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Civilized people, all over the world, should detest violence and crime. Crimes and violence have the effect of setting mankind back to the "state of nature, where life will be nasty, brutish and short." Because man decided to stay in society, certain etiquettes were adopted on interpersonal and group relations in the society. The concept of statehood and governance emerged to prevent descent to the state of nature. The man was, therefore, expected to live within the bucket of civilized society, by observing societal norms and mores. However, there are social deviants who find it hard to live inside that bucket of civilized society. Therefore, the state uses the law and other instruments to deal with such deviance and to reward compliance. It is a truism thatthe state exists to prote...

When recollecting history, Shittu Obassa said that the amalgamation of Southern Nigeria and Northern Nigeria took place in 1914. While this is true, it should be noted that it was not the only amalgamation in Nigeria's history. There was an earlier one which took place in 1906. That was when the Southern Protectorate and the Colony of Lagos were amalgamated by the British Colonial administration. Two years earlier, the British had concluded its conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate and brought all that territory that made up Northern Nigeria under British colonial rule. It would seem that the Decree(I refuse to call it agreement , because there is a great difference between the two ) , had a life's span of 100 years. It means that it would have expired by 2014. But between then and now, a ...

Prof. Obiageli Nnodu, the Director, Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training (CESRTA), has called on newly delivered mothers to take new born screening for sickle cell seriously for healthy living. Nnodu made the call in a workshop on ”New Born Screening” to commemorate the 2021 World Sickle Cell Day Celebration at University of Abuja in Gwagwalada on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Sickle Cell Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008 to increase awareness about the sickle-cell disease and its cure. NAN reports that the workshop was organised by the University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) She said that the burden of sickle-cel...

By Michael Stephens Exactly three years ago, President Muhammadu Buhari proclaimed June 12 as Democracy Day. It was his third year in office as President of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. It was unparalleled and quite historic. None of his predecessors had done anything like that before. But he took the decision and stood by it with a presidential seal of approval. The man at the centre of the day itself, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, often referred to as (MKO), had been consigned to the ashes of history except brief remembrances by human rights activists. With the presidential declaration, MKO had his stolen mandate returned, had been resurrected from the dead. Not only that, PMB also conferred the nation’s highest award Grand Commander of the Federal...