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7 Killed, 17 Injured As Teenage Female Bombers Rock Borno Village

SAN FRANCISCO, October 16, (THEWILL) – Less than 12 hours after a suicide bomber rocked a mosque situated beside a mini market in Molai, a village located about 15 kilometres from Maiduguri along Damboa road in Borno State, multiple...

OPINION: THE MESSENGER IS HERE BUT WHERE IS THE MESSAGE

One of the oldest debate topics is which came first; the egg or the chicken? We have this same challenge with the new President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. For a long time now we Nigerians have been screaming for the...

OPINION: IMMUNITY OR IMPUNITY CLAUSE?

Some months ago, the Lekki home of Senator-elect Buruji Kashamu was barricaded by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reportedly to arrest the “wanted drug baron” at the request of the United States Government. As soon...

OPINION: THEATRICALIZATION OF SECURITY IN NIGERIA

I owe this title to my younger brother who is a philosopher and a distinguished scholar based in Australia by name Chukwuemeka Onwubiko. As can be deciphered, theatricalization simply comes from the word theatre and it is a notorious...

OPINION: SYRIA, ISIS AND THE IMPENDING ‘GLOBAL CATASTROPHE’

The atmosphere in Syria is still edgy. The chaotic situation in the country is sending Men, women and young children to their early graves on a daily basis. Those who cannot stand the heat are leaving in drove. There...

OPINION: BENUE, PROBE AND THE TRUTH WE MUST TELL OURSELVES

True to the saying, no one can cut the hair of former Benue state governor, Gabriel Suswam in his absence so he is the only one who can truly explain how he ran the affairs of Benue state in...

Sylva Campaign Accuses Dickson Of ‘Dangerous Meddlesomeness’

SAN FRANCISCO, October 15, (THEWILL) – The Timipre Sylva Campaign Organisation has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson, of sponsoring a media publication alleging a plot to arrest the All Progressives...

In Policy Reversal, Obama Slows Pace Of U.S. Troop Withdrawal In Afghanistan

Reversing policy on Afghanistan, President Barack Obama announced on Thursday he will prolong the 14-year-old U.S. military engagement there, effectively handing off the task of pulling out troops to his successor. Calling it a "modest but meaningful" adjustment to winding...

UPDATE I: Bomb Blasts At Mosque In Maiduguri

Update: Death Toll Now 30 The spokesman of NEMA, AbdulKadir Ibrahim has put the death toll so far from the Molai mosque attack at 30. Ibrahim in a text message to our Maiduguri correspondent said: “… A suicide bomber came on...

Senate Summons Customs Boss Over Rice Importation

The Nigerian Senate has summoned the Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, to explain why he lifted the ban on rice importation through land borders. The Customs boss is to appear before the Senate’s Ad- hoc Committee on Import Duty Waivers...

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