigerian youth where he hopes to find better opportunities in life, the proverbial greener pastures, so to speak, his own country will certainly not be top on the list....

September 19, (THEWILL) - There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about,” the great Irish wit, Oscar Wilde, once mused, “and that is not being talked about.” A publicity freak himself, Wilde remembered for his...

September 05, (THEWILL) - He could do tricks with his guitar like the legendary Jimi Hendrix except that he never burnt one on stage like the rock star used to. With his signature sideburns connecting a huge Afro, his...

August 22, (THEWILL) - Military dictators in Africa seldom live up to eighty. If they are lucky enough to survive coup attempts, chances are they invariably end up in exile, far away from countries they once had secure in...

August 15, (THEWILL) - Those in the oil and gas industry wistfully recall the glorious years of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation when Aret Adams was GMD from 1985 to 1990. For the half-decade he helmed the corporation, Adams insisted...

August 08, (THEWILL) - Presidents and prime ministers have been known to keep cabinet members waiting for hours, days, weeks or not even see them at all if they are not keen. After the scandal that swirled around Simon...

August 01, (THEWILL) - There are good police officers and bad ones. If you polled 20 crime reporters in Nigeria, more than eighty percent of them will most certainly thumbs up for DCP Abba Kyari as one of the good...

July 25, (THEWILL) - Baba Mohammed speaks like most well-read people from northern Nigerian. Once you meet them, you know them at a glance: A confident mien, almost always in their traditional flowing gown and a matching cap with...