Opinion

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

July 20, (THEWILL) — Politics is not just about winning elections. Building and preserving values-driven culture is the hallmark of purposeful politics. The zoning arrangement advanced by the Peter Obi Administration appears to be one of the most...

July 20, (THEWILL) — When Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew walked into Phase III Section of the Federal Secretariat in Abuja with a forged letter and emerged with an office, signage, and a semblance of government legitimacy, he did not...

July 19, (THEWILL) — The renewed debate over state police has once again exposed the deep fault lines in Nigeria’s governance and security architecture. In a recent interview, Professor Chidi Odinkalu advanced a powerful caution: introducing state police in...

July 19, (THEWILL) — Borno State was the destination, but it was also the question. For three days, inside a room filled with district heads, local chiefs, government stakeholders, human-rights defenders and community representatives from Borno and Adamawa States,...

July 18, (THEWILL) — I have argued and advised in various fora that scholars and students of political science and development studies need to study the leadership and development style and strategies of Gov. Douye Diri because of their...