Opinion

OPINION: The Botched El-Rufai’s Ministerial Confirmation

August 15, (THEWILL) - Out of the forty-eight ministerial nominees sent to the Senate for screening and confirmation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, failed to make the final...

OPINION: Niger Coup: Time To Prioritise Diplomacy Over Guns (2)

August 15, (THEWILL) - “The agreements between the states of West Africa do not authorize military intervention to restore a regime or organise a counter-coup.” – Blaise Compaore. Today, we conclude the two-part commentary on the recent coup d’état in...

OPINION: Osun Government And Politics Of Plurality

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August 15, (THEWILL) - Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State deserves a pat on the back for instructing the three senators representing the state in the Upper Chamber to “mobilise support for former Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s nomination as...

OPINION: Of Niger, Breathing Problems And Other Matters

August 15, (THEWILL) - “Bros, you dey town?” “Yes. Where you think say I for dey. I no tell you say I dey travel” “I thought maybe you would have gone to Niger.” “Go Niger go do wetin?” “I hear some civil society...

OPINION: Between Import Restrictions And A Competitive Domestic Economy

Last week, I watched a footage on social media suggesting that the domestic market for tie-and-dye clothing fabrics (locally known as adire) is being gutted by cheap imports of similar looking textile materials from China. The pitch went beyond the...

OPINION: Niger: Are Military Coups Becoming The Norm in The Sahel

On 26 July, Niger experienced the fifth military coup in its troubled history. The head of the Presidential Guard, General Omar Tchiani, led a group of army officers to overthrow and detain the civilian President Mohamed Bazoum. On the...

OPINION: Tinubunomics: Time To Sell The Petroleum Refineries

August 11, (THEWILL) - The universal dictum: government has no business being in business is instructive in the resolution of the current energy bind in which our country’s leadership and followership find themselves. It is needless rehashing the fact...

OPINION: Niger Coup, ECOWAS And Tinubuplomacy: What Is The Hope Of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy?

August 09, (THEWILL) - Can Nigeria's foreign policy be revived? Can we have, once again, a Nigeria of the1960s up to the 90s? Can the giantship of Nigeria within the African continent still be rightly claimed beyond the...

OPINION: Niger Coup: Time To Prioritise Diplomacy Over Guns (1)

August 09, (THEWILL) - “The agreements between the States of West Africa do not authorise military intervention to restore a regime or organise a counter-coup.” – Blaise Compaore. Slightly over a week ago, i.e. on July 26, the Presidential Guard...

OPINION: The Menace Of Prophets And Our Future

August 09, (THEWILL) - It seems to me, with due respect, to every party concerned, that while we are all obsessed with the contemporary, topical issues of Ministerial nominations, the likely conflict with Niger and the noted desperation of...