Mutallib

Suicide used to only hit the foreign headlines some years back, but shockingly, it appears and sadly keeps re-appearing in our domestic headlines nowadays. Uncountable number of people in Nigeria are frequently losing their lives through suicide. Unfortunately, very recently, most of the people committing suicide have been students of tertiary institutions–this, in fact, prompted me to write this piece–and proffer what I think can effectively address the cases of suicide in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Some of these suicides still remain fresh in our memory. Aisha Omolola, a student of A.B.U, Zaria who committed suicide attributed her death to her parents who neglected her while she was in school. Sarah, a B.U.K student too committed suicide because she could not register a course as a result of the closure of the institution's portal for registration. The two students above drank poisonous insecticides. A male student of ATBU sadly hanged himself to death because he could n...

It was not only the striking beauty of Lamrat that made her a magnet of attention in the community of Mundo, but her amazing intelligence and brilliance which surpassed her beauty. Lamrat just finished her secondary school with iridescent result, good character and civility. On the Speech and Prize Giving Day, she received torrents of awards as rewards of her determination from dignitaries, teachers and parents. Every person that attended the event seriously attested that Lamrat's future would be brighter than the stars and the moon. Though, Lamrat was just fourteen years old when she finished her secondary school, but many men were attracted to her: those that only wanted to relate with her, those who showed keen interest in tying the knot with her and those who wanted to put her through the immoral way. It was surprising how friends did not maladjust Lamrat's way of life; perhaps because her parents were caring and strict on her, or, as people used to say, God created her ...

I used to think that the police had power to recover debt or interfere in the breach of contract. This is doubtlessly connected with how the police take advantage of the ignorance of law of the common man. It has now become the practice of the police to arrest debtors on receiving a report from creditors. The police have no power whatsoever under any law in Nigeria to arrest a person merely because he/she does not pay his debt. Section 4 of the Police Act provides the general duties of the police and does not mention anything like debt recovery. In addition, the provision of section 8(2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 is to the effect that: " A suspect shall not be arrested merely on a civil wrong or breach of contract. There are lines of judicial decisions that have blessed my submission in this write up. In Oceanic Securities International Ltd v. Balogun (2012) All FWLR (pt 643) page 1907, the Court of Appeal warned that "... the police have no...

Published by Arewa.ng https://arewa.ng/opinion-the-tragedy-of-apc-in-zamfara-by-abdul-mutallib-muktar/ The All Progressive Congress (APC) has pushed itself against itself to the grave. The party has become the literary bird that has two heads. The first head saw a delicious fruit on a particular tree and ate alone without allowing the other head to join saying that he found the fruit himself and had right over it. He added that they had the same stomach after all; if he ate the other had eaten too. The second head disappointingly saw another fruit on a poisonous tree and went straight there. The first head warned him that the fruit was poisonous but the second head said it was his choice and had right too. He ate and the bird died with its two heads. The lesson here is egocentrism collapses a party and any other kind of group or association. The too much love for power made the two factions in the state forgot that they belong to the same party. When the broom turns to shreds, it b...

Of course, state police is a good thing. In some countries where the state police operate, they have a positive result; a nice tale to tell. But the question is, why is it successfully operating in such countries? It is because their political, economic and social environment is enabling. This made them ripe for state police. Nigeria, truth be told, is not yet ripe for state police. The disastrous problems state police will cause in a country like Nigeria will outweigh the blessing it may bring. First and foremost, with state police, it will be easier for state governors to attack political opponents, decide the fate of any election, eliminate opposition and become intolerant to criticisms and public opinion coming from the masses. We are all witnesses to the political thuggery in all nooks and crannies of Nigeria, and, very sadly, with the involvement of the police despite being controlled by the federal government. Imagine the police in the hands of state governors. This will be a...