Nigeria, July 18 -- Justice is the first condition of humanity. - Wole Soyinka, The Man Died

The death of truth? No, the unending war between truth and falsehood, with justice between them as a sort of umpire or intercessor. Ordinarily, people don't talk much about truth itself, talk less about the death of truth. They talk about their children, their siblings, their neighbours and their jobs - if they have jobs. They give thanks or give curses for small and large acts of grace or misfortune. Anything and everything but truth or the death of truth.

Also, people lie a lot; they are profuse in producing falsehoods, casually or seriously, sometimes for good reasons. They lie about their age, their weight, their wealth or poverty, their tri...