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As at today, 44 cases of corona virus have been reported in Nigeria. So, the country is safe, it can be contained. So it appears. That’s when you have not taken into consideration the fact that of the last few...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned one Alhaji Modu Ali Kotoko on a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, obtaining by false pretence and cheating before Justice...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has voted unanimously to retain the monetary policy rate at 13.5%. This was announced by Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, on Tuesday after...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) - Senator Rose Oko, representing Northern Senatorial District of Cross River state, is dead. She was aged 63. The late Senator passed on Monday night at a UK medical facility in cases NOT related to...

This is my third commentary on the Corona virus pestilence (see "E ku Corona o" – ThisDay, March 3, and "Amala and the Corona virus patient" – ThisDay, March 10), and now, three weeks later, the most important subject...

Many books on Africa’s development often paint a dystopian picture of a continent heading towards a cliff-edge. But in the recently-published Africa’s Critical Choices: A Call for a pan-African Roadmap, Ibrahim Mayaki details the continent’s potentials, proffers solutions to seemingly...

In elementary public health, it is common knowledge that the benefits of disease prevention far outweigh those of disease treatment, both in terms of cost and the improvement of quality of life. This would have easily been applied by...

Public, private and civil society organisations team up to tackle unemployment A decent job is an essential marker of a young person’s success. It provides financial security for his or her future family and contributes to the economic growth of...

Before this moment, Nigeria has been commended across the world for her readiness to combat and contain the coronavirus. Now that the virus is ravaging the country and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), we must brainstorm the absences...

“We must make sure about two things, namely: that our principles are just and that are methods are practical; for nothing destroys her own ends as unjust principles and impractical methods and approach.”- Obafemi Awolowo. Twenty three years ago, yours...