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OPINION: BUHARI’S GOVERNMENT FOR BUHARI’S HOMETOWN

I chanced on a senior politician from Katsina in Katsina State who felt so disappointed and absolutely disgusted with the state of insecurity in the Northern States and especially his home state that he told me that almost the...

OPINION: THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA OF MANY ‘PRESIDENTS’: WHO CALLS THE SHOTS?

History, as they say, repeats itself. In the case of Nigeria, bad history often repeats itself; good history rarely does. This best explains what plays out in the Presidential Villa between the First Lady and Sabiu Tunde Yusuf—President Muhammadu...

OPINION: ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION FOR DISABLED PERSONS

About 18 months after Nigeria signed into law the prohibition of discrimination against persons with disabilities bill, the federal government says it is set to create a National Commission for persons with special needs. The National Human Rights Commission...

OPINION: INSECURITY OF LIVES & PROPERTIES IN NIGERIA MAY BE WORSE THAN THE DAMAGE DONE BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC: WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

President Mohammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day speech which was presented in one hundred and one (101) paragraphs in which he highlighted six (6) particular sectors that he believes his administration has excelled-Economy, Security, Agriculture, Electricity Power, Transportation, and Peace in...

OPINION: PANTAMI, DANBATTA AND CONSOLIDATING TELECOM SECTOR GROWTH 

A cornucopia of glad tidings has recently thronged the doors of Nigeria's telecoms industry. It all started with various state governments across the country signing executive orders to either waive or harmonize the Right of Way fees, the perennial...

OPINION: OKONJO-IWEALA, WTO AND AFRICA’S CHANCES

The announcement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Nigeria's nominated candidate for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which would now be vacant by September 1, 2020, and not 2021, following the incumbent's decision...

Obaseki, Shaibu To Dump APC This Week For PDP, Says Edo PDP Chairman

The Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon. Anthony Aziegbemi, Monday told journalists in Benin City that Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, will formally resign from their party, the All Progressives Congress, APC,...

Iker Casillas Quits Race For Spanish FA Presidency

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) - Spain’s former number one goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, Monday quit his candidacy for the role of president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Casillas, who was Spain’s World Cup-winning captain, announced his withdrawal in a...

Ganduje Dumps Obaseki, Backs His Disqualification

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) - Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has backed the decision of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to disqualify Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State...

Renowned Professor Of Medicine, Akinkugbe, Dies At 86

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) - Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Oladipo Akinkugbe, died Monday in his Ibadan residence, Oyo State, at the age of 86. Family sources confirmed his demise according to multiple news reports. The foremost professor, who had a...

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