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Fifty-seven years after independence and three months to go, Nigeria would celebrate its first Nigerian Army University (NAU). Located in Biu local government area of Borno state, NAU is the first conventional, but uniquely specialized military university ever established...

“In times like these, it’s helpful to remember that there have always been times like these.” - Paul Harvey Aurandt Over the course of the greater part of the last seven years or thereabouts, I have always struggled against the...

Fifty years after the civil war ended, Igbos do not yet feel a sense of belonging, acceptance or safety in the Federation called Nigeria. The sad part is that this belief is shared not just by the generation that...

Peaceful transfer of power trending on the continent As the results of The Gambia’s presidential election trickled in last December, incumbent President Yahya Jammeh realised his power was slipping away. Indeed, final results showed that a newcomer, 51-year-old businessman Adama...

We are Nigerians and all of us know ourselves infinitely. We know when we are serious and when we are just playing to the gallery. Nigerians are richly endowed in many destructive idiosyncrasies. And we are passionate about it. We...

Exactly twenty four years ago, the Babangida regime held Presidential elections which were supposed to transit the country from military rule  to democratic governance. But the  regime  wanted to hold on to power, it therefore annulled the elections. Some opportunistic politicians supported...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, (THEWILL) - The Naira is set to be given further lift in the forex market with CBN’s injection of another $418 million into various segments of the inter-bank Foreign Exchange market on Tuesday, June 13,...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 13, (THEWILL) - The lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye on Tuesday stated that his state has become unsafe since Yahaya Bello was sworn in as governor. He then called for a state of emergency...

BEVERLY HILLS, June 13, (THEWILL) - The governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has advised the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to desist from agitating for an independent country, saying the Igbo are not ready for another civil war. Okorocha...

Verizon Communications Inc said on Tuesday it closed its $4.48 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc's core business and that Marissa Mayer, chief executive of the internet company, had resigned. The No. 1 U.S. wireless operator is rebranding AOL and Yahoo...