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https://twitter.com/dino_melaye/status/1022783469481611264?s=19 and a police statement made by his brother  https://twitter.com/dino_melaye/status/1022834340429012992?s=19

15 senators dump APC for PDP Fifteen senators belonging to the ruling All Progressives Congress have said they were defecting to the opposition People's Democratic Party. The Senate President Bukola Saraki made the announcement during the plenary on Tuesday. Saraki is also rumoured to have concluded his defection plans from APC sometime this week, a move that would leave the leadership of the Senate in the hands of the PDP. The senators that defected include Barnabas Gemade(Benue), Shaaba Lafiaji(Kwara), Rafiu Ibrahim(Kwara), and Usman Nafada(Gombe). Others were Senators Suleiman Hunkuyi, Ibrahim Danbaba, Ubale Shittu, Isah Misau, Suleiman Nazif, Rafiu Ibrahim, Dino Melaye, Lanre Tejuosho. The Nigerian senate has announced it will embark on their eight weeks-long recess. The legislative arm adjourned plenary to Tuesday 25, 2018. Senate President Bukola Saraki announced the recess at the plenary on Tuesday. The adjournment is part of the prayers of a motion on the siege on ...

   How I escaped police siege – Saraki Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Tuesday gave the account of how security operatives laid siege to his house. Men of the Nigerian police early on Tuesday morning laid siege on the homes of Saraki and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja. The move was said to prevent the duo from making it to the National Assembly today because of a plan by many lawmakers to decamp from Nigeria ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Saraki was, however, allowed to exit his residence thinking he was going to honour the police invitation. Saraki, appeared to the Senate chamber at about 10:40 a.m. and presided over the plenary while Ekweremadu did not make it to plenary and the siege on his home was still on as at noon. "As we are speaking, our DSP cannot leave the house. We must save this democracy," Saraki said during plenary. Relaying his experience on the siege on his home and that of his deputy, Saraki said the plenary ...

             In case of emergency Due to the incessant harassment by the men of  the  Nigeria Police Force, most especially the persistent acts of  SARS operatives across the country, the Inspector General of Police (IGP)  has released these useful & relevant numbers and email addressess to the populace.                       (A)  NIGERIA POLICE FORCE IGP X-SQUAD.-  09026900729.              08078662130.              08174041000. Calls Only.                             09035628905 -SMS only.      ...

Poor power supply: We don’t need your service anymore, Sura market traders tell Eko DISCO Small and medium  enterprises  owners, under the aegis of Association of Shop Owners in Sura Business Complex, Lagos Island, have  expressed their desire to opt out of  the service of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC),  in  protest  against erratic power supply in the area. The aggrieved business owners, led by their Chairman, Mrs. Bunmi Ajayi, said  they were tired of poor electricity supply  and crazy bills forced on them by EKEDC. “ We are small business people and electricity is crucial to our businesses . Initially, we had about 1047 shops in Sura Business Complex but due to poor power supply, it has been reduced to 500 shops which runs on generators daily thereby exposing the traders and   customers to serious  environmental and health hazards”, they stated. The  group therefore  said they it...

2019 – ‘I am coming to reclaim my stolen mandate’ The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr. Alex Otti said that he is coming to contest 2019 gubernatorial election in the state in order to reclaim his 2015 election that was allegedly stolen by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Otti while officially declaring his intention to run for the governorship position under APGA at the Ngwa High School playground in Osisioma Local Government Area of the state, expressed worries that the incumbent administration led by Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu was yet to address majority of the issues that prompted him to abandon his lucrative and plump job to come and govern the state. Otti who maintained that his loss to the PDP in 2015 was clear case of electoral robbery by the PDP who he accused of using federal might to overturn the party’s victory in 2015, but however stated that it will no longer be business as usual. The financial expe...