Senate President Godswill Akpabio has blamed opposition figures, who are jealous of the achievements of President Bola Tinubu, for the rising insecurity in Nigeria. Speaking on Tuesday during the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), where he praised Tinubu’s leadership and ongoing reforms, Akpabio said opposition figures were sponsoring bombings…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio challenging the legality of the six months suspension slammed on the Kogi Central Senator Natasha Uduaghan-Apoti over alleged misconduct.The suit instituted by one Ovavu Illiyasu and nine others was thrown out by the Judge…
THE WORLD WATCHES AS SENATE DRAMA UNFOLDS IS THE FOCUS OF TODAY’S VIEWPOINT The tenth national assembly has always been a stage for drama. However, the latest episode involving Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other serving senators has reached another level. In a move that has sent shockwaves…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to immediately reinstate whistleblower Abdul Ningi who was recently suspended from the Senate over his allegations that the lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion. Ningi, who represents Bauchi Central at the Senate, was on Tuesday suspended…