Opinion

OPINION: NOW THAT ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF NIGERIA (IMN) HAS ATTACKED THE POLICE   

Nigeria is in the grip of terrorists' groups. Boko Haram is being  degraded in the North-East. Niger-Delta militants could soon be pacified  at talks in the South-South. Separatists in the South-East are tending  towards intellectual struggle. Only the Shiite...

OPINION: SUPPORTING BUHARI’S WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION   

Corruption as defined separately by World Bank, Transparency  International and Danish International Development Agency refers to the  misuse of entrusted funds, abuse of power and public office for private  gain. Wikipedia describes it as “a form of dishonest or...

OPINION: IT’S TIME TO OUTLAW ‘JUNGLE JUSTICE’ IN NIGERIA   

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For as long as one can remember there has always been ‘jungle  justice’ in Nigeria. All it takes is for somebody to shout ‘ole’  (thief) and anybody seen running away – the suspect or not – is  apprehended, subject...

OPINION: EDO STATE BANANA REPUBLIC AND GOVERNOR OBASEKI’S LEGACY

Let me congratulate Governor Obaseki on his new job as the caretaker of Edo State for the next four years. It is a monumental responsibility to conscientiously run the affairs of a State especially in a country like Nigeria;...

OPINION: FAYOSE AT 56: CELEBRATING THE ROCK OF NIGERIA’S HEARTBEAT

The day was Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The venue was the Democracy Park at Akure, Ondo State. The occasion was the much anticipated flag-off of the Eyitayo Jegede SAN governorship campaign for Ondo State. I was there even as...

OPINION: IS THE LEGISLATURE A DEPENDABLE ALLY IN THIS TIME OF RECESSION?

This is topic that the Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Right Honourable (Pastor) Kola Oluwawole, recently spoke to at an event organized by the Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, recently. One...

OPINION: OUR JUDICIARY AND THE DEAD ETHIC 

The judge that sentenced James Ibori, very surprised, said “It was one  of the biggest money laundering cases he has ever seen and the  £50million the former governor had admitted to stealing was probably a  “ludicrously low “fraction of...

OPINION: APC AND ROTIMI AKEREDOLU’S POLITICAL DECEIT IN ONDO STATE

As the November 26th governorship election in Ondo State draws near,  every concerned Nigerian, particularly those conversant with the history  of Ondo politics, have every reason to show concern and voice out  opinions that will not only ensure a free and...

OPINION: WEEP NOT FOR AMERICA

SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, (THEWILL) - “As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and hilarious day, the plain folks of the land will...

OPINION: TRUMPETING THE US ELECTIONS

Last week, the Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump stunned much of the world—and, likely, himself—by defeating his Democratic Party rival, Hilary Rodham Clinton, in one of the most contentious elections in American history. Trump’s triumph—considered highly unlikely by...