Opinion

OPINION: Role Of Leaders In Exemplary Accountability

August 18, (THEWILL) - Accountability, leadership and transformation are inexorably linked. Accountability is an acute and overt manifestation of leadership. Leadership involves accepting and acting on the accountabilities of the position, while Transformation will not occur without leadership. One of...

OPINION: 2023: Tribunal Will Not Declare Peter Obi President, Freemasons To Mourn

August 17, (THEWILL) - Rev Obinna Akukwe, a foremost Igbo Cleric, Activist and Columnist, wants to prophetically warn the traumatised Nigerian Church that the 2023 Elections Petitions Tribunal will not declare Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party as...

OPINION: Yahoo-Yahoo: The Intersection Of Politics And Crime

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August 16, (THEWILL) - The story is heartbreaking. Two Nigerian siblings, 20 and 22-year-olds, had duped a young American student, 17, to send his nude photographs to them. They had pretended to be a beautiful woman, having hacked into...

OPINION: Why The 10th National Assembly Cannot Disappoint

With politics since over, time now is for governance. Not just governance, but good governance. And of course, a government delivers good governance only if it is deliberately committed to “accountability, leadership, integrity, stewardship and transparency”, or simply, if...

OPINION: The Data War On African-Americans By Racist Pundits

August 15, (THEWILL) - Whenever some racist commentator is ousted for their past, the question that African-Americans should ask is not why they are racist, but why such people feel emboldened. What are these people and their supporters so confident...

OPINION: Religious Activism For Peace In Nigeria’s Northern Region

August 15, (THEWILL) - Introduction: Decades of religious tensions and conflicts have plagued Nigeria's Northern Region, where Muslim and Christian communities coexist amidst political, social, and economic complexities. This discord has escalated into violence, causing loss of life...

OPINION: This Violence Against The judiciary

August 15, (THEWILL) - Lately, no institution of government has been the object of derision, blackmail, and threats like the judiciary. This venerable and inviolable magisterial conservatory has been reduced to the jack-a-lent of ridicule, hate, and spite...

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

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...