The Senate has resumed plenary about 15 minutes ago after coming out of an executive (closed door) session where the earlier incident of forceful removal of the mace was deliberated upon. The session is holding with the mace, the official symbol of authority firmly in place, and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, presiding. The Senate…
Unknown gunmen, numbering about 30, have reportedly killed four persons in Rumuoro community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, following mid-day raid by suspected assassins. The gunmen, who stormed the once peaceful community at about 12:45pm, shot sporadically to scare away villagers, who scampered for safety, amid tempered confusion, and calls for help….
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced his intention to run in the 2019 Presidential election. The announcement was made on Monday in Abuja at the All Progressives Congress(APC)’s National Executive meeting. Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, an ardent Buhari supporter, tweeted the announcement on Monday Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau told newsmen after the All…
Primate Elijah Ayodele who is the founder and spiritual leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has said there would be dire consequences if Senate president Bukola Saraki refuses to contest for presidency in the forthcoming 2019 elections. Speaking during the dedication of an ultra-modern auditorium in Isheri-Olofin Lagos, the cleric said God wants to use…
Sitting hopeless, helpless and hapless on a sickbed is a veteran journalist who served in the Bayelsa state Civil Service before his retirement in 2012. Until his retirement, he served as the substantive News Editor at the Bayelsa state Newspaper Corporation. Mr. Thompson Oyatu is not a happy man at the moment and he is…
