Editorial

July 18, (THEWILL) - The quest for financial autonomy by the 774 Local Government Councils across Nigeria is one issue that has dominated discussions in recent times. These local councils, being the closest to the grassroots, are expected to...

On June 13, when the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) received a consignment of kits from the German multinational corporation, Puma International, it seemed that was the end of the search for kits for the country’s Olympic-bound officials and...

The renewed efforts by senior lawmakers to gag the mass media will go the way of their previous efforts and end up as an exercise in futility. The reasons are too glaring for the politically discerning to see. Among many...

The Federal Government, last week, indicated its intention to open discussions with Twitter on the controversial ban following the social media giant’s decision to resolve amicably the lingering face-off with the Nigerian Government . On the Presidential Committee’s team led...

The recent meeting of 17 Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria, under the aegis of the Southern Nigerian Governors Forum (SNGF), in Asaba, Delta State, on May 11, 2021, was a landmark event.  Prompted by the exigencies of the...

Following the death of General Sani Abacha in 1998, his successor, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, initiated the transition which heralded Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999. The ban on political activities was lifted and political prisoners were released from...

A curious revelation was made recently by the Central Bank of Nigeria when its Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, declared that the response of the South-East geopolitical zone to the apex bank’s intervention programmes in agriculture was not...

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recently approved the sum of N30 million for the construction of a mosque. A leaked memo dated December 10, 2020, with Ref. No. FMA/PROC/AHS/SIP/2020/7742/1, signed by Musa Musa, the deputy director...

Kaduna State has been saved from another major disaster. The seven-day warning strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) last week was cut short after the third day. The timely intervention of the Minister of Labour and...

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the integration of the National Identification Number and the Subscriber Identity Module to June 30, 2021. This is the seventh extension since the exercise was unveiled in mid-December, 2020:  First, there was...