Opinion

The Architecture of African Growth explores the systems that transform potential into prosperity. Each essay examines one building block, from trust and formalisation to capital, energy, and institutions, and argues that Africa’s future will not be determined by what it has. It will be determined by how well it connects what it has.

August 21, (THEWILL) — My experience at the just-concluded INEC civic registration exercise is nauseating. The mindset of some people are mind boggling and such one can be described as unexpected by Nigerian citizens. It is no exaggeration to...

August 21, (THEWILL) — Conversations around Nigeria’s electoral reform focus mainly on electoral laws, institutions, technology, and the credibility of elections. While these are central and fundamental, a deeper dimension that must be at the centre of the conversation has...

August 21, (THEWILL) — Placed within its historical context, Sudan is currently engulfed in an intra-governmental war of unprecedented scale, characterised by widespread destruction, mass displacement, and staggering loss of life surpassing even the conflicts associated with South Sudan’s...

August 21, (THEWILL) — In hospital wards, doctors call them Siamese twins. Two people, one body, two brains. They share a heart, maybe a liver. They cannot survive fully apart, but they also cannot walk in different directions without dragging...

August 21, (THEWILL) — A healthy democracy depends not only on the freedom to speak but also on the responsibility to speak truthfully. Public discourse flourishes when opinions are grounded in facts, fairness and respect for the rule of...

The African Democratic Congress has alleged that security agencies are planning to arrest its National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, ahead of Saturday’s Osun governorship election. The party warned that any such action could heighten political tensions and undermine confidence...

August 12, (THEWILL) — There is something deeply unsettling about an unfinished public project. It is not simply an incomplete structure. It is a promise interrupted. Here, the promise has a name: the Proposed Convocation Arena of Niger Delta University,...

August 09, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu recently approved the creation of four new Divisions for the Nigerian Army as part of measures to boost the fight against insecurity in the country. This brings to 12 the number of...

August 09, (THEWILL) — The strong financial performance recorded by many of the companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange in the first half of 2026 is attributable to several key economic reforms implemented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Administration...