Supreme Court reinstates impeached Taraba deputy gov

The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate reinstatement of Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Sanni Danladi, who was impeached by the state House of Assembly in October 2012.
In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court held that the impeachment panel set up by the House of Assembly to investigate the allegations against Danladi violated his rights to fair hearing.

The impeachment panel was said to have gone ahead with its proceedings without hearing Danladi and recommended his impeachment, while the panel snubbed his court papers which he served on it to challenge its composition.

NIGERIA RECEIVES ACCOLADES AS WATER RESOURCES MINISTER SHOWCASES KASHIMBILLA DAM

Nigeria yesterday in Sweden was applauded for her efforts in constructing the multi-billion naira Kashimbilla dam as one of the global example of connecting the nexus of food, water and energy.
Speaking at the African Focus Day at the 24th edition of the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Reng Ochekpe said that the Dam which cost the federal government $1 billion would generate about 30 mega watt of electricity to Benue and Taraba states.
Ochekpe said that project was undertaken by the government as a preventive measure to cushion the likely eventual breakage of Lake Nyos in the Cameroun would also be used for irrigation purposes.