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OPINION: WHY AFRICAN LEADERS DISOBEY POLITICAL PROPHECIES 

One of the most exciting teachings I received during my formative years was the lessons on prophecy. It was during my catechism class as a Catholic Christian, and prophecy as a topic posed a huge but thrilling challenge to...

OPINION: NIGERIA’S CORRUPTION PROBLEM: IS GETTING WORSE A STEP TO GETTING BETTER?

As usual, the release of the annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) made screaming headlines internationally – which is good. Countries were graded according to their seeming progress in the fight against corruption - from where gainers and losers emerged. This...

OPINION: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: HARNESSING NILDS’ EXPANDED MANDATE

President Muhammadu Buhari on January 24, 2018, assented to a clean copy of an amendment bill that rechristened the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS).  The bill, which has now become the 2018 Amendment Act, provides the legal basis upon...

OPINION: DISASTER CALLED EDO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

I thought I was in a trance of some sort while reading from the internet madrasa that Edo State House of Fraud (Assembly) has legislated against its own autonomy, the Judiciary, as much as against the Edo people! Information at...

OPINION: POLITICOS NAIJA AND MONKEY BUSINESS

A family in Nigeria was puzzled when the coffin of their dead mother arrived from U.S.A sent by their sister. The tiny corpse was so tightly squeezed inside the coffin that their mothers face was practically touching the glass...

OPINION: SOME SILVER LINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN OPTIMISM

This is not the time to give up hope of revival. Look at many youths’ skepticism of supernatural and religion used to keep us down to accept subjugation, there are some reasons for optimism. Africans have long been victims, though...

OPINION: EKITI GUBER RACE: THE GAME CHANGER TAKES A PLUNGE

On march 7, 2018, former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele will officially plunge into the July 14 governorship race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His entry into the race may not be...

OPINION: IGP IBRAHIM IDRIS: ROUND PEG IN ROUND HOLE

In the true tradition of noble service to man and community, IGP Ibrahim K-Idris has within 2 years in the saddle as the Inspector General of Police has not only shown that accountability is possible in the Police Force...

THEWILL Editorial: Under-Aged Voting And Implications For 2019 General Elections

BEVERLY HILLS, February 23, (THEWILL) - In the 2015 general elections, under-aged voting was prevalent in the northern parts of the country. The pattern was so reckless that in Kano and Jigawa states among others, children as young as seven...

OPINION: ISLAMIZATION, CHRISTANIZATION ET AL OF NIGERIA

I have been very reluctant to write on this topic because it is a very sensitive matter and one of the things, if not the greatest, which divides Nigerians. Religion has become a ready tool which politicians as well...

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