There are strong indications that supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Senate, under the aegis of Parliamentary Support Group, have concluded plans to challenge the suspension of one of their members, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and ensuring a reversal of…
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege arrested (DailyTrust)
The police have arrested Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who was accused of leading thugs to steal the mace at the senate. He was whisked away in a waiting police van. Oma-Agege was arrested after the plenary around 1.50pm. He was in…
‘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…
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…
