CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Matthew Urhoghide has described the defection move of Senator Godswill Akpabio from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a stab in the back of those who supported him to be elected as the Minority Leader in the Senate.

Reactions have continued to trail today’s drama which has kept unfolding, with the ‘protagonists’ and ‘antagonist’ being the lawmakers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the now sacked Director-General of the Department of States Services, DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura respectively.  

Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director-General, National Youth Corps (NYSC), has warned corps members against night parties and organising social events without the knowledge of the appropriate authority.

US President Donald Trump warned the world against doing business with Iran on Tuesday as he hailed the “most biting sanctions ever imposed”, triggering a mix of anger, fear and defiance in Tehran.

THE crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State took a dramatic twist yesterday as properties at the Isoko South Local Government secretariat of the party were set ablaze by aggrieved party members.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, disclosed that the global competitiveness of Nigerian engineers has reduced drastically due to the absence of an updated engineering curriculum, as well of the absence of critical engineering training infrastructure in institutions of learning nationwide.

A coalition of 70 Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, has commended the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo for sacking the Director General of the Department of State Service, DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura, even as they demanded his prosecution for abuse of public office.

Men of the Department of State Security Services, DSS, have currently taken over the Nigerian National Assembly and have prevented lawmakers as well as journalist access. 

Youth groups on the platform of Benue Youths Forum, BYF, have raised alarm over a purported plot to kidnap the Clerk of the Benue House of Assembly, Dr. Torese Agena at all cost to compel him conduct a sitting of the suspended eight members of the House to commence impeach move against Governor Samuel Ortom.

THE Foray of the National Assembly has been thrown into wide jubilation as Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki enters.

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is closing in on a move to Real Madrid in a deal worth around 35 million euros ($41 million), Spanish media reported on Tuesday.

A federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission , Nigeria Police and All Progressives Congress in Ogun State to recognize and deal only with winners of May 5, 2018 Congress in Ifo Ward 1, 2,3 and 11 .

A combined team of the Police and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have reportedly arrested and detained the sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura.

Following the on-going invasion of the National Assembly complex by men of the Department of State Services (DSS) in which legislators and members of staff, including the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Omolori, who is the administrative head of the Federal legislature, were harassed and prevented from accessing their offices, Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara have condemned the action of the security agents and described it as another attempt to subevert the nation’s democracy.

THE Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has condemned the invasion of the National Assembly early hours of Tuesday by security operatives from the Department of State Services, DSS and the Nigerian Police, describing it as a coup against democracy.