Opinion

OPINION: Peter Obi @ 65: The Consistency Of A Man

August 03, (THEWILL) — In a country where political convictions often shift with changing tides and where public office is sometimes seen as personal entitlement; consistency has become one of the missing qualities in leadership. It is, therefore, significant...

OPINION: How Osun Can Upend Itself From Opposition Politics

August 03, (THEWILL) — The drum has sounded next door. On June 20, 2026, Ekiti spoke. And Ekiti did not whisper. Ekiti chose APC. Ekiti chose continuity. Ekiti chose Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji with a landslide that could not be...

OPINION: Still On Caleb Muftwang’s Apology And Solomon Dalung’s Ruffled Feathers

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August 03, (THEWILL) — The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Muftwang, recently tendered a heartfelt apology to the Igbo ethnic nationality in Plateau State for the role the state played during the civil war. Even though the war ended 56...

OPINION: Threat Is Institutional Sabotage

August 03, (THEWILL) — The latest social media outburst by controversial activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), in which he claimed to be in possession of a "comprehensive investigation report from STATECID PANTI" while demanding the...

OPINION: The FG’s $3.05 Billion Poverty Reduction Plan

August 02, (THEWILL) — Poverty is arguably Nigeria’s biggest nemesis, closely followed by systemic corruption and insecurity. Regrettably, the country’s poverty is self-inflicted. There are countries in the world that do not have the resources in Nigeria, yet they...

OPINION: Ghost Agencies, Short Memories, and Ancestral Shame

August 02, (THEWILL) — To produce one living Nigerian today, biology requires a spectacular ancestral relay race. Two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so forth, doubling backward until the arithmetic reaches 2,048 ancestors in the eleventh preceding generation....

OPINION: Cardinal Onaiyekan’s Abuse Of Clerical Privilege

August 01, (THEWILL) — There is something fundamentally inappropriate about Cardinal John Onaiyekan granting a television interview to offer his own account and interpretation of what transpired during the private meeting between the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria and...

OPINION: No One Governor Can Mortgage the Political Will of the South-East

July 27, (THEWILL) — Governor Alex Otti of Abia State deserves commendation for reminding Nigerians of a fundamental democratic and constitutional principle: no governor, regardless of the office he occupies within a regional forum, has the authority to commit...

OPINION: The Forgotten Architecture Of Community Justice

July 27, (THEWILL) — There is an old saying across many African communities: when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. In Northeast Nigeria, however, another truth quietly competes with it: when neighbours quarrel over land, everyone...

OPINION: Umo Eno’s Redefinition of Social Protection in Akwa Ibom

July 26, (THEWILL) — At a time when many Nigerian households are facing challenges due to rising food prices and economic strain, governments are now being evaluated not just by their infrastructure projects, but by how well they support...