Open grazing: Cattle rights vs human rights?

By Eric Ikhilae The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF)’s recent comments on the matter of the ban on open grazing in some parts of the country has raised the question of the constitutionality or otherwise of the policy. Malami’s intervention was, ostensibly, in reaction to a recent decision by the governors of the 17 southern […]

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How should we respond to threats of war?

By Sola Adeyegbe Presently on earth, violence is part and parcel of politics! States unleash violence on internal and external enemies while insurgents use violence against states. Rival political forces do not hesitate to inflict violence on one another. Winston Churchill had good reason to declare in 1924 that “the story of the human race […]

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Others were accepted but I was rejected thrice at ritualists’ den – Rivers’ abducted nurse

An 18-year-old auxiliary nurse, Rachael David, has relived her close shave with death at a suspected ritual killers’ den in Rivers State after she was kidnapped at Okuru Junction, Port Harcourt. Rachael, who is currently receiving treatment in a hospital, regained her freedom around 5pm on Friday. It was learnt that the teenager had gone […]

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Drug abuse, trafficking and crime control

As insecurity and criminality engulf Nigeria, the tenacity with which the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is pursuing drug traffickers is instructive, given that illicit drugs, apart from its massive damaging potential on individual persons, is also a motivating element for the arms-wielding gunmen causing most of the mayhem. The agency’s drive is akin […]

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Adeyemi’s tears as symbol of a Parliament held hostage

It had all the elements of drama. But, deeply etched on Senator Smart Adeyemi’s histrionics and lachrymose display was the dilemma of the Ninth Senate’s being unequally yoked with the Presidency. The Senator representing Kogi West, while making his contributions to the debate on the nagging security situation in the country, gave the impression that […]

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