Senator Abu Ibrahim from Katsina South Senatorial District, has said the mace snatching incident at the Senate was a blessing in disguise.
He said the invasion of the Senate by thugs has provided an opportunity for lawmakers to reassess the security structure at the National Assembly...
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has lamented that the attack on the Senate on Wednesday had further revealed a need for the review of Nigeria’s security structure which he deemed faulty.
This is as the Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo expressed dismay over the...
INVESTIGATIONS by Saturday Vanguard have revealed that last Wednesday’s invasion of the National Assembly was a scripted plot to force the reinstatement of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and instigate the removal of the Senator Bukola Saraki leadership of the Senate.
It was learned that the conspiracy...
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has been accused of leading thugs to steal the mace, the symbol of authority of the Senate on Wednesday during session. 2. He graduated from the University of Benin in 1985 with a Bachelor of Law before earning a Master of Law degree from Tulane University Law School in...
The Nigeria Police Force returned the Senate’s stolen mace it had recovered under a flyover before the city gate in Abuja The Nigeria Police Force said it had recovered the Mace stolen from the chambers of the Senate by unidentified persons on Wednesday.
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Dazed by the audacity which shrouded Wednesday’s invasion of the National Assembly, the Senate Wednesday summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Director General, Department of State Service (DSS) Lawal Daura, to appear before it over the incident.
Idris and Daura are...
The mace, which was stolen from the Senate on Wednesday, has been returned. The mace was stolen from the Senate chamber by some hoodlums believed to be working for a senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, on Wednesday.
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There is nothing new under the sun. On Wednesday, Ovie Omo-Agege, a senator from Delta state, led some unidentified persons into the upper legislative chamber of the national assembly and the senate’s symbol of authority was carted away in an operation that lasted less than 10 minutes.
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Lawmakers from Ghana were on a visit to the National Assembly on Wednesday when the hoodlums invaded the Senate chamber and stole the mace. The Ghanaians, who were also as confused as the Nigerians scampering to safety, watched in amazement.
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended action on the Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act 2010 to make provision for sequence of elections.
This followed a request by the sponsor of the Bill, Edward Pwajok, to withdraw it.
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INDEPENDENT has exclusively obtained the names of the five suspects who were on Wednesday arrested by the FCT Police Command
The suspects, who were allegedly led into the Red Chambers by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, are all from Delta State
The names are:
Tuoyo Mabiaku – Warri North Local...
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The Senate has asked the Inspector-General of Police and the State Security Service (SSS) to recover its mace, forcefully removed at the chambers by hoodlums on Wednesday.
The call followed a resolution by the lawmakers at the end of a closed-door session held immediately after the removal of...
The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to recover the stolen mace within 24 hours, The Cable reports. Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central District, had stormed the senate with hoodlums, carting away the mace.
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