It was time to take stock yesterday of Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate by thugs, who carted away its mace, its symbol of authority. The mace was recovered yesterday and returned to the Senate by the police. Rising from a…
‘Act of Treason’: Omo-Agege behind Senate mace incident (SUN)
Following an early morning incident in which unidentified men described as ‘hoodlums’, led by suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, broke into and forcefully removed the symbol of authority of the legislature, the mace, the Nigerian Senate has responded to the events surrounding the…
Hoodlums invade Senate, take Mace away (Nation)
Some hoodlums on Wednesday stormed the Senate chamber and took away the Mace. The Mace is the symbol of authority in the National Assembly. There was confusion in the chamber as Senators scampered for safety. The Deputy President of the…
Senate summons Emefiele, Adeosun, other over $462m helicopter purchase (Punch)
The Senate has invited the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.); and Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Emefiele, over alleged illegal withdrawal of $462m from the Consolidated Revenue Account. The money…
2019: Itsekiri back Uduaghan for Senate
Immediate-past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has received yet another boost which will help reinforce his senatorial ambition as the tempo of political activities increases ahead of the 2019 general elections. This time around, one of the…
Row over Buhari’s link of killer-herdsmen to Gadaffi (Nation)
Row yesterday broke out over President Muhammadu Buhari’s London statement on killer-herdsmen. In the Senate, tempers flared as it discussed the statement. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it showed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) could not handle…
Polls reordering: Senate suspends Omo-Agege for 90 days (Punch)
The Senate has suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege for 90 days over his comment that the amendment to the Electoral Act 2010 to reorder the sequence of polls in a general election was targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate Committee…
Buhari seeks fresh Senate approval of 26 nominees (SUN)
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking approval for the confirmation of 26 new executive nominees. The presidential nominees include 23 federal commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC), two non-legal practitioners as members of the Federal Judicial Service…
Buhari seeks Senate confirmation of 23 NPC members (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate to confirm the appointments of 23 members of the National Population Commission. In separate letters, which were read by President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, at the plenary on Tuesday, Buhari also…
Saraki commends colleagues for passing 201 bills in 33 months (ThisDay)
As the eighth Senate passed its 201st Bill thursday, Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commended his colleagues for their support and hard work that allowed the upper legislative chamber to reach that milestone. In a tweet on his…