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Brazil President finally impeach

Brazil’s first female president Dilma Rousseff has been shown the way out of office by the country’s corruption-tainted senate after a gruelling impeachment trial that ends 13 years of Workers’ party rule. Brazil’s Senate voted 61-20 Wednesday, August 31, 2016 to sent the President Dilma Rousseff out from office, finding her guilty going against the budgetary laws in an impeachment trial. These process which end today, has dragged on for months. In May 2016, Rousseff was suspended in May.  At the time, Rousseff called the impeachment proceedings an attempt at a “power grab by her rivals“. She alleged political sabotage of her administration by her rivals.

Chelsea sign Fiorentina Defender Marcos Alonso

Chelsea complete the signing of the Fiorentina’s left-back Marcos Alonso for £23 million ($30 million, 27 million euros) on Wednesday. Alonso agreed a five-year contract with the Premier League club as Chelsea manager Antonio Conte turned to the Spaniard after missing out on several other defensive targets. The 25-year-old is Conte’s fourth signing since taking charge at Stamford Bridge, following the arrivals of France midfielder N’Golo Kante, Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi and Portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo. “I’m very happy. It’s a step up in my career and I think this is the perfect place for me to continue developing,” Alonso told Chelsea’s website.

Nigeria President Appoint Directors For Niger Delta Power Holding

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and two Executive Directors for the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC). This was contained in a statement issued by the Director (Press) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi. The new appointees, the statement said, include Joseph Chiedu Ugbo – Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, who has been serving in acting capacity. Mallam Babayo Shehu is the new Executive Director (Finance and Administration), and Engineer Ife Oyedele is Executive Director (Engineering and. Technical Services). Mr. Ugbo is a legal practitioner and infrastructure regulations specialist with extensive experience in electricity industry reform and privatization. He has Bachelor and Master of Law Degrees from the University of Lagos and was admitted to practice Law in Nigeria in 1991. For over 15 years, he provided legal advisory s...