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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…

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…