WHERE there are no laws, everyone becomes a law unto himself. This is the situation in various parts of the country, where local government councils have appropriated powers to themselves, including the power to arrest, detain and put people on trial for “offences”. It must be admitted that some of the issues over which the […]

The contrast in reading culture between Nigerians and nationals of other countries, especially those of Western orientation is so obvious. A typical Nigerian may not buy a newspaper unless he is about to travel, and even at that he reads it if there is nothing else to occupy him. Few Nigerians studiously read books and […]

MANY Nigerians do not know there are laws to punish doctors for negligence. The code of the Medical and Dental Council prescribes punishments for misconduct of its members, though the code is observed mostly in breach. The punishment the Spanish authorities meted out to a doctor who attended to Mrs. Stella Obasanjo trains attention on […]

WITH the amnesty period over yesterday, what does the Federal Government intend to do about the Niger Delta? The answers, if any, would be the strongest indication of the impact of the amnesty in the resolution of the challenges of the Niger Delta. The amnesty was bold. It remains government’s most stated move to combat […]

NOBODY can deny that Nigeria gets the rest of humanity worried over so many issues, among them, its unwillingness to lift itself out of the crippling consequences of national numbness and the remarkable tendency of its leaders for attempting to re-order the international setting to meet its mediocre standards. Many have given up on Nigerians […]