There was drama on Monday at the new wing of the Senate complex in Abuja after a National Assembly official physically assaulted the senate deputy minority whip, Abiodun Olujimi. The incident happened shortly before the commencement of a public hearing of the committee on petroleum (downstream). Trouble started when an official of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) rode in the same elevator with the lawmaker, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. Lifts in the assembly are installed in pairs, one reserved for lawmakers (Senators and House of Representatives members), and another for other users. The senator was on her way to the petroleum committee public hearing while the PASAN member, who was not immediately identified, was to attend a meeting of his association. The PASAN meeting was in preparation for a strike which the association is about to commence, Wapsim247 learnt. A witness said when the lawmaker saw the PASAN staff in the ele...

The spiritual director of the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Obimma, has revealed that the Holy Ghost revealed to him before Muhammadu Buhari was voted in as president, that his reign would bring doom to Nigerians. He said the Nigerian economy is in shambles, adding that the change in Nigeria now under the Buhari-led administration was not the change the people bargained for. The cleric popularly known as Ebube Muonso, told the Sun, “It is a known fact that our economy is simply bastardized. Nigerian economy is in shambles. “I will like to use this medium to tell Buhari that Nigerians are crying. As priests of God, we are the people receiving feedback from the people. When things are getting so bad, we are the people they run to. “The Holy Spirit revealed to me before the election in 2015 that Buhari would emerge winner but his victory would only bring doom to Nigerians. “Go to hospitals, people are lying helplessly....