Entrepreneur and politician, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim was among eminent Nigerians honoured on Thursday by a Lagos based media outfit, TimelineNG. Others included Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, billionaire industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; and Chairman of the Independent Media and Policy Initiative, Dr. Niyi Akinsiju. According to the organisers, Olawepo-Hashim was honoured with ‘Inspiring Leader and …

The Federal Government has instituted a suit against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, over alleged defamatory remarks made on live television. The suit marked CR/297/25 and filed before a Federal Capital Territory High Court on 16 May, 2025, has Akpoti-Uduaghan as the sole defendant. The government accused the senator of ‘making imputation knowing or having reason to …

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. The Senate President spoke in an upcoming feature documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration. Akpabio, reflecting on the importance of cooperation between the National Assembly and the Executive, said: …

The Senate President, Godwill Akpabio, in Akwa Ibom State on Friday, said that there will be no political party in the state come 2027 general election. This is as he stated that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) umbrella has been torn into shreds and can no longer protect the people. Akpabio who represents Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District at …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned till Tuesday, 13 May  for the definite hearing of the contempt claims made against the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Justice Binta Nyako fixed the date following a submission by the second and third defendants, who informed the court that they had …

The suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Friday dismissed the allegation that she violated the court order restraining her from granting interviews or posting anything related to her sexual advances claim against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on social media. Natasha was responding to Akpabio’s fresh suit demanding an apology for her ‘tongue-in-cheek apology’. On 27 April, Akpoti-Uduaghan …

The Senate leadership on Thursday cautioned the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, against making public statements that could create friction between the National Assembly and the executive led by President Bola Tinubu. The warning came after Badaru publicly dismissed a planned two-day national security summit by the Senate, stating that such gatherings were unnecessary in addressing Nigeria’s security challenges. Speaking …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has petitioned the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to delete a satirical apology she posted on her social media pages. On 27 April, Akpoti-Uduaghan shared a short video in which she mockingly apologised to Akpabio, claiming it was for not allowing him to have his way with her. …

Prominent Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to step aside from office following the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of the conviction of Professor Peter Ogban, the returning officer in the 2019 Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial election, for electoral fraud. In a Press statement made available to newsmen by 56 Coalition CSO’s maintained that ‘The appellate …

A United Kingdom-based activist, Dr Sandra Duru, popularly known as Professor Mgbeke, has released purported evidence from exclusive phone conversations in which she claimed the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, lied against the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, regarding the controversial sexual harassment allegation. The activist, who made the revelation during a Facebook Live session monitored by …