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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...

OPINION: KUKAH AND THE DEBATE ON AFRICAN DEMOCRACY

Depending on where you stand on the active controversies of the day, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, 65, is either a passionate public intellectual animated and driven by his love for his fatherland and how to make her take her...

OPINION: YOBE SCHOOLGIRLS’ ABDUCTION: HAS KARMA COME FOR THE APC GOVERNMENT?

Karma is "a spiritual principle of cause and effect where the intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual". In Buddhism, it refers to "actions driven by intention, a deed done deliberately through body, speech or...

THEWILL Editorial: Aviation Security And What Government Must Do

BEVERLY HILLS, February 22, (THEWILL) - The report that a man identified as Kunle Oni was caught stealing aboard a taxiing Air Peace flight at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos has come to many with shock and amazement. The report, which...

OPINION: TINUBU AND THE HOBSON’S CHOICE

President Muhammadu Buhari was demonstrably unfair to have saddled Asiwaju Bola Tinubu with the responsibility of reconciling aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general elections. Buhari’s order to him to undertake the exertion...

OPINION: POLICING THE POOR AND THE SECURITIZED ELITE

The attitude of the leadership of Nigeria and its security institutions to the safety of the poor and vulnerable is condemnable. In the same system, the social structure ensures the securitisation of the rich. While the tenets of the...

OPINION: KPEROGI: TOO FAR AWAY FROM TRUTH

The author of "Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English," Farouk Kperogi apparently overrates himself. He can lecture us on how not to abuse the English language with interference from our mother tongues. It is however...