THEWILL EDITORIAL: Still on Electronic Transmission of Election Results
The National Assembly has passed an amendment to the Electoral Act, particularly the section that deals with the electronic transmission of election results, limiting...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: Before Presidential Assent to Petroleum Industry Bill
True to Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s promise, the Ninth National Assembly finally passed the much-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) on Thursday, July 1, 2021.
Introduced...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: Need for Local Government Autonomy
July 18, (THEWILL) - The quest for financial autonomy by the 774 Local Government Councils across Nigeria is one issue that has dominated discussions...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: 2021 Olympics: Trouble Within AFN
On June 13, when the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) received a consignment of kits from the German multinational corporation, Puma International, it seemed...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: Futile Efforts to Gag The Press
The renewed efforts by senior lawmakers to gag the mass media will go the way of their previous efforts and end up as an...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: Twitter Ban: Weighing The Options
The Federal Government, last week, indicated its intention to open discussions with Twitter on the controversial ban following the social media giant’s decision to...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: Southern Nigerian Governors Forum: Exploring the Flipside
The recent meeting of 17 Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria, under the aegis of the Southern Nigerian Governors Forum (SNGF), in Asaba,...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: Nigeria’s Democracy @ 22
Following the death of General Sani Abacha in 1998, his successor, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, initiated the transition which heralded Nigeria’s return to democratic rule...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: CBN Intervention Programmes: Smoothening The Rough Edges
A curious revelation was made recently by the Central Bank of Nigeria when its Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, declared that the response...
THEWILL EDITORIAL: Agric Ministry and the N30m Mosque
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recently approved the sum of N30 million for the construction of a mosque. A leaked memo...