Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to restrain the National Assembly from considering and/or approving the request by the Federal Government to borrow $7.9 billion from international credit agencies, contending that the proposed loan was unnecessary and not in the interest of Nigerians.

THE number of meetings Nigerians convene to save their country is impressive. What is disturbing is that these meetings achieve nothing, though some would argue that if things remain as they are, with all the meetings, they would have been worse without discussions about the future of Nigeria.

ABIA State government has discovered 1727 ghost workers on the pay roll of its 17 local government councils.

THREE police officers, alleged to have been involved in the kidnap threat and demand for N20 million ransom from a Delta State High Court judge, Justice Flora Azinge, have been dismissed from the force.

AFTER touring all parts of the country attending about 10 events organized to mark his 80th birthday, former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme said he thought the celebrations were over and was preparing to travel abroad for a deserved rest until his Orumba, Anambra State kinsmen, told him no, penultimate week.