Tag: Godswill Akpabio

Akpabio’s longtime political supporter, Otoabasi Udo, alleges years of sacrifice without recognition and accuses the Senate president of sidelining loyalists ...

PREMIUM TIMES holds the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, responsible for NNPCL’s litany of affronts on the legislature.

The APC will, on Tuesday, inaugurate the campaign council for the election scheduled for 15 August.

The special PREMIUM TIMES series draws on official investigation records, bringing to light rare, intriguing and shocking details of the ...

The upper chamber warned that it would not hesitate to impose appropriate sanctions on agencies that continue to disregard committee ...

The lawmakers said billions of naira in foreign aid are channeled to NGOs operating in Nigeria without adequate scrutiny of ...

The bill, sponsored by Delta North Senator, Ned Nwoko, passed second reading in the Senate in March 2025 and was ...

The lawmakers argued that the Senate leadership needed first to address the issues raised and reach a clear position before ...

The committee said the allegations against the nominee had been investigated by both the lawmakers and the university's governing council ...

The renovation lasted for about two years and was awarded to Visible Construction Limited for the sum of N42 billion.

The Legal Practitioners Bill would repeal the existing Legal Practitioners Act and provide a modern regulatory framework for Nigeria’s legal ...

The funds will be used to procure operational vehicles and equipment, rehabilitate police barracks and stations, train and retrain personnel, ...

The bill aims to ensure that Nigeria's criminal justice system promotes efficient management of criminal justice institutions and guarantees the ...

The proposed reform is coming amid growing public debate over the federal government’s reported plan to abolish the separation between ...

The proposed N1.295 trillion expenditure consists of N421 billion for personnel costs, N307 billion for overheads and N565 billion for ...

The Senate noted that counterfeit medicines have become silent weapons of mass destruction because they destroy lives, weaken healthcare delivery ...

The defendants allegedly concealing Mr Sylva's whereabouts after he was declared wanted in connection with an alleged coup plot against ...

The legislation seeks to establish a state policing structure that would operate concurrently with the existing federal police system.

At the time the debate commenced, 87 senators were in attendance, exceeding the constitutionally required two-thirds majority needed to pass ...

The four senators won the by-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last Saturday in their respective constituencies.

Mr Tinubu said his administration is committed to reorganising Nigeria’s security architecture to adequately protect the lives and property of ...

Mr Oshiomhole has alleged that Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s daughter secured an NNPC job outside normal recruitment procedures, reviving controversy ...

The bill seeks to devolve policing powers to subnational governments to strengthen Nigeria’s internal security architecture.

The upper chamber held that the power to authorise such a threat rests solely with the presiding officer of the ...