Wednesday, 18 April 2018

NigerianEye: “Drama as unknown thugs invade Nigerian Senate, escape with mace” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Drama as unknown thugs invade Nigerian Senate, escape with mace” plus 29 more


Drama as unknown thugs invade Nigerian Senate, escape with mace

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 08:12 PM PDT

Some thugs on Wednesday invaded the Senate chamber during plenary at 11.30am on Wednesday and made away with the mace. The three invaders entered the chamber about the same time that Senator Ovie...

Buhari 2019: Why I accepted to serve - Festus Keyamo

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 08:13 PM PDT

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...

Many Nigerian youths haven’t been to school, they are lazy - Buhari says in UK

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 08:14 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari says many Nigerian youths just want to sit down and do nothing, banking on the notion that Nigerian is an oil-rich nation. Speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in...

13 Nigerian soldiers die in Operation Cat Race

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 06:27 PM PDT

Thirteen soldiers have died in Operation Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) in Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Taraba and Kaduna States, Defence Headquarters has said. Seven were injured. Director of Defence...

Truck lands on cars after falling off Berger Bridge in Lagos

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 06:20 PM PDT

A Pay Loader truck yesterday fell off the Berger Bridge in Lagos and landed on two cars. It was gathered that two cars were damaged in the accident, which happened around 9am. The Lagos State...

Court halts planned sale of 9mobile

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 06:16 PM PDT

The Federal High Court in Abuja has halted the plan to sell the telecommunication firm, Etisalat, now called 9mobile. This followed an application by some aggrieved shareholders who are demanding...

2019: PDP considering re-branding, name change

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 06:11 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party is considering the possibility of changing its name before the conduct of 2019 general elections. Investigations revealed that this was one of the conditions given by...

World Bank warns Nigeria over rising debts

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 05:51 PM PDT

The World Bank has raised the alarm over rising debts in African countries, including Nigeria. While releasing 'Africa's Pulse', a biannual analysis of African economies in Washington on Wednesday,...

Gunmen abduct Benue Speaker’s father

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 03:04 PM PDT

Mr. Jethro Ikyange, the octogenarian adopted father of the Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange, was abducted by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday. It was gathered...

Police release suspended Senator Omo-Agege

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 01:37 PM PDT

Embattled Senator Ovie Omo-Agege whisked away by the police over his alleged role in the invasion of the Senate Chamber has been released by the police. A statement by his Office confirmed that the...

Be careful the names you give your children - Reno Omokri

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 02:19 PM PDT

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has warned Nigerians to be careful of the names we give our children. Reno also used the opportunity to throw jibes at the present...

FG threatens striking health workers, says return to work now

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 01:55 PM PDT

The Federal Government said last night that the indefinite strike action embarked upon by health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions was unjustified, threatening to invoke...

OAU’s sex-for-mark professor, suspended indefinitely

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 01:52 PM PDT

The investigative panel set up by the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife on the "sex for mark" scandal involving Prof. Richard Akindele, has indicted him and recommended him for...

APC to hold convention May 14

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 01:34 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday announced that its National Convention to elect officers for a new term in the party's leadership would hold on May 14. According to schedule of...

Thugs invade Nigerian Senate Plenary, Snatch Mace (PHOTOS)

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:22 AM PDT

Thugs suspected to be loyal to the suspended Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Ovie Omo-Agege have invaded the red chambers and forcefully taken away the mace. They broke into...

Police arrest Senator Omo-Agege over mace theft

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:47 AM PDT

Men of the Nigeria Police arrested Senator Ovie Omo-Agege immediately after the plenary. The lawmaker was suspended by the Senate for 90 days last week. He, however, attended the plenary...

Senate steps down ‎controversial bill on polls reshuffling

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:55 AM PDT

The Senate has stepped down the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill which seeks to reshuffle the sequence of polls in a general election. The bill, which was considered for second reading, suffered a...

Watch: Moment Police arrested Suspended Lawmaker, Omo-Agege

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 12:11 PM PDT

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...

EXPOSED: The ‘thug’ who snatched senate’s mace (PHOTO)

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 12:08 PM PDT

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...

Buhari has the values I have fought for all my life -Festus Keyamo on being Buhari’s campaign spokesman

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 12:09 PM PDT

Festus Keyamo, Lagos-based lawyer, says he accepted the appointment to be spokesman of the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari because the president is "an approximation" of the values he...

Nigerian Senate Reacts To Snatch Of Mace By Hoodlums, Describes It As An Act Of Treason

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:23 AM PDT

The Nigerian Senate has reacted to the snatch of the mace from its chamber. File photo The senate has asked security agencies to help in retrieving its mace which was stolen after Ovie...

VIDEO: How Omo-Agege and ‘thugs’ ran way with senate’s mace

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:22 AM PDT

In what came as a surprise on Wednesday, Ovie Omo-Agege, a senator from Delta state, invaded the national assembly with suspected thugs who seized the mace.   Omo-Agege, who was suspended from...

#BBNaija: Biggie Issues Cee-c A Strike, Stern Warning

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:12 AM PDT

Few hours after Cee-C and Tobi's altercation, biggie has issued Cee-C a strike. He showed the Housemates a video of Cee-C insulting Tobi during their fallout. Biggie commended Tobi for staying calm...

"Senate’s mace 'abduction’' is a humiliation of Nigeria’s democracy"

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:08 AM PDT

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday in Abuja said the "abduction'' of the mace at the Senate's chamber in the National Assembly was a humiliation of Nigeria's democracy. The CSOs...

President Buhari cautions Commonwealth countries against trade war

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:07 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has told Commonwealth countries that the best way to business easier for member states was to avoid trade wars and work together to preserve the global trading...

Reps Describe Mace Stealing Incident As Terrorist Attack

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:06 AM PDT

Members of the House of Representatives have said that a better description for Wednesday's attack on the Senate is "terrorism." The visibly angry lawmakers did not only condemn the invasion of the...

Snatched mace: Omo-Agege’s kinsman calls for senator’s recall

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 10:00 AM PDT

Frank Tietie, one of the constituents of the suspended lawmaker representing Delta Central senatorial district, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has called on other members of the senatorial district to...

APC reacts to attack on Nigerian Senate

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 09:57 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the invasion of the senate by thugs suspected to be working for suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. Recall that the thugs broke into the chambers...

PDP condemns National Assembly invasion, accuses APC, Presidency of complicity

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 09:56 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Wednesday's invasion of the Senate chamber by suspected thugs who carted away the mace, the symbol of legislative authority. The party said the...

2019: New 32 prophesies emerge on Atiku, Buhari, Tinubu, Obasanjo, others

Posted: 18 Apr 2018 09:55 AM PDT

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...

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