Tag: Senate invasion
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Senate invasion: Court restrains Saraki, Dogara, others from considering ad hoc committee report
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Bwari has restrained Senate President Bukola Saraki, House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara and eight others from considering the report of the Senate’s ad hoc committee set up to probe the April 18, 2018 invasion of the Senate by some unidentified hoodlums. In a ruling…
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Senate Invasion: Buhari meets sacked DSS DG, Daura in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with former Department of State Services (DSS) Director-General Lawal Daura. According to a report by The Nation, the meeting which held last week was in connection with a report on the August 7, 2018 invasion of the National Assembly by hooded DSS operatives. It was also gathered that the meeting…
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Senate invasion: Saraki announces special panel to strengthen security in NASS
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, announced that the National Assembly will be constituting a joint committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to investigate Wednesday’s invasion. The Committee will also be tasked with coming up with recommendations that will ensure that such security breaches do not reoccur in both the…
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Labour party condemns Senate invasion, incessant killings across Nigeria
One of the opposition party in the country; Labour Party (LP) has expressed concern over the incessant killings in some part of the country. This was contained in press statement signed by the National Chairman of the party Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam. “The Leadership of our party expressed serious worries over the continued killings of Nigerians…
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Senate invasion primitive, disgraceful – Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki has described the invasion of the Senate chambers by some thugs on Wednesday as a primitive and disgraceful act. Recall that some thugs suspected to be working for suspended member, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege stormed the Senate chambers on Wednesday and carted away the mace which was later recovered by the police.…