The National Assembly joint ad hoc committee has recommended the immediate suspension of Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator representing Delta central, for 180 legislative days over the theft of the Senate mace. The recommendation was on Monday made by the committee investigating the invasion of the Senate. The decision was made at the conclusion of their […]
A senior lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said that there is no provision for mace in 1999 Constitution, saying that it is not mandatory for either the Senate and the House of Representatives to have a mace before sitting for plenary. Incidentally, the mace is the symbol of authority of […]
Following the invasion of the Senate Chambers of the National Assembly, by some suspected ‘thugs’ who disrupted the Senate Plenary Session and carted away the Mace, the Police said it has recovered the mace. Force Deputy Publc Relations Officer SP Aremu Adeniran who disclosed this today said Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris also ordered […]
The Nigerian police said Wednesday that the mace of authority stolen from the country’s National Assembly on Wednesday by a gang of hoodlums has been recovered. According to a statement signed by the deputy public relations officer in the police headquarters, Aremu Adeniran, the police said they recovered the mace where the hoodlums abandoned it. […]
* Senate gives IGP, DG DSS 24 hours to recover stolen mace * Police arrest Omo- Agege inside NASS premises * We’ll not be intimidated- Ekweremadu* FG orders probe The Nigerian Senate was on Wednesday thrown into utter confusion as suspected thugs invaded the chamber, forcefully took away the mace which is the parliamentary instrument […]