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OPINION: SENATE 2019: IF LOLA ASHIRU RUNS

The magical year, 2019, is 12 months away. And, with it comes the proverbial wind of change. With constituents serving quit notice on desperate, parasitic and under-performing senators, it appears some members of the upper chambers of the National...

OPINION: NIGERIAN POLITICIANS AND INTEGRITY DEFICIT

I have this habit of engaging in early morning light debate. This is in keeping with my admiration for a certain philosopher of Ancient Greece who gained reputation for always going to the market square every other morning to engage...

OPINION: HUMANIST FORUM AND INTELLECTUAL AWAKENING IN IMO STATE

Humanists are planning to convene a forum in Owerri, which is the capital of Imo State in Southern Nigeria. The main aim is to provide a platform for people of like mind, humanists and freethinkers, in this part of...

OPINION: OBASANJO: ONE MEDDLING TOO MANY

There is only one instance when the messenger can be shot and trash the message trashed – consigned to the dustbin of history, which is when the former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo is the messenger. For a man...

OPINION: TACKLING INEQUALITY BY ‘LIFTING STONES’

Energy, agriculture sectors key to bridging gap between rich and poor in Africa If you wish to move mountains tomorrow, you must start by lifting stones today”—so goes an African proverb, crystallising the solutions to the continent’s socioeconomic inequalities. Africa is...

BETTER BE A SINGLE BROKE ASS THAN A SHAFTED DIVORCEE

Broke Ass Have Rights Too! You worked day and night all your life just to be able to have happy homes, wife and children, only to end up with a failed marriage. Your wealthy status changed if you can...

OPINION: A SEASON OF SCANDALS

Lest we forget, like many past government, this administration rode to power on the back of the promise to fight corruption. It is safe to say though, that more than any previous administration, the present administration comes top on the...

OPINION: SEGUN ADEBUTU’S AUDACITY IN NIGERIA’S TROUBLED STREAMS

Unlocking developing countries’ potentialities for business and investment growth would always certainly depend on learning from past mistakes and creating the right policy frameworks to drive expansion and sustainability.  Political players in Africa have a lot to learn about making...

EFCC Releases Former SGF Babachir Lawal

BEVERLY HILLS, January 26, (THEWILL) - Engineer Babachir Lawal, the former Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), who is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for corruption, has been released on bail. EFCC sources confirmed that he...

New Africa-Wide Initiative Will Create Jobs

Ibrahim Mayaki is the chief executive officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Agency (NEPAD), an implementation organ of the African Union that mobilises resources and coordinates the development of projects on the continent. In the margins of...

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