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  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...

  Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Wednesday attributed poor co- ordination between the two pilots who operated the Associated Aviation October 3, 2013 as the cause of the crash saying the crew failed to implement principles of crew resource management. The AIB, while releasing the final accident report said the...

The Senate has described as a treasonable felony, the action of suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege who was said to have led unidentified men to the chamber of the Senate to snatch the mace which is its symbol of authority. Spokesperson of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi,  described the action...

  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...

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...

  The equities market of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as the All-Share Index (ASI) inching 0.63 per cent higher to 40,788.68 points, following bargain hunting across major sectors. Accordingly, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date returns improved to -1.72 per cent and 6.66 per cent respectively. All sectoral indices closed in...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released dates for its State Congresses and National Convention. The release of the date is coming a day after the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee of the party announced the composition of the National Convention Committee. The full time table, as published by...

  The House of Representatives has started the process of proscribing the issuance of estimated bills to consumers by electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). A bill by the Majority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila and others, seeking to amend the Electricity Power Reform Act, successfully scaled second reading on the floor on...

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...

  The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday said that it has conducted air strikes against Boko Haram Terrorists killing scores of insurgents in the air operations. Its Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya said in a statement that the air strikes were carried out...