Tag: Godswill Akpabio

Former President Muhammadu Buhari, in May, requested Senate approval to obtain a loan facility of $800m from the World Bank ...

The refusal of the federal government to reach an agreement with ASUU on the payment platform allegedly allows IPPIS officials ...

The SSS reacted to multiple claims in the media, including its alleged snooping on presidential court judges, ex-governor Abdulaziz Yari’s ...

Mr Sulaiman, a professor, reminded the NILDS management staff of the institute’s strategic work plan (2020-2024), which seeks to strengthen ...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said the motion was stepped down until relevant ministers have been appointed by President Bola ...

"The national headquarters of the party, the NWC, has not given any such information or communicated about the choice of ...

The Senate also urged the IGP to ensure the training and retraining of police personnel to be civil to citizens.

The Senate went on break in June, some days after it elected its presiding officers, Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin, ...

The YPP governorship candidate in the state made a similar request recently.

The appointments are the first Mr Akpabio has made since he was elected as senate president on 13 June.

"It has come to the notice of the Minority Political Parties in the Senate of an attempt by forces inside ...

For a change, national interest should drive legislation and oversight of the MDAs by the 10th Assembly, rather than personal ...

“Nigerians should expect robust debates and decisions that will improve the lives of Nigerians."

The Senate also resolved to send a congratulatory message to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of ...

Part of the committee's responsibilities is to allocate offices and seats to the new senators.

Political analysts in Kano speculated that the failure of the APC state party leadership to field Mr Jibrin as its ...

The NGF said the victory of the new presiding officers of the National Assembly underscored the confidence that their colleagues ...

Mr Tinubu also felicitated Abdulaziz Yari, Idris Wase and Aminu Jaji, who lost the elections, for enriching the process with ...

Mr Akpabio said the dreams, aspirations and well-being of Nigerians would be at the heart of legislative activities of the ...

Mr Akpabio defeated Mr Yari with 17 votes during the election.

Mr Akpabio defeated his lone challenger, Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State.

Although details of the meeting were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, sources within Mr Akpabio's ...

Mr Akpabio, the former Akwa Ibom governor, spoke in an interview with journalists after a meeting at the State House, ...

Mr Akpabio has been adopted by the ruling party, APC, as its candidate for the senate president's seat in the ...

There are unconfirmed reports that some of the aspirants for senate president are luring the senators-elect with cash and other ...