Author: Tunde Akingbondere

INTRODUCTION THE TYRANNY OF DEATH AND THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF MANKIND Death, shame on you. You have always killed the body, not the soul; never the legacy. Such is the fate of the last two men standing, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark and Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who died few days from each other. From the dawn of existence, mankind has lived under the unyielding shadow of death. It is the ultimate oppressor; the force that acknowledges neither power nor piety; neither nobility nor knowledge. It is the great leveller; the final conqueror before whom all men- kings and commoners; heroes and…

The media space has been recently engulfed by the loud argument over the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police as well as the propriety of the amendment made to the Nigeria Police Act in the face of clearly stipulated legislative procedures guiding the spirit and the soul of our agelong laws. This intellectual debate became quite popular with the courageous media attack on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore has over the years commissioned himself as a standing voice of the people, particularly in the light of his…