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Ethiopia Bans Foreign Adoptions

Ethiopia has banned the adoption of children by foreigners amid concerns they face abuse and neglect abroad. Ethiopia is one of the biggest source countries for international adoptions by US citizens, accounting for about 20% of the total. Celebrities Brad Pitt...

Wall Street Lower After Report China May Slow U.S. Bond Purchases

Wall Street’s major indexes fell on Wednesday, stalling the rally that marked the start of 2018, after a report that China is considering slowing its purchases of U.S. government debt. Bank stocks were largely favored as U.S. Treasury yields jumped...

OPINION: ABIA APC RALLY, A JOURNEY BACK TO EGYPT

Typical of a political party that does nothing right and gets everything wrong, the All Progressives Congress, APC, finally announces its readiness to hold what it terms a "mega rally" in Abia State after postponing the said rally several...

OPINION: CHIBOK: NIGERIAN ARMY IS KEEPING HOPE ALIVE

Echoes of jubilations are resonating everywhere in Nigeria now. The Nigerian Army has gladdened the hearts of Nigerians with their baffling onslaughts on terrorists, in the New Year. The latest clearance operations by Nigerian troops on some Lake Chad...

OPINION: PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT

Public–private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or 3Ps. Many...

OPINION: RE: THE ATIKU/DANKWAMBO DILEMMA

I read the article with the above title with keen interest devoid of any mixed feeling. No doubt, the article is a direct response to my earlier piece titled: ''Hassan Dankwambo: A Sure Bet for Another PDP Presidency'' which was...

OPINION: BUHARI: BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW

I wrote the following piece, presented in italics, shortly after the postponement of the 2015 Presidential elections. It is important that the reader approaches it with an open mind, with an  understanding of the context of its construction. The...

OPINION: PMB’S REMARK ON ‘RESTRUCTURING’ AND MATTERS ARISING

From observations, there is no doubt that our leaders are experts in listening without being attentive to the masses; an attribute that has, in turn, made their relationship with the people civil but cold. A situation occasioned by our...

THEWILL Editorial: Enough Of These Perennial Fuel Crises

SAN FRANCISCO, January 08, (THEWILL) - Again, scarcity of premium motor spirit, otherwise called petrol, has resurfaced across the country. The situation, which has become an annual ritual at Christmas period, has raised speculations that it may have been...

OPINION: AFRICAN SOLUTIONS URGENTLY SOUGHT FOR AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT

An unprecedented wave of mergers among world’s top GMO producers worries regulators Professor Richard Mulwa knows his way around scientifically modified seeds—also known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In his laboratory at Egerton University in Kenya, the professor, who has...