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Arms, Arms Everywhere, But None to Protect us


Eddy Odivwri
So much has been said about the insecurity in Nigeria. Everybody, including those in the hitherto strong-walled Aso Rock Villa, are all now on the edge. As they say, if fire can burn the tortoise with the iron coat, how much more the hen with a feathery gown. These dare devil criminals, be they bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers, or terrorists, would be jelly-fished fellows without the arms they wield.
Put differently, if we are able to control the influx of arms, more than half of the problem would have been solved. Arms and ammunition are the oxygen of violence and.; war. ....

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Without devolution of power, Nigeria going nowhere — Agbakoba


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Published 20 December 2020
A former President, Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), shares with TUNDE AJAJA his thoughts on the calls for restructuring and the state of the nation
Years
ago, you filed a suit about the disparity in the cut-off mark for students from the North and South as regard admission into Federal Government Colleges, what prompted the suit at that time?
I filed the suit because I have grandchildren. I said to myself that if my grandchildren would have to enter a university on different grades from that of people from elsewhere, something was unfair about it. ....

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