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OPINION: CRIMINALIZING EXPORTATION OF UNREFINED PRECIOUS STONES

As part of efforts to diversify the nation's economy away from crude oil, the Federal Government, recently, said it has entered into a partnership agreement with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to buy off unrefined gold products from...

OPINION: DEMOCRACY AND THE TROUBLES WITH FG’S NEW DIRECTIVES ON MARRIAGE LICENSING

Aside from the traditional definition of democracy as government of the people, by the people and for the people, great scholars, commentators and political analysts, had at different times and places shared their thoughts about this form of government-...

OPINION: AMOTEKUN: THE POLITICS OF PROTECTION

Virtually everything in Nigeria no matter how well-meaning ends up getting ethnicized, or politicized, or religionized. So it is with Operation Amotekun: the Western Nigeria Security Network whose recent launch by the Governors of the South West, on January...

OPINION: KILLING SOLEIMANI UNDERMINES GLOBAL ORDER

Those who applaud the assassination of General Soleimani seem to simply equate him to a terrorist who certainly deserved to meet his fate. The question here is not whether he deserved to be killed, but can his killing be...

OPINION: ANAMBRA CENTRAL AND UMEH’S 17-MONTH REPRESENTATION

Chief Victor Umeh, a fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, is one of the highly respected politicians from Anambra State that have contributed, in no small measure, to the sustenance and consolidation of democratic governance...

OPINION: MOROCCAN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

In recent years, Morocco has put in place the right frameworks for mobilizing rural communities to advance the nation's sustainable development goals, yet it falls woefully short when it comes to implementation. As someone who has been engaged in...

OPINION: SELF DEFENSE IS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, GUARANTEED BY ARTICLE 51 OF THE UN CHARTER

As a nation, our police, armed forces and paramilitary bodies have shown great gallantry, patriotism and dedication to duty. They are our first line of defense against enemies of our nation and saboteurs within our midst. I laud, value...

Ayade’s Critic Gets Bail

SAN FRANCISCO, January 21, (THEWILL) - A federal high court in Calabar Tuesday granted bail to Mr. Joseph Odok, a fierce critic of Cross Rivers State Governor, Ben Ayade, who was arrested last September in Abuja and transported to the...

Atiku Backs Vigilantes, Paramilitary Groups, Says Self-Defense Guaranteed By International Law

SAN FRANCISCO, January 21, (THEWILL) - Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed his support for vigilantes and paramilitary groups operating in the country saying people have a right to self defence, “including the right to combat terror, that it...

Buhari Condemns Terrorist Killing Of CAN Chairman, Says It’s Cruel And Provocative

SAN FRANCISCO, January 21, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the terrorist killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area of Adamawa state, describing it as cruel, inhuman...

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