Until the recent declaration by Nigeria's military that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a terrorist group, members have been operating with impunity particularly in the South-Eastern part of the country. Before the skirmish and eventually onslaught against...
When, lately, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for trivialising the agitations of Nigeria's constituents for restructuring of the country, it only shows the extent of the reach of the clamour for the nation's reorganisation, and...
When Nigerians talk about ‘2019’, we know they are referring to an event they believe will likely define that year – the holding of a presidential election. Several years ago there were also talks of ‘2015’. The year came...
BEVERLY HILLS, September 16, (THEWILL) - Notwithstanding the truce reportedly reached between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, at a recent closed-door meeting, all is yet to be well with Nigeria’s public universities.
While declaring...
BEVERLY HILLS, September 15, (THEWILL) - The Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Friday declared that the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta are the most oppressed ethnic group in the whole country.
Speaking when the leadership of the...
BEVERLY HILLS, September 15, (THEWILL) - Barely 48 hours to the conferment of the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria on 30 lawyers by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, has removed...
Humanity yesterday, September 14, 2017 reached a milestone; the 150th year, Das Kapital by German Thinker, Karl Marx, was published. Understandably, it was not marked worldwide. Yet, the ideas propounded in the book, changed and shaped the 20th Century; from the Great Revolutions...
When the Department of State Services swooped down on many suspected corrupt judges last year in a Gestapo style raid, many Nigerians were quick to condemn the actions of the DSS as “unconstitutional” and “illegal”. It was not until...
Military operations are guided by rules of engagement. These are military directives that explain the circumstances of a military mission. Rules of engagement are often issued by competent military authority and define when, where, how, and against whom military...
Years back in the 80's, growing up in a multi-ethnic, multi- religious community of Kafanchan in Kaduna state, North West of Nigeria was indeed great fun.
Kaduna state's co-education system of those days was structured in such a way that...