THE idea of a world-class medical centre that was conceptualised after tedious negotiation process in far away United States, the United Kingdom and many other parts of the world was soon developed into a model.

THE Nigerian people require an unreserved urgent apology from the leadership of the National Assembly for subjecting the nation to this avoidable legislative blunder.

A virgin at 50 is still a virgin. A man at 50 is a legally accountable adult whatever his contradictions and idiosyncrasies. A nation at 50 is of age and firmly answerable for its condition and conduct, whatever its history or circumstances.

Dele Sobowale, the syndicated columnist of Vanguard and National Life newspapers, is fast gaining notoriety today as the ultimate patriarch of journalistic inconsistencies in Nigeria. Column-writing is surely a sacred privilege which, in turn, demands of the writer to constantly bring to bear the ethics of the trade: objectivity, fairness and accuracy.

IN a democratic set up like ours, the legislature is the chief custodian and preserver of the constitution, the executive is the chief custodian and preserver of the policy of government and its execution, whilst the judiciary is the custodian to the interpretation of the constitution. By this configuration a constitutional tripod is established.