Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Saturday received a heartfelt birthday message from the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku in recognition of his unwavering commitment to the advancement and development of Nigeria, specifically the Niger Delta region. The message expressed deep admiration and appreciation for Akpabio’s dedicated leadership and vision, which, the NDDC helmsman …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed and celebrated the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, as he clocked 61. In a statement by the President’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday, President Tinubu described Akpabio as “a political leader whose antecedents and achievements continue to attract recognition at home and abroad”. The President commended the former Akwa Ibom Governor for his loyalty, …

Senator Lola Ashiru, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kwara South senatorial district, on Wednesday replaced the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi as Deputy Leader of the Senate. Until his appointment as minister, former Ebonyi State Governor, Umahi represented Ebonyi South in the red chamber from June to August, this year. Ashiru was the Deputy Whip …

Mr. Ishaku Elisha Abbo, who represented Adamawa North Senatorial district until his election was annulled by the Court of Appeal on Monday, has apologised over his allegation that Senate President Godswill Akpabio plotted his judicial removal. The Court of Appeal, which is the terminal intervention point for elections into the National and state assemblies, sitting in Abuja, ruled in favour …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said it would file a lawsuit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio concerning the disbursement of “holiday allowances” to Senators by the Clerk of the National Assembly. This contentious move comes at a time when almost 70 per cent of Nigerians are grappling with severe economic challenges. In a brief statement via its official X …

Strong indications emerged, Tuesday, that striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) are set to call off their two-week-old strike. According to the doctors, with the intervention of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and the assurance he gave them, they have resolved that the planned national protest would be cancelled while the decision on the ongoing strike would …

The Senate spokesperson, Senator Yemi Adaramodu has explained that Senate President Godswill Akpabio left for the Presidential Villa during the screening of ministerial nominee, Barrister Festus Keyamo on Monday in order to attend a scheduled security meeting on the Niger Republic crisis. Adaramodu, who spoke on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday morning, explained: “The (Senate) President stood up yesterday …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Friday narrated how he lost his first grandchild to medical negligence at a federal hospital in 2019. During the screening of the ministerial nominee from Lagos State, Dr. Tunji Alausa, the Senate President said: “Just like every other person here, I have been a victim of medical neglect. I lost my first grandchild in 2019, in …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday prevented the President’s media aide, Mr. Dele Alake from reciting the second stanza of the National Anthem. Alake was asked by the Minority leader, Senator Simon Mwadkwom to recite the second stanza of the National Anthem after taking the nominee up on his old social media post. Mwadkwom said: “I read a statement where …

President Bola Tinubu will commission N30 billion worth of projects currently going on at the National Assembly complex in December, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said. While having an audience with the Chairman and members of the governing board of National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) at the weekend, Akpabio said: “The entire complex of the National Assembly is like a …