Tag: Godswill Akpabio

"I am not a complete politician, so you’d forgive me," says the Akwa Ibom governor.

There has been uneasiness among the political class, especially within the PDP in Akwa Ibom, over the governor’s imminent defection ...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello are not the only prosecution witnesses proposed to testify ...

The Department of Public Prosecutions of the Federal Ministry of Justice filed the charges against her on 16 May at ...

President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State on 18 March to halt the escalating political crisis and ...

Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, through her lawyer, Ehiogie West-Idahosa, argued in the petition that the activist's statements violated multiple Nigerian laws.

The committee's primary objective is to design the framework for the proposed national summit.

The majority of the senators opposed the proposal by their colleague.

He said that 85 per cent of Abuja's capital expenditure was dedicated to the completion of ongoing projects.

Many Nigerians, including journalists, erroneously think Mr Ogban has served or is still serving his jail term.

The court said it would hear the contempt charge against Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan over alleged violation of a court order and ...

Mr Akpabio's legal team had also asked the court to direct Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan to issue a written apology.

The president’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Thursday.

Mr Akpabio insists that the allegations against him were false and politically motivated.

The dispute between the senate president and the suspended kogi senator dates back to a heated argument over sitting arrangements ...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced passage of the bills after a majority of the senators supported them.

The Kano senator had announced his resignation from the NNPP on 24 April, without disclosing the party he wanted to ...

Mr Akpabio urged the committee to begin its oversight functions immediately

Mr Akpabio said this in his address to welcome his colleagues back from six weeks of Easter and Eid-el-Fitr holiday.

The lawmakers embarked on holiday on 27 March. They were supposed to resume plenary on 29 April, but extended the ...

It's unclear if the former senator, a member of the APC, will run for the Akwa Ibom governorship in 2027.

The pope, who is the first Latin American leader of the church and herald many firsts, has drifted from a ...

The Senate said the federal legislature maintains its independence and engages the executive through principled dialogue rather than being hostile.

"This extension allows Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members to participate in the Workers' Day ceremony and attend to other engagements ...

“Parties do not define who you are, it is what you are that you take to the party, and so ...