SECTION 38(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, guarantees the citizen the “freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief….”

WHEN you hear the saying: “the world is round”, take it seriously. It is not just a scientific fact; it is also a wise saying of the elders. What goes round comes round. Be nice to people because you will meet again as long as life lasts.

The appointment of an Acting Inspector General of Police,IGP, from the rank of Assistant Inspector General, AIG,has created another season of instability in the commanding heights of the Nigerian Police force. If precedent is followed,the choice of Mr Ibrahim Kpotun Idris by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new IGP will compel the premature retirement of the six serving Deputy Inspector Generals, DIGs. They were appointed after the immediate past IGP Mr Solomon Arase assumed office April 21, 2015.

I CAN’T quite find the words to qualify the sadness I’m currently experiencing. It is often the cross of decent, well-mannered people to have to defend, in this era of dangerously uninhibited, provocative opinions, the right to still believe in intelligent discussion and analysis as opposed to fear-mongering and bigotry. It is also a shame that rational minds eventually run out of steam when arguing with irrational, xenophobic people while said racists or ethnically obsessed persons seem to possess unending reserves of energy with which to spew out hatred.

A MERE two days after Britain voted to exit the European Union and resile into its island fortress mentality borne of the days of empire, a momentous event took place in Beijing.