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The two lawmakers are appealing to their colleagues to exercise restraint and give room for dialogue. wo members of the Rivers House of Assembly, who are loyalists of former Governor Nyesom Wike, have withdrawn from the impeachment move against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers. The Minority Leader of the assembly, Sylvanus Enyinna Nwankwo, and Peter Abbey, who represents Degema State …

Rep Randy Fine, who is introducing the bill on Monday, says he wants the US to acquire Greenland voluntarily House Republican is pushing for Greenland to become the country’s 51st state as President Donald Trump publicly pushes for the Danish territory to come under U.S. rule. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., is introducing a bill on Monday aimed at authorizing Trump …

he price war in the petroleum sector has continued to deepen as some retail outlets have dropped the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) below the N739 per litre recommended by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The PUNCH reports that since the Dangote refinery slashed petrol pump prices from about N900 to N739 in December, many importers and depot owners have …

here appears to be a sharp division in the Rivers State House of Assembly as two lawmakers called on other colleagues to stay action in the impeachment threat to governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu. In what turned out to be a huge shock to many, Hon Sylvanus Nwankwo, the house minority leader who also represents Omuma …

ome students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, were on Monday among 52 persons arraigned by the Edo State Police Command in connection with the violent protest that rocked Ekpoma, headquarters of Esan West Local Government Area. The protest, which began as a demonstration against the spate of kidnappings and killings in the area, degenerated into violence, leading to widespread …

Nigerian Afrobeats star, Rema was the biggest winner at the 9th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), which held at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos on Sunday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Afrobeats star clinched the coveted Artiste of the Year award at the ceremony. NAN also reports that Rema won the Best Male Artiste in …

The Nigerian Army on Sunday dismissed as misleading and malicious a report alleging that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, raised alarm over rising cases of pipeline vandalism during his recent visit to 6 Division, Port Harcourt. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Appolonia Anele, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Anele …

Amid ongoing mass protests across Iran in which hundreds of people have been killed, the country has asked the United States to open new negotiations, U.S. President Donald Trump has said. Speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump told reporters the Iranian leadership had called him “to negotiate” a day earlier. He added that a meeting with Iranian representatives …

Researchers in Australia have developed a new targeted therapeutic approach that could improve treatment for myelofibrosis, a rare and serious form of blood cancer that builds up in the bone marrow. Published in the journal Blood, the research focuses on finding smarter ways to treat myelofibrosis by targeting the abnormal blood cells that drive the disease using immunotherapy, rather than …

The finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) leading global democracies and others plan to discuss access to critical raw materials in Washington on Monday. Thirty-four materials, such as lithium, cobalt, rare earths, copper and aluminium, are considered critical raw materials due to their particular importance to the economy. The raw materials are essential for key technologies, but their …