Opinion

July 28, (THEWILL) - This is a three-part series I first published on the fiftieth remembrance of the overthrow and death of General Aguiyi Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of state. On the fifty-seventh remembrance, I have decided to...

July 27, (THEWILL) - As I moved around Abuja this week, I thought about an ancient account that I once read of a religious teacher and his encounter with a Bedouin man — a nomadic Arab tribesman from the...

July 27, (THEWILL) - The other day President Bola Tinubu announced that Nigerians are going through the equivalent of childbirth pains, but his administration is determined to ameliorate the pains, provide succour and make life better for all....

July 26, (THEWILL) - “What luck for rulers that men do not think.” ― Adolf Hitler Many Nigerians are stuck with zero experience of what it means to live in a decently run society. With a long history of mostly...

July 26, (THEWILL) - Ilorin is increasingly becoming the scene of an epic clash between two religious traditions: Islam and African Traditional Religion. Three recent incidents are markers of this culture war and a frightening dimension of the continuous...

July 24, (THEWILL) - Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name), fell ill and was admitted to a hospital. At a point, his condition became so critical that help had to be sought from public-spirited individuals. Eventually,...

July 24, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's ''big brother'' status in the African continent is marked majorly by her contributions to Africa's Independence. The country, which is home to the largest Black population, has contributed economically, militarily, and culturally towards Africa's...

Hunger is violence. Many freaks, upheavals and misfortunes of history were by the fashioning of hunger. Hunger is a maximum ruler. It sets in motion inexorable forces of chaos and anarchy. The French Revolution had the spurring of hunger. In...

Once again, we are back to this conversation about the conditional cash transfer scheme. If you have been engaged in a bit of social listening since the announcement of a proposed payment of N8,000 to the most vulnerable in...

July 22, (THEWILL) - The average Igbo’s emotional attachment to Biafra is overwhelming. Even those of them who were not born by 1967 or have little knowledge of Biafra’s antecedents are not unaffected by this deep bond. Sadly, even...