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FG orders probe of national assembly invasion
The Federal Government has expressed shock at the invasion of the National Assembly and the subsequent snatching of the Senate mace by thugs on Wednesday...
Police arrest senator who led thugs to steal Senate’s mace
The Nigeria police Wednesday arrested suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, a senator from Delta state, who allegedly invaded the chambers to steal the Mace. ...
VP Osinbajo presides over scanty FEC meeting
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. President Muhammadu Buhari is in London, attending the Commonwealth Heads of...
Sack heads of security agencies, angry senators lash out at Buhari
Senators complained angrily Tuesday over the spate of killings across the country, saying there was total leadership failure in the handling of security challenges...
Over 110 arrested in violent Shiite protests
Police say suspects attacked officers, caused public disturbances; 115 arrested in Abuja for hurling stones at police water cannon trucks. Police arrested over 100...
CHOGM 2018 kicks off with launch of innovation hub
The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland Monday launched the Commonwealth Innovation Hub on the opening day of the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government...
Trump to meet with Buhari at White House on April 30
United States president Donald Trump will host President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House on April 30, the White House announced on Sunday....
Ruling APC party constitutes convention committee
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday has constituted its National Convention Committee, according to a statement by Osita Izunaso, the National Organising...
Nigeria plundered by wicked people, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in London said that wicked people under past government’s plundered the country “and kept Nigerians poor, he said while receiving...
British Airways faces another scandal after air hostess gulps over 10 times legal limit of alcohol in a 13-hour flight
British Airways is facing another crew scandal barely 7 months after a stewardess made shocking racist rant about Nigerians. “All the Nigerians are...
APC leaders accuse Ebonyi governor of high handedness, running ‘killer squad.
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Ebonyi State on Tuesday accused Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi, of operating death squads...
Doctor forcibly removed from plane after complains of mosquitoes
Passengers on a IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Bengaluru, were horrified when a doctor was forcibly removed after he complained of mosquitoes onboard. ...
Commonwealth summit will seek to deliver transformational change for member countries, says Secretary-General
“CHOGM 2018 promises to deliver transformational change for the people of the Commonwealth, says Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, in a statement made available to...
Buhari distances self from defense minister, says no approval for release of $1billion arms procurement
Barely a week after Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of $1 billion for the procurement...
Contemplating Ebri in APC’s open race for national chair
By Femi Soneye It took President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention to fault and reverse the decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of...
Dozens killed in deadly armed robbery attack in Kwara
The killing of 30 people during a bank robbery Thursday in Offa, Kwara state made it one of the deadliest on record in...
