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After stalling the screening of former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, three times, the Senate on Thursday screened the former governor for ministerial position. As expected, Mr. Amaechi’s screening was not without drama and controversy. The Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, first told the Senate that the PDP caucus would not ask him any question since the report of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions had not been debated by the Senate. But the Majority Leader, Ali Ndume, suggested that Mr. Amaechi should take a bow and go, saying one of his duties as Senate leader was to market the ministerial nominees. However, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, ensured he was asked questions, leaving the moment for All Progressives Congress, APC, senators alone. While fielding questions from the senators, Mr. Amaechi said he disliked corruption, adding that he was not indicted in the whole report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry of Rivers State. ...

The Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned hearing in the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki for alleged false assets declaration. At the commencement of the trial today, the lead prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), traced the history of the case at the court of appeal. Mr. Jacobs lamented how the appellate court fixed October 19 for the judgment, but when they arrived on Monday for the judgment, they were told it was not ready and no date was fixed. After the two sides presented their arguments, the tribunal let both sides pick date for resumption of the hearing. Both counsels to Mr. Saraki and the lead prosecuting counsel agreed that hearing should be between November 5 and 6 in order to await the outcome of the decision of the Court of Appeal. The tribunal chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, subsequently adjourned hearing to November 5 and 6.

A pastor in South Africa has abandoned the pulpit for a coffin, literally. According to church member and former drug dealer, 28 year old Aphiwe Nqevu ‘brought the coffin to illustrate to people who fail to embrace Jesus as the son of God that they will go to hell and face eternal death. They said they use coffin to ‘urge people to embrace God because once death occurs, it is too late to decide’. People in the area protested, saying it was scaring children and it was disrespectful.