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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Lawmakers have walked out of the Senate during plenary on Wednesday, November 30. The opposition senators staged the walk out in protest over the defection of Sen. Yale Omogunwa of Ondo South to the All Progressives Congress (APC). It all started when the President of the Senate  Bukola Saraki read a letter from Senator, Omogunwa informing his colleagues in the upper house  that he had moved from the PDP to APC. As  APC senators welcome Omogunwa with joy, Minority Senate Leader Godswill Akpabio of the PDP raised a point of order to correct what he called insinuations in the letter that PDP is divided. His submission was followed by shouts from senators on both sides. Senator Dino Melaye of APC tried to raise a point of order but the senate president ruled him out of order, and so the  argument continued until PDP senators stood up and walked out of the chambers. Senate wades into The house returned to plenary as Senato...

Dumbira Efe Bukola , A female corp member , serving in Akure revealed how she escaped death in the hands of criminals who nearly ended her life yesterday, November 28. Female corp member was spellbind in Akure (photo) She narrated her story on Instagram and wrote: "This was me yesterday morning, hale and hearty, full of life before I stepped out to work not knowing of the danger that lies ahead. "As I closed from work, took a bike to a supermarket called NAO along cathedral Akure, after picking few stuffs i needed, I crossed to the other side to board a taxi to my estate called Ijapo here in Akure, then I waved this taxi and the driver stopped, I moved closer and told him ijapo then he asked me to get in. "Inside the car I met two already seated at the back, then one at the front seats with the driver making 4, we became 5 plus me but after a few second of driving a guy from the back alighted, leaving two of us at the back sit, then the guy with me at the b...

The Nigerian Senate has approved the virement of funds for Special Intervention (Recurrent & Capital) for funding of Critical Recurrent & Capital Items. The Senate, on Tuesday, November 29, approved the extra funds which President Muhammadu Buhari had recently requested for as an addition to the 2016 budget. The President of Senate Bukola Saraki commended members of the Appropriations Committee led by Senator Danjuma Goje for a job well done putting the request into proper shape. Senate approves Buhari’s Virement of funds He added that the approval will ensure capital project funding especially of local contractors and also allow for an efficient and appropriate implementation of the 2016 budget. Recall that President Buhari had written the National Assembly on October 26, seeking for the approval of the legislature to vire N180.8 billion from the funds appropriated for special intervention in the 2016 budget. The intervention, the presidency said, is to fund critical recu...

Some officers of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday morning, November 28, took to the streets of Ondo to protest non-payment of their last Saturday governorship election allowance, The Punch reports. According to the reports, the police officers went haywire in Ondo town, Ondo state, protesting non-payment of their allowance.