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OPINION: OSINBAJO’S DEFENSE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S APPOINTMENTS

Human beings are such complicated creatures who can hardly be satisfied. And Nigerians, though great in mental capacity and wisdom, have proven to be amongst the most complicated of God's creatures on earth. At least, I have come in...

OPINION: LAGOS STATE AND THE POLITICS OF TAXATION

The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Act of 2018, which repeals a...

OPINION: SO IGP IDRIS DISOBEYED BUHARI, ABANDONED BENUE TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY?

The first task of Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), when he assumed office in 2016, was to probe Solomon Arase, his predecessor. Idris had alleged that Arase privatised official vehicles on his departure, rendering him "immobile". But this turned...

OPINION: EKWEREMADU: BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND THE MILITARY

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu is an interesting character. He is always excited, haughty and very mouthy. If Nigerians perceive the current Senate more as a punishment chamber than a parliament, its because of leaders like Ekweremadu. His soul...

OPINION: HAS BUHARI UNLEASHED A DRAGON OF POVERTY?

With less than ten calendar months to the commencement of the next electioneering campaigns that would herald the year 2019 general elections, two broad economic challenges confront millions of Nigerians namely, insecurity of lives and property and economic insecurity. The...

Presidency Releases Fact Sheet On African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Lists Benefits

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, (THEWILL) - The media office of the presidency has released a “Fact Sheet” detailing the benefit of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to Nigeria. A statement Wednesday said: “the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved that the...

OPINION: HOW JOBS, STRONGER ECONOMY CAN UNITE NIGERIANS, STEM SECTARIAN STRIFE

Over the last few months, our nation has had to reopen a fresh chapter in the conversation on internal security, peace and unity in the wake of renewed violence in the North Central and North East of our country....

OPINION: GBOMOGBOMO AS METAPHOR

The Yoruba have a way of describing social deviance and allied deviant behaviours. While growing up in the ancient town of Owo in Ondo state in the late 60s, one or two cases of missing children upped the ante...

THEWILL Editorial: State Police For Nigeria!

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, (THEWILL) - The clamour for the creation of state police in Nigeria has been increasing in recent times. This is not unexpected, given the divergent security challenges that the country has been facing. While previous agitations had been...

Rapper Craig Mack Dead At 46

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, (THEWILL) - Rapper Craig Mack has died at the age of 46 from heart failure in a hospital near his home in South Carolina on Monday, according to media reports. The hip-hop star and P. Diddy’s protégé released...

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