Protecting the people from food poisoners
The report that some fruit vendors wash produce with detergent to make it sparkle is a very hazardous market trick. It is a betrayal of consumers who buy food for nourishment, and it demands investigation. Earlier Senate findings reported forced ripening with calcium carbide, detergent-washed produce, paracetamol added to meat, and banned Sudan IV dye […]
Killing A Dog To Kill A Policeman
THESE days Nigerians fight over anything. A disputed bus fare, a misunderstood word at a community gathering or the better known incidents of cult rivalries or the more celebrated cases of land disputes are reasons for Nigerians to go at each other.
Corruption Becomes Election Issue
IN Malawi, hundreds defied the rains on Wednesday to hear corruption charges against a senior civil servant and two construction executives, the principal suspects in a case in which 68 state employees and executives are being accused of stealing more than $20 million (N1.2bn) of public funds.
New Controversies Over LIE
THE Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, LIE, has had its fair share of unearned attention from the controversies surrounding repairs of the road commissioned 36 years ago. It has degenerated to a stage that its motorable portions are like seeing oasis in the desert.
Sharon – Hero, Murderer?
ARABS would not forget Ariel Sharon soon. The Israeli soldier, politician and statesman, who his compatriots loved and hate, in proportional measures, was to some a hero, while Palestinians call him a murderer.
Ejigbo: Injustice Prowls, Justice Crawls
A YEAR after they were tortured – one of them died – and their suspected attackers were strutting the streets in sheer defiance of the law; justice may come to three women assaulted in Ejigbo Central Market. The Lagos suburb gained a place in the map when about 1,000 people perished in its canals while fleeing the Ikeja bomb blast 12 years ago.
