In Nigeria, death doesn’t always knock before entering. Sometimes it drifts quietly through the hospital gate, collects a card, is told to “wait small,” and sits down like it belongs. Sometimes, it wears a white coat. From the cracked walls of rural clinics to the marble-floored corridors of private hospitals, Nigerians are dying—not always from the illnesses that brought them in, but from the hands that were supposed to save them. The real tragedy isn’t death itself—it’s how many of these deaths are completely preventable. How careless. How routine. How easily swept away along with a patient’s file. Not long ago, the death of a prominent writer’s son shook the nation. This was no poverty-stricken household, no case of ignorance. This was a child born into education, access, and influence—yet he died in a Lagos hospital under circumstances that raised grim, unavoidable questions. Was the diagnosis rushed? Was monitoring lax? Were warning signs ignored because someone was ti...
An Ibadan-based motorist has accused officers of the Nigeria Police Force of extortion and abuse of power following an incident at the Testing Ground in Ibadan on Tuesday. According to the victim, Mr Afolabi Akinfenwa the officers stopped his vehicle and cited an alleged error in his vehicle documents, specifically, a discrepancy in the chassis number where the letter “U” was mistakenly written as the number “4.” The motorist stated that he was unaware of the clerical error and insisted that it posed no material issue warranting sanctions. Despite this, the officers reportedly declared his documents invalid and initially demanded N200,000 to allow him proceed. After several hours of delay, intimidation, and pressure, while he was on his way to an important appointment in Kwara State, the demand was allegedly reduced to N20,000, which he says he paid under duress. Sponsored Ads The motorist further revealed that he contacted a senior officer at the Iyaganku Polic...