Opinion

OPINION: Should the 2027 General Election Still Hold?

March 02, (THEWILL) — Time is an important factor in human engagements. That is why “time wasting” is repudiated by serious-minded, result-oriented and committed persons. I remember a popular slogan by one of my old school teachers. It says...

OPINION: Egbetokun’s Record Speaks For Itself, Not The Rhetoric Of Detractors

February 26, (THEWILL) — The recent malicious write-up by Tope Temokun titled “Egbetokun’s Exit And The Lessons Of History” is nothing more than a desperate attempt to distort facts and malign the person and service record of former...

OPINION: Oshiomhole’s Subversion: From Labour Altar To The Shrines Of Power

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February 26, (THEWILL) — The trajectory of Adams Oshiomhole is not merely a political career; it is a case study in ideological somersault—the calculated dismantling of one’s own soul for the sake of political relevance. To the Nigerian...

OPINION: Yoruba Nation: Prospects And Perils Post-2031 – (1)

February 25, (THEWILL) — Last week, the Ekiti State Chapter of the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), a body I once served as pioneer Administrative Secretary, gathered in Ado-Ekiti for a colloquium marking former Governor Kayode Fayemi’s 61st birthday. Beyond...

OPINION: A Tale of Two Movements: City Boys and Village Boys

February 22, (THEWILL) — This essay is not intended to elaborate on Nigeria’s socio-political and economic regression or to emphasize the potential of a new socio-political beginning. It does not attempt to achieve a consensus about the more suitable...

OPINION: Digital Outrage, Real-World Damage: When The Race For Clicks Fuels False Accusations

In an age dominated by likes, shares, and virality, social media has become both a megaphone for justice and a minefield of misinformation. The recent Mirabel incident, where a woman’s public allegation of rape went viral, only for her...

OPINION: The Rentier State: Why Nigeria’s Broken Supply Chains Kill Singers And Exile Champions

February 20, (THEWILL) — The death of Ifunanya Nwangene from a snakebite in Abuja was not a freak accident. It was the predictable outcome of a health system in total collapse, a system in which critical medicines vanish from...

OPINION: One Love: Ramadan And Lent

February 20, (THEWILL) — The late Alhaji Yusuf Maitaima Sule (1929-2017) (also known as Dan Masani of Kano) once said to my hearing that ‘I am a Muslim by faith, a Christian at heart, but love is my...

OPINION: Biodun Jeyifo, The Literati And ASUU

February 18, (THEWILL) — Sometimes only one person is missing and the whole world seems depopulated’. In these words, Alphonse De Lamartine (1790-1869), that French author, poet, statesman and critic, once captured the irreplaceability of great men when...

OPINION: Godwin Odiye: Fallacy Becoming A Myth

February 17, (THEWILL) — As the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) awaits the verdict of FIFA on the petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo, it means that AFCON’s most decorated nine-time Bronze medalist, the ‘Super Eagles’ the Nigerian men’s...