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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 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.

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...

The China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) signed $1.851 billion contract to construct the Kano city light rail. Revealing this to the media yesterday, the company says it has receive provisional letter from Nigeria to go ahead with the projects. The receipt of the contract valid for three weeks from the day of award, after which “uncertainties” will prevail. The company analyse that the rail, with a total length of 74.3 kilometres, is expected to travel at the range of 100 kilometres per hour. ”100 kilometres per hour is as fast as moving from Lagos to Ibadan in 72 minutes.” According to the CRCC, the first phase of the project construction is billed to take two years, while the second phase of the four-line rail is expected to take another two years.

Federal Government retained revenue for the second quarter of this year stood at N677.88 billion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Economic Report for the second quarter released yesterday said. Inline to the report, the figure is above the receipts in the preceding quarter by 34.2 per cent, but lower than the quarterly budget estimate by 33 per cent. The Federation Account accounted for 47.7 per cent of the total revenue. “Other Oil Revenue”, Federal Government Independent Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT) and Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Refund and Exchange Gain accounted for 30.0 per cent, 14.9 per cent, 4.1 per cent and 3.3 per cent. Provisional data indicated that Federal Government expenditure for the second quarter stood at N1.76 trillion, which was above the provisional quarterly budget estimate and the level at the end of the preceding quarter by 12.8 and 58.1 per cent. This was attributed, mainly, to the rise in both recurrent and capital expenditure. A ...

WILLY Wonka star Gene Wilder passed away at the age of 83, in his home. The family of the beloved actor said that the actor and writer died on Monday at his home in Stamford , Connecticut, from complications from Alzheimer's disease. The actor was a master at playing panicked characters caught up in schemes that only Mel Brooks could devise, including reviving a monster in Young Frankenstein. Wilder, most famous for his role in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1989

The Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander in charge of Kakuri community, Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State,  Buhari Ahmadu Tanko, has been reportedly killed by unidentified assailants. Kaduna State Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Aliyu Usman confirmed the incident. He said, the late Tanko, 27 was murdered by hoodlums while attempting to stop them from stealing from the premises of defunct Kaduna Textile Limited located in his catchment area. ASP Usman said the incident occurred at about 3:26 hours of Monday 29th August 2016, making it difficult for the police to make immediate arrest of any suspect in connection with the killing. He however said investigation into the matter has already been launched and the culprits will soon be fished out to face the full wrath of the law