THE proposed amendments of the 1999 Constitution are in the closing stage. It is actually a stage because it is a comic play crafted by the leading political players in the name of the people.

TROPICAL Watch, a Civil Society Organization based in Enugu, has instituted a fundamental rights enforcement proceedings at the Federal High Court, Enugu, on behalf of three condemned prisoners seeking an order stopping their execution until the appeal instituted on the issue was determined

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State has urged the National Working Committee of the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to respect the State High Court order on the legality and tenure of the Chief Rufus Abadi-led executive of the party in the state.

The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has advised Igbo people against quarrelling where a new state would be created in Igboland

The Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, says that most Nigerians who either loot or steal bank funds end up as governors, ministers or senators.

Secretary to Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr. Washington Osifo, yesterday, raised an alarm that he was not the man who died in a hotel room in Benin City last week, as reported in the media.

The actual termination date of the administration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administration of Governor Timipre Sylva in Bayelsa State, has triggered fresh controversy in the state, with the Action Congress, AC, threatening to go to court for proper interpretation of the matter.

It may not be eureka yet for the 1999 Constitution, as the House of Representatives and the Senate may yet be on collision course on the procedure to the ‘finishing touches’ to the document.

UGHELLI chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, warned the police and members of the public against further undue harassment of medical doctors in the area.

NOBEL Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, issued an ultimatum to both the Federal Government and Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, to resume negotiations for the purpose of finding a lasting solution to the crisis in the Niger Delta before the end of August