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Thugs who stole senate mace arrested
There was pandemonium at the Nigerian National Assembly yesterday when thugs working for the suspended senate member Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, invaded the senate chamber and made away with the Senate Mace. According to reports reaching…
EFCC Investigates Sen. Kwankwaso Over Diversion Of N3.08bn LGs’ Funds
A former governor of Kano State currently serving in the Senate on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Rabiu Kwankwaso is under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over an…
No legislative house can suspend member – Femi Falana
Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has described as illegal and unconstitutional, the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Senate. He said no legislative house has the power to remove or suspend any of its member. Falana said:…
I was abducted at national assembly – Lagos Senator
Senator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West) aka Yayi yesterday relived his ordeal in the hands of the thugs that invaded the Senate. He said: “It is a horrible experience. I have never witnessed something like this. I arrived at the…
Fresh crisis over tenure extension in APC
There is no let up in the plan of the John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee (NWC) the All Progressive Congress (APC) to elongate its tenure, it was learnt yesterday. The NWC is working covertly towards extending its…
Good news for HIV patients as scientists develop ‘highly active’ antiviral drug
The Russian Central Research Institute of Epidemiology has reportedly developed a new gene therapy medicine for people who have HIV. Anna Popova, head of the federal health and epidemic watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, made this known on…
Nigerians blame Saraki, Senate for thugs’ invasion
Nigerians on Wednesday took a swipe at Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the red chamber for the attack by hoodlums said to loyal to suspended Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege. The thugs on Wednesday morning invaded the Senate presided over by…
BREAKING: Police recover stolen Senate mace
The Nigerian police say they have recovered the mace that was stolen from the Senate on Wednesday.According to a statement signed by the deputy public relations officer in the police headquarters, Aremu Adeniran, and sent to PREMIUM…
Senate confirms Buhari’s nominees to head NHRC, NERC
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Anthony Ojukwu as the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The confirmation was made after the Senate considered a report from the Chairman of the Senate Committee on…
FG orders probe of senate invasion
The federal government has ordered a probe of the invasion of the senate on Wednesday. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja. The statement said the government received the report of…
BREAKING: I’ve left police custody – Omo-Agege
Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator who allegedly led unidentified persons to the upper legislative chamber to seize the mace, says he has left the custody of the police. He was arrested when he returned to the senate after accompanying the…
BREAKING: OAU suspends sex-for-mark professor indefinitely
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has suspended Prof. Richard Akindele, whose telephone conversation in which he demanded for sex from a female student was recorded and released on social media.A member of the…
Saraki reacts to hoodlums’ snatch of Senate mace
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has commended the leadership and all members of the Senate for standing up firmly in defence of democracy and the rule of law with their decision to defy those who mobilized an attack against the Red…
Ali Baba blast politicians, speaks on Senate mace
Popular Comedian, Ali Baba has blasted Nigerian politicians over the invasion of the Senate and stealing of the mace by suspected political thugs. He described the development as a product of a broken government. Parrot Nigeria…
EXPOSED: The ‘thug’ who snatched senate’s mace (photo)
On Wednesday, Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, led some unidentified persons into the red chamber. In an operation that lasted less than 10 minutes, the mace, symbol of authority of the senate was carted away.…
JUST IN: Osinbajo, Ekweremadu meet over snatched mace
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, are currently holding a meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja. The meeting is taking place hours after Ovie Omo-Agege, a senator from Delta state, led…
Senate drops bill seeking to introduce new election sequence
The senate has dropped a bill that sought to re-amend the electoral act. The senate had earlier passed a bill seeking to amend the act, thereby re-ordering the sequence of the election. It sought to make the presidential election…
Nigeria is safe for business — Shell is preparing to invest $15bn – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is safe for business, urging foreign investors to come to the country and invest. Fielding questions at the business forum of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2018) in…
ANALYSIS: Why subsidy payment will continue to rise — as things stand
Subsidy payment on petrol has been on the rise, hitting N112 billion within a 10-month period in 2017. According to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) monthly financial and operations report for October 2017, “a…
CLOSE-UP: Ibori’s ex-aide, trained as a lawyer — things to know about Omo-Agege
One week after the senate suspended Ovie Omo-Agege, lawmaker representing Delta central senatorial district, he stormed the red chamberwith suspected thugs who snatched the mace. To onlookers, the senator’s action-packed invasion could…
BREAKING: Reps drop election re-ordering bill
The house of representatives has dropped the bill seeking to amend the electoral act. The amendment sought to change the sequence of the election in a way that the presidential election comes last, after the state assemblies/national…
Why I Accepted To Serve Buhari – Festus Keyamo
Just yesterday, my appointment as the Director, Strategic Communications of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation was made public. In that capacity, I would be the Official Spokesperson of the President’s campaigns for the…
BREAKING: Police arrest Omo-Agege
The police have arrested Ovie Omo-Agege, a senator from Delta state, who led some unidentified persons to cart away the mace of the senate. He was arrested around 1:50pm on Wednesday, not long after the senate adjourned.…