Month: July 2014

Go And Impeach Nyako, Court Tells Assembly

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has been given the permission to proceed with its impeachment move against the state governor, Murtala Nyako. This followed the dismissal of an application filed by the embattled governor seeking to restrain the lawmakers from going on with the action against him until the determination of the substantive suit.…

Confab Okays Creation Of 19 New States

Delegates at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja have given nod to the creation of new states in Nigeria. The decision was reached on Thursday at the plenary, after the Conference debated on the issue, which also caused a divided house. The Conference recommended that 19 new states should be carved from the existing six…

The runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will be closed for two days to enable a maintenance to be carried out on it, a statement by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, on Wednesday has said. Spokesman of FAAN, Yakubu Dati, explained that the action is in line with International Civil Aviation Organisation,…