After abandoning his seat in the midst of All Progressives Congress (APC) senators, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) believes it’s only a matter of time before Dino Melaye joins its fold. The opposition says it is anticipating the defection of the senator representing Kogi west who’s no longer comfortable among his own. Melaye caused a […]
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Senator Ali Ndume and Ovie Omo-Agege, on Tuesday appeared before a joint panel of the House of Representatives and the senate to answer questions regarding their roles in the mace theft saga. However, Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, refused to testify before an ad hoc committee of the national assembly, insisting he would not […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with 10-man senate delegation raised to address the ongoing impasse between the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Inspector-General of Police over a criminal case involving some suspected cultists. Members of the senate delegation included former governors of Nasarawa (Abdullahi Adamu), Gombe (Danjuma Goje) and Akwa Ibom, Mr Godswill Akpabio. […]
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The Senate has passed the 2018 Budget of N9.12 Trillion following the consideration and adoption of the Budget report laid on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. This is coming 6 months afterthe budget document was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly in November. The Budget document passed on […]
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Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege on Wednesday appeared before the Senate in plenary. Omo-Agege was seen signing the attendance register within the upper chamber. The Senate on April 12, suspended Omo-Agege (APC-Delta) over a “dissenting comment’’ on decision of the Upper Chamber on adoption of conference report on Electoral Act (2010) […]
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While presiding over plenary on Wednesday, the President of Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has alleged that Mr. Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), is planning to implicate him. Saraki said Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara governor, called him him Tuesday night to give him the information. His statement “Last night, my state governor, revealed to me an […]
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The Nigerian Senate said Monday night that it will not stop Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from attending plenary on Tuesday, in compliance with a Federal High Court order. The Senate had initially stated it would not respect the order, since it has filed an appeal, in a higher court. But in a sudden twist, the Senate […]
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The Senate has filed a notice of appeal and a stay of execution on a High Court judgement nullifying the suspension of a senator, Ovie Omo-Agege. Olu Onemola, an aide to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, made this known Thursday evening. “The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Coram Nnamdi Dimgba .J. in a judgment […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba has nullified the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The Senate had, on April 13, suspended the senator for 90 legislative days over his comment that the amendment to the Electoral Act 2010 seeking the re-ordering of the general elections was targeted at President […]
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The Senate on Thursday said that the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris was holding on to a straw with regards to his refusal to honour the invitation of the upper legislative chamber. In a statement issued by the spokesperson of the senate, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, he said that the excuse given by the IGP […]
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