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Higuain arrives in Milan ahead of expected Rossoneri loan

Gonzalo Higuain has arrived in Milan and has confirmed he is set to undergo a medical ahead of signing for the Rossoneri in what is expected to be a loan from Juventus.

It is believed he will join AC Milan for the 2018-19 season, with the club also having the option to complete a permanent move for the Argentina international.

Reports have indicated Milan will pay Juve €18million for the one-year loan, with the potential future transfer fee said to have been agreed at €36m.

Higuain's departure comes after the Serie A champions completed a €112m move for Cristiano Ronaldo.

Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso has told reporters "there is little to say" about the move but Higuain confirmed he has spoken to his new boss.

"I am feeling good, tomorrow I will have medical tests and I hope to sign my new contract," Higuain said to Sky Sport. 

"I want to salute AC Milan fans but also the Juventus fans because they have always supported me. I hope we will go as far as possible.

"Tomorrow I need to do medical tests and sign my contract."

Higuain scored 55 goals in 105 appearances in all competitions for Juve, winning two Serie A and Coppa Italia doubles and reaching the Champions League final in 2016-17.

Juve and Milan are reportedly also close to concluding a swap deal that would see former Bianconeri defender Leonardo Bonucci return to Turin just a year after leaving the club.

Milan would land Italy centre-back Mattia Caldara as part of the Bonucci switch, providing Gattuso with a direct replacement for the influential defender.

Source: opera sport

Alhassan Resigns from Buhari Cabinet

The minister of women Affairs and social development, Senator Aisha Alhassan (popularly called Mama Taraba) has resigned her position in order to contest 2019 governorship election.

Defection: APC Exodus Continue

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal Defected yesterday from APC to PDP, The defection follow series of consultation and support from Elders and traditional rulers that belief the youths will be chance to govern this nation again by support presidential ambition of Aminu Tambuwal.

Defection: Saraki, Ahmed Quit APC for PDP

Nigeria Senate President announced his defection through his twitter account from APC to PDP and also defected along with Saraki is Governor Ahmed Abdulfatah of Kwara state.

Ortom’s impeachment: Senators, Reps members berate Police, DSS for aiding eight Benue lawmakers.

Executive Governor of Benue State

National Assembly members from Benue state have condemned the actions of the Police and the DSS who they accused of aiding eight members of the Benue State House of Assembly led by the impeached Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange, take over the floor of the Assembly to make sensitive pronouncement of impeaching Governor Samuel Ortom despite a Makurdi High court order restraining him.

Speaking through Senator Barnabas Gemade, the Federal Lawmakers also frowned at the action of the state lawmakers whom said claimed to have raised a motion of impeachment on the Governor despite their failure to form a quorum.

According to the Federal Lawmakers “Seeing us here during our recess is as a result of the event that took place here this morning. “We are on vacation, we heard this and so we rushed here to see for ourselves what has happened “And we have learnt with great shock and disbelief with what had taken place here today, where in a commando style, the Nigerian security forces made up of Police and DSS would storm the state and cause the minority group of the legislators to meet, loyal to one political party and allow them to make pronouncement on issues which are supposed to be deliberated by every member of the 8th Assembly. “This is an illegal action and we are extremely surprised that under democracy, a minority group can be given this kind of unimpeded access with security to cause illegally. “And we members of the National Assembly frown against this extremely and we came here to pay our solidarity to the governor and the people of Benue state. “Defection from a political party is not a crime and therefore those of us who have left one political party to the other have not done anything wrong therefore nobody should be vilified for the step we have taken because democracy is about freedom of choice. “People have made their choices, they should be left with their choices. When we stood election we chose the party we stood election in and when we operate we also operate for the people who elected us. “The prime duty of a legislator is to represent his people and therefore he should never be stopped from representing his people. “So 22 members that formed the majority, because they belong to a particular political party were stopped from exercising their fundamental rights in attending Assembly and doing what they should do. “It’s absolutely wrong and we condemn it with all seriousness. And we will ensure that when we go back to Abuja, we will inform the National Assembly, leadership and members and where possible they will take action as is expected of them following the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.” they stated. The eight lawmakers had earlier in the day sat in the House with Police protection, suspended 15 members of the House and and raised a motion of impeachment of the Governor with the impeached speaker promising to serve the Governor the notice within seven days. Meanwhile a Makurdi High Court, presided over by Justice Adam Onum had on the July 27, 2018 issued an ex parte interim order restraining the impeached speaker from parading himself as the speaker of the House pending the hearing of the substantive suit brought before the court by 22 members of the House of Assembly the day he was impeached.

Source: Vanguard news

APC Woe: Era of Defections in the National Assembly

Many members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the national assembly defected to other political parties yesterday during the plenaries at the national assembly, 13 senators defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while 37 House of representatives members defected to other political party 32 of them defected PDP, 4 defected to ADC and one member from Benue yet to indicate the new party is defecting too. And there is more indication more APC more may stil defect on Thursday. But as it stands now APC stil remain majority in the House of Representatives but is now minority in the Senate.