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OPINION: EDO STATE POWER VERSUS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY, HOW WILL IT END?

The deeply polarized and highly partisan tone of the recent politics in Edo State due to petty partisan squabbling for power harms the Edo people and voters. This remains troubling for a land that is historically, traditionally and characteristically known...

OPINION: BUHARI: 35 DAYS INTO A SECOND TERM

Today is exactly 35 days since Buhari was inaugurated for a second term in office. It is also exactly 127 days (more than four months) since the President was presented a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral...

OPINION: DECONSTRUCTING OBASEKI’S “POLITICAL REBELLION”

Politicking in Edo is unpredictable. So troublesome it is such that the bombastic Patrick Obahiagbon (a.k.a. Igodomigodo) is wont to describe it as a state of ‘filaga filogo’ (an expression in his Benin language for a-free-for-all, in which broken bottles...

OPINION: GBAJA, LEGISLATIVE GERRYMANDERING AND THE PDP “SEVEN”

The power game in the Femi Gbajabiamila-led House of Representatives is a throwback to the politicking that defined the emergence of Senator Evan(s) Enwerem as President of the Senate in 1999 at the expense of Senator Chuba Okadigbo who...

UNDP Partners With The Tony Elumelu Foundation To Empower 100,000 Young Entrepreneurs In Africa

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the global development network of the United Nations, has partnered with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — Africa’s leading philanthropy committed to empowering entrepreneurs — to train, mentor and financially support 100,000 young...

Uber Set For Benin City Launch, Edo Government Urges Youths To Take Advantage Of Opportunity

BEVERLY HILLS, July 08, (THEWILL) - Barring last-minute changes, global ride sharing giant, Uber, will launch operations in Benin City in July, further swelling the ranks of global ride sharing companies operating in the city. This comes after weeks...

AfCFTA: Free Trade Must Also Be Fair Trade – Buhari

SAN FRANCISCO, July 07, (THEWILL) - Nigeria officially joined the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Agreement Sunday in Niamey at the opening of the African Union (AU) Summit. President Buhari appended his signature to...

OPINION: LESSONS FROM RUGA  CONTROVERSY 

'Creativity is 'thinking up new things', innovation is 'doing new things'. In any society, there is no shortage of creativity or creative people; what is in short supply are innovators. These scarce people are the ones, who have the...

Buhari Signs AfCFTA At African Union Summit

SAN FRANCISCO, July 07, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). The signing took place at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on AfCFTA and the First Mid-Year Coordination...

OPINION: BUSOLA DAKOLO VS PASTOR BIODUN FATOYINBO: ENGAGING THE REAL ISSUES

The issue of rape as a prevailing social scourge in Nigeria once again took the front burner of public discourse within past few days on the heels of disclosure by Busola Dakolo, the wife of the talented musician, Mr....

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