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OPINION: GONE TOO SOON: A TRIBUTE TO THE ORACLE, WOLE SODIPE

It is difficult to match the state of being dead with a towering personality like, Wole Sodipe, one of the founding vice presidents of Platinum Bank, the man we affectionately call The Oracle. At about 3.05am on November 25, I...

OPINION: KEMI ADEOSUN: NIGERIA’S MINISTER OF GHOST WORKERS?

If one is to rank the claimed achievements of the Finance Minister Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the removal of 23,000 ghost workers from the federal payroll will easily top the list. But why would any serious Finance Minister gloat about...

OPINION: AFRICA’S HIGH HOPES FOR NEW UN CHIEF 

As the world waits in anticipation for the beginning of a new era in global diplomacy, António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres commences his term as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. Diplomats at UN headquarters rushed to congratulate Mr....

OPINION: SENATE, SERAP, IBRAHIM MAGU AND THE DEARTH AND DEATH OF CSO’S IN NIGERIA

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, recently wrote a letter to Mr Michel Forst, the UN Rapporteur on situation of human rights defenders on Senate’s refusal to confirm Mr Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial...

OPINION: RIBADU REMAINS THE ONLY SAINT THAT LED ANTI-CORRUPTION EFCC

If you want to hang a dog, you give it a bad name. We have a way of rubbishing our heroes in Africa. Some of you may be too young to remember why Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown or why...

OPINION:  LESSONS FROM RIVERS RE-RUN ELECTIONS

Stakeholders in the just concluded Rivers National and State Assembly re-run elections are failed students of history. We all have learnt nothing and are not willing to develop and improve on our democratic space. Expectedly, the re-run election was...

Have Mercy – Falana Writes Buhari, Seeks Pardon For Jailed Soldiers

BEVERLY HILLS, December 19, (THEWILL) - Human rights Lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has written to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant pardon to 70 soldiers found guilty of mutiny by various military courts since 2014. Falana, in a letter written to...

Game Over: Trump Wins US Electoral College Vote

BEVERLY HILLS, December 19, (THEWILL) - Republican Donald Trump prevailed in US Electoral College voting on Monday to officially win election as the next president, easily dashing long-shot hopes by a small movement of detractors to block him from...

Unlawful Assembly, Processions, Banned In Kaduna

BEVERLY HILLS, December 19, (THEWILL) - The Kaduna state government has announced a ban on processions and unlawful assembly in the state as a result of the security situation in the state. This was disclosed by Samuel Aruwan, Spokesman of...

IMF Boss, Lagarde, Convicted Of Negligence In French Court

BEVERLY HILLS, December 19, (THEWILL) - Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has been convicted of negligence by a French court which found her guilty of criminal charges linked with the misuse of public funds...

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