Opinion

The public space is today dominated with what ordinarily should be routine features of our political contestation; political debates. To the best of my recollection, we have had these debates for a while now even as we are still...

December 12, (THEWILL) - The British imperialists and my people have so many things in common: wickedness, unforgiving spirit, vengeance-seeking, brutality and selfishness. But the most outstanding commonality is Deception. Deception is our breakfast, our lunch, our dinner and our...

December 10, (THEWILL) – Chatham House, while trying to repackage and market Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ended up de-marketing itself. While trying, albeit strenuously, to rebrand Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chatham House ended up eroding its own brand personae. Its brand...

December 07, (THEWILL) - For the sake of transparency, I need to be upfront about the origin of the title of this essay. It was not coined by me but by an angry reader of my last article on the...

December 05, (THEWILL) - Almost everyone is familiar with the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah – how they were renowned for their violent immorality and sexual debaucheries. However, what made matters worse for Sodom and Gomorrah was that its citizens were...

December 05,(THEWILL) - Jokes apart, I am a fan of Nyesom Wike, the current Governor of Rivers State. He is a visionary and a revolutionary. He is also bold and sincere! Like Rauf Aregbesola, the amiable former Governor of...

December 05,(THEWILL) - One cannot eat crab in secret. At the beginning of the year, I had promised that for 12 months, In Shaa Allah, I will once a month X-ray the issues around the forthcoming general elections in...

December 05, (THEWILL) - Before he left office in 2007, Obong Victor Attah, bequeathed to Akwa Ibom State, a blueprint that was intended to transform it to be at par with some of the industrialized nations of the world....

December 05, (THEWILL) - According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). “A population census is the total process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analysing and publishing or otherwise disseminating demographic, economic and social data pertaining, at a...

It is on record that late Senator Isaiah Balat was a very influential, strategic and pragmatic politician. He was the consummate politician. The astute Balat used his network to pave the way for the smooth emergence of Ahmed Makarfi...