Editorial

The SBM Intelligence Report on Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis read like a threat to living in Africa’s most populous country. It looks like a terrifying update on a similar report by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics in 2024.

Last week, Citizens of Igbokofi in Yewa North Local Government Area in Ogun State celebrated to no end during the official opening of a two-room health care centre in their community after many had lost their lives for seemingly endless years because they could neither afford hospital bills in medical facilities in neighbouring Benin Republic nor summon the courage to cover the distance on time to seek medication for life-threatening ailments.

The deliberate efforts by the major parties in the Osun governorship election to seek peace after the polls are commendable. The move directly contrasts with the post-election atmosphere of violence and inflammatory rhetoric used by politicians during the election.

August 17, (THEWILL) — As political campaigns are roaring to life, many states have started rolling out approved fees for the placement of billboards and other campaign materials by candidates. While the constitutional rights of the states to roll...

August 16, (THEWILL) — There is no doubt that the national policing bill is an important piece of legislation that requires the necessary input from stakeholders across board. And so, the decision by the Presidential Working Group on the...

August 10, (THEWILL) — The widespread reaction to and against President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to unfreeze the salary account of the Osun State Government showed the unusual public attention that heightened...

August 09, (THEWILL) — The Kaduna State Government’s recent rollout out of 1,000 forest guards, part of the Presidential Forest Guards Initiative, was quite impressive and it indicated seriousness of purpose on the part of the government at...

August 03, (THEWILL) — The decision of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts to commence public hearings on August 3, into over $21 billion in allegedly unremitted oil revenue identified in the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) audit...

August 02, (THEWILL) — The investigation into the unlawful establishment of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, is still ongoing. But emerging revelations are stunning and a pointer to gradual institutional decay in the country. By her admission last...

July 26, (THEWILL) — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's decision to constitute a 15-member Economic Advisory Committee has been welcomed by many stakeholders who see it as an opportunity to inject fresh ideas into Nigeria's troubled economy. Notwithstanding some improved macroeconomic...