WITH these judicial precedents, it is surprising to many Nigerians where the justices of some Appeal Courts and Tribunal derived the power to order for retrial of election cases afresh after 180 days and assuming jurisdictions to hear such cases after the stipulated and specified days for election cases in the 1999 constitution as amended.

“For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and her salvation as a lamp that burnet ‘(Isaiah 62; 1)’

THERE is no gainsaying that the security situation in Abia State is one of the best in the country today going by reports available across the country.

In his Sunday Trust and Sunday Vanguard “Point Blank” column of December 11, 2011, the former Director General of the NTA, Mr. Tonnie Iredia took a moral high ground and subtly called for the resignation of the current Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayya Ahmed Rufai over the latest strike by the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

There is a fundamental problem at the heart of Nigeria’s politics which, if it is not re-built, will prevent us from ever achieving the greatness we deserve as a nation, in fact, its increasingly rapid deterioration will potentially lead to a steep decline in our fortunes.