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Senate mace snatching: Suspended lawmaker, Omo-Agege arrested

  The suspended lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has been arrested. The arrest followed his alleged involvement in the snatching of Senate’s mace early on Wednesday when he was alleged to have personally led about seven thugs into the chambers. After the incident, he stayed in...
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Dickson accuses FG of withholding 13% derivation

  Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday accused the Federal Government of not fully releasing the 13 per cent derivation to the oil-producing states as provided by the constitution. The governor insisted that oil producing states in the country were not getting the complete 13 percent derived from oil...
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Senate resumes session with mace in place

The Nigerian Senate has resumed plenary session after the mace, the official symbol of authority, was forcefully taken away by suspected thugs earlier on Wednesday morning. The commencement of the plenary was preceded by an executive session where the forceful removal of the mace was discussed. “The session is holding...
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INEC says 7.9m PVCs await collection

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it still has   7,920,129 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) yet to be collected from its offices across the nation. The commission disclosed this in a tabular data on consolidated PVCs as at March 22, 2018, released on Tuesday in Abuja. The data...
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