Opinion

Professionals in polling, strategy, messaging and fundraising to win elections and legitimise democratic governments, in short, political consultants, have a lot to learn from the recent changes in the rules governing the electoral environment in Nigeria, in terms of...

Can you imagine a football team without a captain, an aeroplane without a pilot, a boat or ship without a captain? That is the state Nigeria found itself in the last seven years. Those were seven years of slanderous,...

September 4, (THEWILL) - Events in Nigeria end up unfolding at such dizzying pace that oftentimes it gets hazy to recount them, like in pre-electioneering times when they appear in a perpetual fast-forward mode so much so that the...

Is Agbado on trial? A stranger to Nigerian political constructs may think that it is a serial killer on the loose. In fact, it has become one of the most noised words in this election season. If it is...

On 25 June 2009, late President Umoru Yar’Adua granted presidential amnesty to Niger Delta militants who were willing to surrender their weapons and renounce armed struggle within a 60-day ultimatum (6 August–4 October 2009). The Federal Government targeted up...

On the eve of his 66th birthday on July 13, I quickly scribbled a tribute to Bart Nnaji, the internationally engaging engineering professor who has been, among other things, the Minister of Science and Technology, as well as Minister...

There is a general belief universally that perception oftentimes can become reality. And better still, the notion that movies can mimic life and vice versa, is also not a rarity across the world. The notion above would likely come to...

The reactions and commentaries that trailed the recently published and disturbing pictures that drew the attention of the Delta State Government to the distressed structures, dilapidated classrooms with fallen ceilings, windows and doors at Oyoko Primary School, Abavo in...

There is insecurity everywhere in Nigeria. Apart from the period between 1967 and 1970 when the Nigerian Civil War raged, this country has never experienced anything close to the worsening insecurity. From the North to the South, terrorists are everywhere...

A great leader takes his people to where they ought to be, not necessarily where they want to be. Leadership is vision matched with actionable mission -Anonymous For some time now, the Nigerian political firmament has been running out of...