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The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said that this became necessary because the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges which received a petition against Mr. Amaechi’s nomination was yet to summit its report. The Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Ethics and Privileges had on Monday suspended consideration of the petition against the ministerial nomination of Mr Amaechi. This, according to the committee, was because the matter was being considered in court. The Chairman of the committee said on Monday that the ruling was in accordance with the rules of the Senate A  Rivers State Panel of Inquiry had indicted the former governor  for involvement in what the government called fraudulent transactions. This was following the report of the 30-day sitting of the Justice George Omeregi-led panel, set up to investigate the sale of state assets. The state’s Attorney-General was mandated to start legal processes against Amaechi and some other former political office holders to refund

What is Hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is a contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).  The natural course of hepatitis B disease is different from one person to another. The first phase of disease, during the first 6 months after a person becomes infected, is called  acute  hepatitis B infection. During this phase, many people show no symptoms at all. Among those who do have symptoms, the illness is usually mild and most people don't recognize that they have liver disease. In 90% of persons who become infected as adults with hepatitis B, the immune system successfully fights off the infection during the acute phase -- the virus is cleared from the body within 6 months, the liver heals completely, and the person becomes immune to hepatitis B infection for the rest of their life. In the other 10%, the immune system cannot clear the virus and hepatitis B infection persists past 6 months, usually for the rest of the person's life. This persistent state is