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Innovation Without Infrastructure: The Nigerian Business Paradox

“He who builds a canoe without a paddle will blame the river for running too fast.” – African proverb February 01, (THEWILL) — Nigeria's business environment is rich with innovation. From payments to logistics, real estate to digital services, we...

NCDMB Empowers 250 Youths with Solar, Vocational Skills

February 01, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in collaboration with Jake Riley Academy, has trained 250 youths in Lagos in solar installation and other high-demand vocational skills as part of efforts to promote self-reliance...

OPINION: The PayPal-Paga Deal: A Test Of The Nigerian Spine

January 30, (THEWILL) — The announcement that PayPal would finally allow Nigerians to receive international payments through a partnership with Paga has met, not with celebration, but with a furious and revealing debate. For many, this is not a...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: That Desperate Denial of 166 Worshippers Abduction in Kaduna

January 26, (THEWILL) — Kidnapping is not new in Kaduna State, one of the hotbeds of insecurity in northern Nigeria, but when a group of Christian worshippers are kidnapped by terrorists and security forces in the state hastily, without...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Katsina State’s Appeasement of Bandits

January 25, (THEWILL) — If there is any evidence against the controversial plan by the Katsina State Government to release 70 suspected and convicted bandits in a swap deal for 1,000 abducted but released victims is foolhardy, here it...

OPINION: Carney’s Wake-Up Call To Africa

January 22, (THEWILL) — Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20, 2026, that marked what could possibly be the most stark admission from a Western leader in decades....

OPINION: CRITIQUE: The Battle For The Towels

...the towels—innocent, hardworking towels—were being treated like contraband. January 19, (THEWILL) — AFCON has always promised drama, passion, controversy—and occasionally, comedy. But few could have predicted that one of the most talked-about scenes at the just-concluded tournament would involve not...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Fake Kidnapping Scams on the Rise

January 19, (THEWILL) — Another dimension to kidnapping for ransom has been uncovered by the Police in Lagos. The dramatis personae are different, not the usual run-of-the-mill criminals armed with dangerous weapons or terrorists; but ordinary people driven by...

OPINION: Nigeria’s Death Centres

January 19, (THEWILL) — An average Nigerian hospital operates like a mortuary, just as an average Nigerian ambulance is essentially a casket in motion. The recent tragedy shared by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—the avoidable loss of her 21-month-old son—has once...

Why we Renamed Optimus as PlutusNeo – Afrinvest GMD

Says digitisation is pulling more youths into the stock market January 19, (THEWILL) — The Group Managing Director of Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited, Dr. Ike Chioke, has explained that the decision to rename the firm’s digital investment platform from Optimus...

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