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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Primate E. O. Akeju of New Holy Messiah Church in Ilasamaja, Lagos state on Wednesday announced a set of 32 prophecies wherein he stated that God revealed to him that former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will emerge as…

The Senate has reacted to the snatching of its mace during Wednesday (today) plenary, alleging that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege led the suspected thugs into the chamber. The upper chamber of the National Assembly, in a statement issued by…

The senate has resumed sitting, shortly after the mace, its symbol of authority, was stolen. The upper legislative chamber replaced the mace with another one, said to be a “spare”. It is not yet clear where the mace in the…

Babatunde Fashola, minister of power works and housing, says he has never spoken against the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community in Lagos or elsewhere. Fashola made the clarification on Wednesday while speaking…

The senate has asked security agencies to help in retrieving its mace which was stolen after Ovie Omo-Agege, lawmaker Delta central senatorial district, invaded the chamber with suspected thugs. Omo-Agege was suspended last week for…

Thugs suspected to be loyal to the suspended Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Ovie Omo-Agege have invaded the red chambers and forcefully taken away the mace. They broke into the chambers when plenary was going…

Ovie Omo-Agege, suspended senator from Delta state, stormed the senate on Wednesday, carting away the mace. He was said to have sneaked in through one of the glass barricades within the White House before carrying the mace.…

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is the worst culprit in the pillaging of the nation’s resources. In his remark as the Special Guest of…

The Federal Government has been urged to reverse its decision to increase the excise duty on locally produced alcoholic beverages and tobacco as the policy is capable of affecting the over N420bn investments so far made in the wine and…

A disturbing photo of a dead Nigerian man identified as Adamu Dewa from Dirdeu village, Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa state, has surfaced as online sources claim that he was stabbed to death by while he tried to separate a fight…

Nigeria’s economy which grew by 0.8 per cent in 2017 will end this year, with a 2.1 per cent growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted. It, however, projected a slow down to 1.9 per cent growth next year, in its…

Four armed herders have been killed and 20 others arrested in Benue state by the troops of the 72 Special Forces Battalion. Director Army Public Relations, Brig.- Gen. Texas Chukwu, said on Tuesday that the encounter with the…

•Deputy Chief Registrar: ‘I’m yet to receive petition’ Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has accused Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court of perverting the cause of justice in a suit filed against it by an alleged debtor. It…