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The year 2020 has sure been an eventful one; definitely one for the annals of history. For 216 countries and territories of the world, the star and main feature for the year has been the public health emergency created by COVID-19. What is this disease? And why is it so powerful, with such far-reaching effects that it pressed the pause and reset buttons on the entire world? Here are the essentials: ü    The coronavirus disease-2019 popularly referred to as COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged in the city of Wuhan China in December of 2019 and presents itself as a severe acute respiratory syndrome in human beings. ü    Although there are still speculations as to the primary and intermediate origins of the virus and its mode of transfer to humans, one thing is certain, the virus is rapidly transmitted from person-to-person through direct contact with the droplets produced from coughing, sneezing and even talking. ü    The symptoms rang

Every day for the past week, Nigerians in various parts of the nation and the diaspora- young, old, rich, poor, learned and unlearned have risen up with one voice. That one peaceful voice of the masses is calling for the end to a system which ordinarily implemented to serve and protect the lives of all, both citizen and foreigner alike have for many years been a terror, a menace, a killer of hopes and dreams, a jailer of freedom. Nigerians walking the streets, home and abroad. The average Nigerian lives with an underlying dread for any encounter or interaction with the men and women of its security forces. Young men and women are harassed daily for their choice of hairstyle, dress, electronic device and automobile; victims of crimes or injustices are further victimized by the people who are tasked to uphold truth and justice and innocent people are carted away in wanton raids, imprisoned and even executed for not having enough money to "bail" themselves. Yet, no one gets puni