Opinion

OPINION: The West Must Return Africa’s Stolen Assets, As Well As Its Artefacts

October 7, (THEWILL) - Nigerians were delighted by the news this summer that 72 artefacts, known as the Benin Bronzes, held by the Horniman Museum in London, were returning home, 125 years after being plundered by British troops. The...

OPINION: ASUU STRIKE, FUTURE OF EDUCATION AND STUDENT LOAN

The judiciary, which is vested with the authority to interpret the laws of our country, has spoken on the industrial action embarked upon by tertiary institutions lecturers in Nigeria since February 14 this year. In its ruling on Wednesday,...

OPINION: IMO’S NEW SPEAKER AND 9th ASSEMBLY LEGISLATORS

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Before the immediate past Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kennedy Ibeh, resigned his position, I had a premonition that the legislator would end up like his predecessors. In all, the Imo Assembly has had four...

OPINION: NIGERIAN MEDIA: LAST ESTATE STANDING

Say what you like, but for the Nigerian media, those who were hell-bent on destroying the country would have succeeded a long time ago. It was the design of the destroyers, right from the inception of the so-called amalgamation...

ASUU: Lessons From Averted Train Workers Strike In USA

September 20, (THEWILL) – The strike by teachers in our tertiary institutions under the trade name, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been going on since February. That is in excess of seven (7) months or over half of a...

Africa And Climate Change: A Conversation With US Senator John Kerry Towards COP27

September 19, (THEWILL) – As the world continues to experience the daily impact of global warming, whether the recent flooding in Pakistan or the less covered but equally harmful, persistent environmental degradation of Africa’s Sahel region, leaders need to...

OPINION: TIME TO DE-AMALGAMATE IS NOW

Most Nigerians must have read Dr Tim Akano’s patriotic suggestion calling on what he tagged Class of 1966 to urgently summon a National Emergency Elders Dialogue to be held in Aburi, Ghana. The main Agenda of the meeting is...

OPINION: DIGITAL IDENTITY AND THE VERITY OF NIGERIA’S SEPTEMBER 16 REVOLUTION

Just like many other members of the Nigerian delegation, I felt very proud to be a Nigerian, when, at the 2022 ID4Africa Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, my dearly beloved country was celebrated for leading the Identity revolution in Africa....

2023 Presidency: A Contest Between Three Sinners?

September 13, (THEWILL) – The title of this piece is not exactly the terminology used by Adams Oshiomole, former labour leader, ex-Edo state governor, and immediate past chairman of the ruling party at the centre, APC, but he...

OPINION: THAT MAHDI SHEHU TV INTERVIEW THAT NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT

September 12, (THEWILL) - Nigerian businessman, medical practitioner, and activist, Mahdi Shehu has narrated to Arise News an event that happened 27 years ago and was significant to the turn of many other events in the country. Shehu revealed the...