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2023 Elections: The Jonathan Example, Leadership And Electoral Violence

In January 2014, as the political bigwigs were horse-trading and plotting their power play for the general election scheduled for the following year, the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, was inspired to publicly state that no Nigerian should kill or...

Coming Back to Their Roots

For three days beginning from Thursday, November 24, 100 poets, dancers, novelists, painters and filmmakers from all over the world will converge in Lagos for the famous Ake Arts & Book Festival. With the exception of a few, nearly...

Why NSITF Must be Urgently Repositioned to Social Insurance

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What comes to mind anytime this company called NSITF (National Social Insurance Trust Fund) comes up in the news? Fraud. That’s right. The key news that stems out of that organization is all about embezzlement and mismanagement. The latest...

University Of Ibadan Offered Me Apprenticeship Beyond Classroom Academic Exercises

“Good morning your royalties and eminences, the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor, other principal officers of the university, my colleagues from the Central Bank of Nigeria, distinguished guests, graduands, current students, ladies, and gentlemen. “I am truly honoured to...

Signs Of Victory As Jagaban Receives Campaign Torch

November 16, (THEWILL) - Tuesday, November 15, 2022, will stand out as a memorable day in the record of political events in Nigeria, as it was the day the Tinubu/Shettima APC Presidential Campaign received the nod to set out...

Qatar World Cup, FIFA’s Mistake And Super Eagles’ Absence

Last week, on November 8, the story broke that former FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, publicly revealed his stance on the decision to award Qatar the hosting rights for the 2022 World Cup. The 86-year-old football administrator categorically claimed that...

Atiku Abubakar: Don Quixote of Nigerian Politics?

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has pursued his quixotic dream of becoming president of Nigeria for nearly three decades now, longer than any other politician dead or alive. Reaching his goal has become as elusive to him as an ever disappearing...

How Not To Talk With Africa About Climate Change

November 11, (THEWILL) - Part of my nation is underwater. Seasonal flooding is normal in Nigeria, but not like this. Thirty-four of the country’s 36 states have been affected. More than 1.4 million people have been displaced. Together with...

Naira Redesign: Nigeria and Its Black Economy Problem

At a time when Nigeria is grappling with huge fiscal deficits, the free fall of the naira, soaring inflation rates, multiple forex rates, rising borrowing costs, grave uncertainty, a fragile economy and on the eve of the 2023 general...

Japa-ing Nigerian Doctors Cry Over Exploitation

They spend eight long years in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria for their MBBS degrees more than any other class of professionals. With the worsening insecurity and downturn in the economy, it is no surprise some doctors are...