SPECIAL FEATURES-DELE ADESINA (S.A.N) A VERITABLE CHOICE

By: Otunba Olumide Akinbinu

Lawyers in every clime and ditto its umbrella body in the like of the Nigerian Bar Association is an integral part of government. This contention is borne out of the tripod on which democratic governance is hanged i.e. the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. The composition of the Judiciary is the Siamese twin of the Bar and the Bench. More than the Bench however there is a vital ground for the argument that the Bar also constitutes a pressure group within the democratic setting.

Opinion-WHY SELF-MEDICATION MAY KILL YOU

Self-Medication, the practice of purchasing and administering drugs on oneself without ever consulting a doctor or some medical practitioner for a prescription, could be a self-issued passport to death. It doesnt matter if the drug is a common analgesic, such as Panadol or Tylenol; an antibiotic, such as amoxicillin or penicillin, or strictly controlled drugs, which lawful countries would have made impossible to purchase over counter without a prescription.

FRSC VOWS TO PROSECUTE TRAFFIC OFFENDERS AS MOBILE COURTS CONVICT 359 IN PLATEAU AND NASARAWA STATES

The new Zonal Commanding Officer for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)  in Zone 4 comprising Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States Assistant Corps Marshal Kayode OLAGUNJU, mni has vowed to prosecute erring motorists in the Zone to improve safety situation on the roads. The ZCO stated this on the heel of Mobile Courts organised by the FRSC  between 26 June and 21 July, 2020 vonvicting 359 traffic offenders in Plateau and Nasarawa States. This was disclosed in a Statement issued by the Acting Zonal Public Education Officer, Deputy Route Commander Terry Hoomlong in Jos. He disclosed that a total of 408 traffic offenders were arrested by the FRSC Operatives and arraigned before eight (8) Magistrate Courts in the two states. 50 out of the 408 arraigned were discharged and acquited. The Convicts were given between two to six months jail terms but were however given the options of fines ranging between two to ten thousand naira.

MEET ACP MONDAY AGBONIKA, A POLICE OFFICER WITH A DIFFERENT

The first assignment immediately he arrived Sango-Area Command was the laying the foundation of the Domestic and Sexual Violence and Family Support Building. Today, the building is nearly completion. The purpose of the building is to accommodates those involves in a Domestic and Sexual Violence for a while pending the time the case is resolve.