The Edo State House of Assembly has impeached the state’s deputy governor, Philip Shaibu.
He was impeached during the house’s plenary session on Monday in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Shaibu’s impeachment followed the adoption of the report of a seven-man committee set up to investigate allegations of misconduct against the deputy governor.
The move is the culmination of the political impasse between the deputy governor and his principal, Godwin Obaseki.
Gabriel Dewan, the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, recently administered the oath of office to nine out of the 16 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers.
As reported by The Nation, the swearing-in ceremony occurred in the early hours of Friday in Jos, the state capital.
Additionally, one of the members representing Jos East was appointed as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, according to the report.
Three residents of Takum town in Taraba State have died following a severe windstorm that struck the area twice in two days.
The first incident was said to have caused extensive damage to residential, commercial, school and office buildings.
A resident said the weather initially brought heavy rainfall, followed by a powerful windstorm that lasted for over an hour and a half.
Elsewhere in Nasarawa state, one person was confirmed killed while several others were injured and no fewer than 150 houses were destroyed in Agbashi community, Doma Local Government Area, following a rainstorm that wreaked havoc in the area.
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that he will surprise those who consider his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness.
The governor said it was important to put the records straight, saying, accepting President Bola Tinubu’s intervention and accompanying agreement was a political solution to the crisis in Rivers state at the time.
Fubara stated this when he received members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Nulge from the 23 Local Government Areas of the State on a solidarity rally.
He noted that he had since commenced implementation of the agreement because of his respect for Tinubu and not as a sign of weakness, as believed by other political actors.
Speaking at the rally, chairman of Nulge, Clifford Paul and that of the state’s NLC, Alex Agwanwor, pledge support for the governor. First to speak is Paul.
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