Opinion

May 26, (THEWILL) – Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, presents two cities, Paris and London, with contrasting fortunes for French physician Alexander Manette. In the novel, Paris is a city where he serves 18 years in prison...

May 26, (THEWILL) – Nigeria is a country that lives and breathes variety—literal and metaphorical. From endless debates over who owns the crown in the jollof wars to the deep-rooted pride in regional delicacies like Amala, Tuwo, and soups...

May 25, (THEWILL) – When Fatoumata, a single mother of three in Bamako, Mali, began her otherwise modest food processing business from her backyard in 2021, she never imagined that her packaged groundnut paste, which began in her...

May 17, (THEWILL) – “Unity is not a luxury in politics — it is the only currency that spends.” In 2023, Nigerians went to the polls not with hope, but with quiet dread. It was no longer a celebration of...

May 17, (THEWILL) – The recent announcement that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved N10 billion for a solar power grid project in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa has provoked widespread outrage — and rightly so. The move, confirmed...

May 17, (THEWILL) – To begin with, any assessment of the subnational level must acknowledge that Nigeria's federal system is defective and quasi-federalist in nature. Put bluntly, it operates with the ethos of a tightly centralized “Bonapartist state”. This is...

May 17, (THEWILL) – By the time this essay is published, candidates from Lagos and Southeast Nigeria scheduled to retake the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would likely have begun receiving their result notifications—finally experiencing some relief after...

May 15, (THEWILL) – The astronomical rise in banks’ profits as reflected in the 2024 full year financial report has exposed the banking industry as a lucrative enterprise powered by arbitrary charges imposed on unwilling customers. In some cases,...

May 15, (THEWILL) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited has reaffirmed its leadership in retail and SME banking with the redesign of its Retail Temporary Overdraft (RTOD) product, a short-term facility tailored to help businesses navigate urgent financial needs...

May 14, (THEWILL) – In 1960, shortly after gaining independence, Nigeria boldly declared that “Africa would be the centrepiece” of its foreign policy. This vision, championed by Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa, shaped the country's early engagement with the world...