After a debate that lasted over one hour on Wednesday, the Senate resolved to step down all the items on the order paper and adjourn plenary. The senators also resolved that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, be summoned to appear before the lawmakers at the plenary on Thursday (today) over Melaye’s case and the […]
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The Nigerian Senate has adjourned plenary over the case of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. Mr. Melaye is said to be at the intensive care unit of the National Hospital, Abuja, at the moment. Bala Na’Allah, deputy leader of the senate, disclosed this on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. Na’Allah […]
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Senator Representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the upper chamber, Dino Melaye, is currently in police custody. It was gathered that the senator drove to the office of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Abuja to submit himself on Tuesday morning. The senator had earlier said he will make himself available to the police. The […]
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Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has alleged that there is a plan to set him up again and to kill him. Senator Melaye tweeted this shortly after the policeman attached to him were disarmed and withdrawn. The officers were taken away after Sadiq Bello, police commissioner in the federal capital territory (FCT), […]
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Some Heavily armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have laid siege to the Maitama residence of Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district. Melaye had earlier tweeted about the incident, saying over 30 armed security personnel have surrounded his residence. In the morning, he was detained at the Abuja […]
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Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta central, has been barred from gaining entry into the Senate. Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce, the Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, told The Punch that the sergeants-at-arm and security personnel had been ordered to block the lawmaker whenever he tries to enter the chamber. He said Omo-Agege had been […]
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The senate has summoned Ibrhaim Idris, the inspector-general of police; and Lawan Daura, the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the theft of the senate mace. The mace was stolen on Wednesday by some thugs who invaded the red chambers. It has since been recovered and returned to the national assembly. Speaking at plenary on […]
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The Nigerian Police has recovered the Senate’s stolen mace that was carted away from the Senate on Wednesday. The stolen item was discovered at a flyover before the Abuja City Gate, where according to ASP Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer Force Headquarters a patriotic passer-by saw it and alerted the Police. According to […]
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The Federal Government has ordered an enquiry into the invasion of the National Assembly and the subsequent snatching of the Senate mace by thugs on Wednesday. The government also expressed shock about the incident. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the security agencies […]
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Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who allegedly led unidentified persons to the upper legislative chamber to seize the mace, says he has left the custody of the police. He was arrested when he returned to the senate after accompanying the suspected thugs to an unknown destination. Omo-Agege sat with his colleagues who reconvened the session after a “spare mace” […]
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