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The Rivers State House of Assembly has begun the process of impeaching the state governor, Siminialayi Fubara. To this end, the state’s lawmakers served an impeachment notice on Fubara after removing the House Leader, Edison Ehie, who is believed to be on the Governor’s side. Twenty-four out of 32 members of Rivers Assembly have signed the document for Fubara’s impeachment. …

The Minister of Transportation, Saide Ahmed Alkali, has expressed disappointment at the slow pace of work along the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge undergoing reconstruction and rehabilitation. The minister doubted the capacity of the contractor to complete the project in record time, describing the company handling the job as unserious. Alkali spoke in Port Harcourt on Friday, when he visited the …

The Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja has the capacity to become the best stadium in the whole of Africa, according to the new Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh. Enoh, who is taking over from Sunday Dare as the head of sports under the new Presidency of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said this after making a visit to the …

The impeachment crisis currently rocking Rivers State took a dramatic turn on Monday as policemen shot water cannon and teargas at the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Fubara had stormed the Assembly complex with his supporters on Monday morning in the wake of moves by the lawmakers to carry out an impeachment motion against him. He walked to the House of …

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar says the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) will soon take delivery of 18 attack helicopters to boost its fleet of aircraft. Abubakar said this at a one-day tour of formations and units under the NAF 115 Special Operations Group (SOG) in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said that 12 attack helicopters …

Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, MD of Fidelity Bank In recognition of Fidelity Bank PLC’s commitment to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston, Texas and Nigeria, the City of Houston has designated October 25 as “Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Day”. Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston officially declared the special day in a statement released from …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a top prosecutor for the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Oyedepo, and six others as new aides. The new appointees have been deployed to the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja. They are meant to function under the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi. The new appointees include: 1. …

The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the face-off between Super Falcons and the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday re-invited the federation’s president, Ibrahim Gusau, over the non-payment of the players’ allowance. The team had threatened to boycott the just concluded Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand over non-payment of camp allowance by the NFF. The …

The Naira exchanged for N773.42 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday. This indicated that the Nigerian currency depreciated by 0.35 percent compared with N770.72 to dollar recorded at the investors and exporters window on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N781.49 to the dollar on Wednesday.READ ALSO: NNPC secures $3bn Afreximbank loan to strengthen …

The Ogun State Police Command, on Sunday, said two minors have been arrested for allegedly setting their school in Isheri-Olofin area of Ifo Local Government Area of the state on fire. The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the minors gained access into the school, gathered books left behind by the …