Editorial

THEWILL EDITORIAL: INEC Biting More Than it Can Chew

July 28, (THEWILL) - The recent disclosure by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu that the commission can conduct elections at the local government level in the country looks laughable on the surface...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Sad Cases of Awaiting Trial Inmates

July 22, (THEWILL) - Forty-year-old Uche Nnoli, a native of Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, recently regained his freedom after spending seven years on the awaiting trial list at the Onitsha Correctional Centre. Nnoli’s story is...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Condemnable Illegal Admission to Tertiary Institutions

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July 21, (THEWILL) - The recent disclosure by the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, that over one million students were admitted illegally by some tertiary institutions in the country between 2017 to 2020, leaves...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: That Call For Creation of More States

July 15, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s 36 states are currently sagging under the weight of such unbearable financial and social economic burdens that carrying out their constitutional mandate to provide for the welfare and security of their citizens is not...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: That Bill To Create Parliamentary Seats For Women

July 14, (THEWILL) – The proposed bill to create 74 seats for women in the parliament has once again re-echoed the several failed attempts in the country to follow through with the mandatory protocol on women inclusiveness in the...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Election Lessons From South Africa, UK

July 08, (THEWILL) – In a space of one month, two very eye-opening elections have taken place in two countries which share some historical links with Nigeria. That is South Africa and the United Kingdom. On May 29, 2024 general...

THEWILL EDITORIAL: Ugly Face Of Corruption In Nigeria

July 07, (THEWILL) – From the anti-graft czar, Olu Olukoyede, came a strong indictment of corruption in Nigeria last week. During a courtesy visit by the management team of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, led by...

Not Another ASUU Strike

July 1, (THEWILL)- The recent meeting between agents of the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over lingering matters affecting the university system is a welcome development. Apart from averting the impending strike by the union,...

THEWILL Editorial: Sad News From Saudi Arabia

June 30, (THEWILL) – Governor Umar Bago of Niger State’s criticism of the National Hajj Commission, NAHCO, over the shoddy logistics and welfare arrangement for Nigerian pilgrims in this year's Hajj, despite the N90 billion support fund from the...

THEWILL Editorial: Need For Caution in Rivers

June 24, (THEWILL) - Tempers have reached a boiling point in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State such that only the court seems to have the final say on which way things will go in the heady days...