Last Wednesday, Nigeria’s upper parliament became a grammar class where semantics, syntax and structure are examined. His Excellency, the Senate President of Nigeria, Godswill Obot Akpabio, suddenly became an emergency interpreter and lexicographer. Akpabio’s interpreter’s dilemma reminds me of Field Marshal Gerald Templer. A senior British Army officer, Templer was best known for the implementation of strategies that heavily contributed …

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio; the Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, are on the list of 40 eminent Nigerians that will receive the 2024 Nigerian Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS) at a ceremony scheduled for Abuja Saturday 6 July. The NEAPS 2024 is a collaboration involving …

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said on Tuesday, that the Senate had not approved the purchase of new presidential jets for the use of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. He described as malicious a report quoting him to have said the National Assembly would approve the purchase of new aircraft for the President and Vice President, irrespective …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, commissioned a lithium processing factory in Nasarawa State, built by a Chinese firm, Avatar New Energy Materials Company Limited. The commissioning took place at Kama Otto in Nasarawa Local Government Area, in collaboration with the Nasarawa State Government. President Tinubu who was represented by the president of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said the commissioning …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said his statement that governors recently got N30 billion from the Federal Government to cushion the effects of hardship was misconstrued. Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom) had said the amount Akpabio claimed was incorrect. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by his spokesman, Eseme Eyiboh, the Senate President said he held the governors in …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has attributed the current increase in oil production in the oil-producing region of the country, to the tireless efforts of the Nigerian Navy in curbing crude oil theft. Akpabio stated this over the weekend, in his address at the Dinner Night in honour of officers of Flag Rank retired in 2023, held at the Armed Forces …

So at plenary in the Senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio rushed naked out of the bathtub. He raised his hand up. In the Presidency’s search for scapegoat, Akpabio suddenly became Archimedes. Last week, he came forward to shout Eureka! He had found the No. 1 Nigerian enemy! Ancient Greek scholar, Archimedes, was the author of a find similar …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, and the National Assembly at the Federal High Court, Abuja over failure to disclose, clarify and explain the details of N344.85 billion National Assembly budget, and the rationale for several budget items, such as the N6 billion budgeted …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio yesterday declared the Ebonyi-South and Yobe-East districts’ seats vacant. The two seats were vacated by Senators Dave Umahi and Ibrahim Geidam, following their appointments by President Bola Tinubu as ministers. Akpabio said the declaration was in line with Section 68, sub-section (1)(d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). He, therefore, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) …

President Bola Tinubu has said that the efforts of his administration to transform Nigeria’s economy are yielding results with the support of the National Assembly, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas. At a colloquium to mark the 61st birthday of the Senate President, on Thursday in Abuja, President …