Nigerian politics

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that the growing influx of serving governors and other political heavyweights into states conducting off-cycle elections is turning democratic contests into "political battlefields". Jonathan cautioned that election-day political mobilisation must have clear...

May 22, (THEWILL) — Nigeria is approaching another election cycle, and once again the country feels tense, divided, hopeful and exhausted at the same time. Political parties are forming alliances. Old rivals are becoming temporary friends. Public trust is...

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...

February 25, (THEWILL) - I had met Aketi very early in my legal career. I didn't have the privilege of meeting him before I was called to bar and as a lawyer. I first encountered him as young lawyer...

February 04, (THEWILL) - It’s only one vehicle bearing the legend “One Nigeria” that plies the badly maintained roads to the turf of this benighted country. That long-suffering vehicle is called football or soccer or, on the aficionado frequencies, the...

October 31, (THEWILL) - While I was surfing the internet earlier today, I came across an article published on OperaNews, and I burst into laughter after reading it. It was funny because the article, which I believe the writer...

October 25, (THEWILL) - The Senate, on Wednesday, considered two bills seeking to bar the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Deputy Governors of the apex bank from participating in politics while in service. The two bills,...

October 11, (THEWILL) - The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has challenged President Bola Tinubu, to as a matter of urgency, reintroduce himself to Nigerians and the world...