When retired Senior Inspector Sylvanus Okon, 58, who hails from Akpabuyo in Cross River State, joined the Nigeria Police Force as a Recruit Constable in August 1978, he had the mind to serve his fatherland with all his might, love and strength. And so it was as he moved headlong into the job of serving his country with all his being. He was determined to flush out any ill in the society by whatever name no matter the personality involved. For those who knew Sylvanus during his active years in the Nigeria Police Force, he was an officer to behold.

Trouble started for both lovers when the receptionist at the hotel (name withheld) heard a loud cry from the room and rushed to know what the problem was when they saw the boy yelling in pain, holding his erected penis. Due to the fear that the victim might lose his life, they quickly rushed him to a nearby hospital where doctors and nurses started battling to see how they could bring the erected penis down. Saturday Vanguard gathered from a source that the boy was believed to be suffering from an overdose of sex-enhancement drugs administered on him by the woman.

However, for far too many people living in Africa, this is not the reality. Fake and substandard medicines are flooding our markets. In fact, it is estimated that up to one-third of medicines used in some parts of Africa are counterfeit and even more are of poor quality. In effect, this means many Africans have more than a 30 percent chance of getting medicines that are partially effective, completely ineffective, or downright harmful to their health. Growing up in Sierra Leone, I saw this reality all too often.

The military was very justified because looking at what was happening at that time, there were lots of crises all over the place, the situation in East, West and so on. Don’t forget that the first state of emergency ever declared in Nigeria was during democratic rule. I’m sure you know that there were lots of indiscipline in the democratic rule and civilians were going round saying to the military, do you want us to die before you do something? So the military did not just wake up and said give us power,

It would be recalled that in December 2015, NERC introduced the Multi-Year Tariff Order to come into effect on February 1, 2016. The tariffs are intended to be cost-reflective over a 10-year period. The new regime also removed fixed charges for all classes of electricity consumers in the country. Since the news broke on Monday, the fundamental question that industry watchers have been asking is whether the parliament has the constitutional or statutory power to direct the suspension of implementation of an order made by a statutory agency.