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 […]
Babatunde Aliyu Fafunwa (1923-2010)
PROFESSOR Aliyu Babatunde Fafunwa, former Minister of Education died at 87, yet the mourning of his passing on was like that one who departed too early.
Returning Aba to its feet
ABA and Onitsha are cities in the South-East of Nigeria with an importance that sets them apart. They have never been regional or even state capitals, yet they tower above most of the “A” grade urban metropolises in Nigeria, most of which enjoy the status of political capitals.
When will election riggers ever be punished?
FOR the fourth time in three years, electoral tribunals have ousted governors after lengthy judicial processes that have exposed the ineffectiveness of electoral tribunals in granting justice timely.
Faces of justice
LADY justice, the symbol of the essence of the impartiality of justice, comes blinded-folded. She is not interested in the parties to disputes; her concerns are seeing justice dished out fairly to all. The blindfold denies her the opportunity of knowing whether litigants are high, low, rich, poor, strong or weak.
Jega’s expiring extensions
NIGERIANS are no longer surprised when Profes-sor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, speaks about the possibility of the 2011 elections holding at a later date. What may still surprise some is that Jega, who arrived at the job highly recommended, is building strong alibis, in case things go awry.
