When the Senate of a nation would overrule the peoples’ popular demand for restructure – a return to the federalist constitution that gave birth to the nation, are they now not calling up the query ‘whose interests are you serving?’ This unpleasant action is also inviting a certain crises, because the people do not give up to such usurpation of their power as cases have shown in Nigeria past.

THE Judiciary is that branch of government invested with the judicial powers; the system of courts in a country; the body of judges; the bench. That branch of government which is intended to interpret, construe and apply the law.

THE latest onslaught on Nigerians took place a few days ago with the killing of one Mr. Clement Ofoma in South Africa. The 35-year-old Ofoma  was  a  native of Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to the embittered wife of the victim; about 10 South African policemen arrested him for allegedly dealing in drugs. “They searched our house, his store and other places, but did not find any substance. In the process, they tortured him to confess where he kept the drugs, but my husband insisted he had nothing. The police used cellophane bag to cover his face and at a point, he was struggling to breathe and became unconscious. By the time they took him to a hospital, he was pronounced dead”, she said.

Politicians who run for elective positions are not seen after election

In his 27 years as a civil servant in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode was a quiet, solid achiever of immense gifts and remarkable ethos. With a bachelor’s and master’s in Accounting, he was focused early enough to start his working career from the modest position of Assistant Treasurer, Badagry Local Government in 1988.

For many decades, statisticians and economists have used Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the basic tool for measuring economic progress.

Each time I ponder Nigeria’s widening ethnic fissures and the provincial outlook it has bred, it is mostly the lyrics from a song by Stevie Wonder that readily comes to mind: “What happened to the world we knew.”

The debate about the expediency – or otherwise – of restructuring has increasingly become a top-drawer issue, gaining momentum by the day and suggesting that it may be one of the dominant issues of the 2019 election.

The acquisition and apportioning of Agbarho land is supervised by the Osuive of Agbarho Kingdom while the Agbarho Urhobo Improvement Union, AUIU, only acts as agent to the Osuivie and Agbarho Community in such matters.

For the country to make progress, Nigerians must elect credible leaders to public office.