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A Delta High Court sitting in Kwale, has sacked the deputy speaker of the State House of Assembly and member representing Ndokwa East constituency, Mr. Friday Osanebi,  over allegations that the NECO certificate he submitted to the…

Saadu Alanamu, a nominee as commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC), has been remanded in prison over an alleged N182m fraud. Alanamu was among the 23 nominees forwarded to the senate for confirmation by President…

The senate has summoned Ibrhaim Idris, the inspector-general of police; and Lawan Daura, the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the theft of the senate mace. The mace was stolen on Wednesday by some thugs…

The mace of the upper legislative chamber which was stolen by suspected thugs on Wednesday has been returned. Uche Anichukwu, spokesman of deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Joshak…

The theft of the Senate mace by suspected thugs was, at best, carried out with the connivance of security agencies, and likely sponsored and carried out by security agents, PREMIUM TIMES can reveal.The robbery, executed in the full…

Some Biafran protesters are currently demonstrating at the Pall Mall Street, Westminster, about 650  metres from Buckingham Palace as President Muhammadu Buhari meet British Prime minister Theresa May, Queen Elizabeth II, and other…

The Court of appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti has allowed the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the judgment of Justice Taiwo. O Taiwo of Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti division. Recalled that the upon the…

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…

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…

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:…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…