Education is so fundamental, critical to nation building and human existence that formulation of policies must emerge out of the realities mainly directed to training of the intellect and pursuit of knowledge.

M r. Adekunle Ogunba, is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. In this interview, he examines the workload of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and concludes that there is the need to decentralize the apex court to facilitate speedy dispensation of justice in the country.

AHEAD the forthcoming primaries of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo State, a chieftain of the party and Edo South senatorial aspirant, Mr Mathew Urhohide, yesterday, warned that it will be “hypocrisy”, if the primaries of the party is skewed in favour of particular candidates by the leaders.”

DETERMINED not to leave anything to chance and in demonstration of its readiness to conduct credible elections in the country, the Federal Government, yesterday, deployed in Delta State, the Nigerian Navy, Air force, 45 units of Mobile policemen, 20,000 regular policemen and a stand by team of the army for today’s gubernatorial re-run elections.

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has condemned the bombing of a barracks in Abuja on New Year’s eve, describing it as a criminal act of effrontry and blackmail against the sensibility of the people of Nigeria.

CHEVRON’s development outfit for Itsekiri oil and gas producing communities in its area of operation, the Itsekiri Regional Development Council, IRDC, yesterday, said that the body was not created by Chevron to cater for the developmental and employment needs of all Itsekiris and their communities.

ON April 14, 2007 the people of Delta State trooped out to elect a governor to manage the affairs of the state.Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan was given that mandate, having polled the majority votes in that election.

IT is ironical the cantonment in Abuja where a blast killed and injured people in a pre-New Year revel is named Mogadishu after the capital of Somalia, which has had no central government since General Mahammad Siad Barre was over- thrown in 1991.

Adamawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday conducted the second ward delegates congress yesterday in the 226 wards across the 21 local government areas as directed by the party’s headquarters in Abuja.

A new Chief Judge, CJ, of Delta State, was, yesterday, sworn in by the Acting Governor of the state, Prince Sam Obi.

THOUGH an estimated fifteen candidates are on the ballot for today’s Delta State gubernatorial re_run election, the stakes are, however, on three of the leading candidates.

TO ensure that the Judiciary maintains its independence, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, said the appointment of judicial officers should be devoid of political inclinations.

IN 2007, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that, that year’s elections were a do-or-die affair for him and members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Indeed, the contests panned out as such to the extent that issues cropping up from those elections are still being resolved on the eve of another election, four years later, in 2011.

OGONIS have reiterated their collective stand against the return of Shell Petroleum Company to their area. President of Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, Mr. Ledum Mittee, said the oil giant should not contemplate the idea of resuming oil exploration in the area.

There are several other institutions that aid the practice of federalism such as the compulsory one year National Youth Service Corps requiring all graduates of tertiary institutions (including those from foreign institutions) under the age of 30 to serve the nation in a different state other than their state of birth in the federation.