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Tanners in Nigeria have a boot-sized grudge against their compatriots because they prefer snacking on leather instead of turning them into fancy footwear that should compete with imported brands from Brazil, Italy or Spain. That culinary preference alone by...

Some of the sixteen former state governors who left office May 29 departed as discreetly as possible without much fuss. One or two were absent from the handover ceremonies in their state capitals preferring, instead, to celebrate the historic...

For many years, television audiences in Nigeria had the misfortune of listening to only one station throughout the country. At a time when citizens of other countries had a variety of channels to surf and dozens of programmes at...

In or out of office, Nigerian politicians seem to always be in clover, getting the best of both worlds. From the president and his vice down to governors and their deputies, federal and state legislators, ministers, commissioners and even...

WAEC. JAMB. NYSC. Those three institutions have pretty much shaped the educational lives of generations of Nigerians for decades. With five credits at a go or combos from two sittings, WAEC eased your way through JAMB to university as...

May 14, (THEWILL) - The grim news from Asia last week left many consumers all around the world sputtering on their favourite noodles. Lab tests conducted on a particular brand of the snappy meal (special chicken flavour) revealed presence...

For an appreciable period during the currency swap from February to April, there was a drastic reduction in crime across the country. Pickpockets went on recess. Burglars didn’t dare break into houses because there was nothing to steal. Bandits...

In mid-April during a Ramadan Tafseer in a Kano mosque, Governor Umar Ganduje of the state begged for forgiveness from those he might have offended in the course of carrying out his duties as the state’s number one citizen...

It used to be that business moguls of a certain generation in Nigeria followed the classical route in their rise to top managerial positions. A sound education from a prestigious school - London School of Economics, say, or Harvard...

April 16, (THEWILL) - It takes a certain amount of courage to quit one supposedly respectable profession for another seen as less dignified. In the eyes of many, a priest in a Catholic Church has more social standing and...