Osama, terrorism and Rubenfeld’s non-sense (3)
Osama’s execution –and the manner of his disposal- were incontrovertibly vengeful. Which Obama said, was what America wanted: cold-blooded ‘revenge’! Or what Alan Ayckbourn, in his ‘Revengers Comedies’ describes as “good, old-fashioned, bloodcurdling revenge”. Yet, like the English philosopher, Francis Bacon, said, “Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out”. Suppose it is okay to ‘revenge’ a ‘wrong’; the question is: who determines ‘when’ or ‘whether’ a ‘wrong’ has been committed? One who alleges or an impartial jury?
‘FG’s directive on kerosene will not work without IPMAN’
The eastern zone of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has said the president’s directive to major petroleum products marketers to ensure availability of kerosene failed because independent marketers were not involved.
UTME 2011: JAMB’s biometric machine not reliable, by Haleemah
A total of 1, 493, 603 candidates who registered for the 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will be sitting for the examination across the country today. However, Vanguard gathered that due to acute shortage of spaces, only about 20 per cent of qualified candidates will be offered admission, into the about 117 universities in the […]
Robbers attack police station, kill 2, cart away rifles
AT least two policemen were killed last night and several others wounded when a gang of armed robbers launched an attack on the police station at Kwale, Delta State.
‘Overhaul security system’
The Civil Society Coalition in Plateau State has called for an overhaul of the country’s security system describing Thursday’s bomb blast at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja as a national embarrassment.
Nigeria can rank among best four in the world if … – Bonfrere
Former Super Eagles technical adviser Bonfere Jo who was in Lagos last weekend to be part of the testimonial match of former Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu has scored the present senior national team in low marks, stressing that the team has not taken its rightful position among countries in the world.
