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Nigeria: How We Recovered Mace, No Arrest Yet - Police
Daily Trust, 20 April 2018
The Nigeria Police Force has recovered the mace stolen from the Senate by five suspected hoodlums on Wednesday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate, Thugs and the Mace - Understanding Parliamentary Misconduct
Daily Trust, 20 April 2018
On Wednesday, five thugs allegedly walked into the Senate, seized the mace, the symbol of authority of the Senate, walked out, entered a waiting SUV and drove out. Read more »
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Nigeria: Omo-Agege's Aborted Coup and Shame of a Nation
Leadership, 20 April 2018
My prophesy of 2nd March, 2018 on this column, is obviously coming to pass. If I knew that the vision was this close, I would have approached the 'political bishops', who visited… Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate Recovers Mace, Insists Perpetrators of Attack Must Be Punished
This Day, 20 April 2018
Despite the return of the mace less than 24 hours after it was stolen from the upper legislative chamber, the Senate Thursday insisted that the plotters and perpetrators of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Mace Saga - How Ekweremadu Redeemed Lawmakers' Image
Vanguard, 20 April 2018
A member of House of Representatives, Rep. Joseph Akinlaja (Ondo-PDP), has said Deputy President of the Senate, Mr Ike Ekweremadu's wisdom saved Nigeria a greater embarrassment on… Read more »
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Nigeria: Mace Theft - Senate Summons IGP, DSS Boss Over Security Breach
Vanguard, 20 April 2018
The Senate, yesterday, summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Lawal Daura, to appear and brief it… Read more »
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Nigeria: Stolen Senate Mace Recovered At Abuja City Gate
Guardian, 19 April 2018
The Police Thursday said they have recovered the mace of the Nigerian Senate which was taken away from the National Assembly on Wednesday morning by hoodlums. Read more »
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Nigeria: Disbelief, Outrage Over Theft of Mace, Attempted Coup in Senate
This Day, 19 April 2018
There was widespread disbelief and outrage in the country Wednesday when thugs believed to have been led by Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial… Read more »
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Nigeria: Omo-Agege Denies Complicity in Senate's Mace Theft
Guardian, 19 April 2018
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege Wednesday evening said media and eyewitness accounts that indicted him for being behind the theft of the mace of the Nigerian Senate were untrue. Read more »
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Nigeria: Police Recover Senate's Stolen Mace
Vanguard, 19 April 2018
The Nigerian Police has recovered the Senate's stolen Mace at a flyover before the Abuja City Gate, where according to ASP Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer… Read more »