Opinion

OPINION: No Paean Without Pain As Nigerians Voted Despite Naira Redesign Miasma

February 28, (THEWILL) - Before delving into the nitty gritty of today’s engagement, I would like to encourage readers with an excerpt from a piece written and published in the Daily Times newspaper on January 1, 1964, by one...

OPINION: Why Nigeria Does Not Need Anti-Corruption President Again

The much-anticipated election 2023 is finally here with us as it would finally be held next Saturday, 25 February, which is just a few days. And the redesigned Naira to be swapped with some of the old denominations that is...

OPINION: Naira Redesign: Policy, Politics And Hypocrisy

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  It is unfortunate that a good policy (or perhaps twin policies of naira redesign and demonetisation) has been poorly implemented, in terms of the timing of its announcement, the abruptness of the announcement and the secrecy preceding it (as...

OPINION: Tinubu And The Moral Of Adinimodo

February 24, (THEWILL) - There is a masquerade in my ancestral neighbourhood of Olowogbowo (the stirring pivot of Lagosian commerce), which is revered in traditional awe and embraced in full unifying adumbration by everyone regardless of the preachment of...

OPINION: Naira Redesign: Policy, Politics And Hypocrisy

February 22, (THEWILL) - It is unfortunate that a good policy (or perhaps twin policies of naira redesign and demonetisation), has been poorly implemented in terms of the timing of its announcement, the abruptness of the announcement and the...

OPINION: Why Nigeria Does Not Need An Anti- Corruption President Again

February 21, (THEWILL) - The much-anticipated election 2023 is finally here with us as it would finally be held next Saturday, 25 February, which is just a few days. And the redesigned Naira to be swapped with some of the...

OPINION: Atiku Abubakar: Discharged But Not Acquitted

February 19, (THEWILL) - In 1999, the presidency was not only ceded to the South of Nigeria but was also micro-zoned to the Southwest.  That was explicably made possible by the elite consensus that preponderated the polity at that intersection...

OPINION: The State as an Incendiarist

In the classical stirrings of organised power on the virginal plains of Serengeti, long before Mesopotamia or Persia, long before Hellene or Rome, the first principle of a cohesive union is order. The primordial articulation of the state is...

OPINION: Much Ado About Legal Status of Old Naira Notes

President Muhammadu Buhari on February 16, 2023 in an early morning broadcast approved the extension of the legal tender status of only the 200 naira notes by 60 days up to April 10, 2023. The immediate take-away from this...

OPINION: Rivers State: PDP Has No Candidates Except One In Forthcoming Elections

February 18, (THEWILL) - “Na person wey never go another person papa farm de think say na himm papa farm big pass for their village!” Whether anybody wants to hear this or not, the Governor Nyesom Wike–led Peoples Democratic Party...