•Akpabio A Civil Society Organisation, (CSO), National Association For Peaceful Coexistence and Good Governance, has threatened to organise a massive protest against the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio over the recent allegation of budget padding levelled against him by senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi. Founder of the ...
•Godswill Akpabio Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to refer the alleged N3.7 trillion budget padding to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution, and to recall Senator Abdul Ningi who blew the whistle on the allega...
•Akpabio and Ningi The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has exonerated himself from the suspension of Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi from the senate. Ningi was suspended by the upper legislative house for three months on March 14, 2024, following an interview he granted to BBC, where he accused the senate leadership of padding the 2024 budget, [...
•Akpabio and Ningi The Senate is set to recall Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central) from his three months suspension, it has been learnt. Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed this today while answering questions from reporters on arrival from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, reports The Nation. A...
•Akpabio, Ningi and Tinubu Senator Abdul Ningi says the can of worms he opened in the Akpabio-led Senate cannot be controlled. The Senate slammed a 3-month suspension on Ningi, lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, over the allegations that N3.7 trillion was not traceable to any project in the 2024 budget, reports Daily Trust. The lawmaker mad...
•Presidential Villa President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Senate representatives led by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, at the State House. The meeting is coming shortly after the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central (PDP) who recently alleged that the 2024 Budget had been padded up to the tune of [&hell...
•Akpabio Amid the controversy trailing the interview by Senator Abdul Ningi, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, today said the integrity of the Senate has been totally damaged. Ningi, who represents Bauchi Central, claimed in a recent interview with BBC Hausa that the National Assembly passed a budget of N25 trillion for 2024, which is in...
•Senators Bamidele and Ningi Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti Central Senatorial District has described as a “civilian coup”, claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 Budget passed by the Senate was padded. A furious Bamidele, who is also the Majority Leader of the upper chamber, alleged that Ningi, who represents Bauchi Central Sen...
•Udofia and Akpabio A socio political group, Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Frontiers for Unity, has asked Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio to apologise to a former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sir Michael Udofia, over his recent outburst describing it as “offensive, jaundiced and disappointing”. Recall that during ...
•Godswill Akpabio and Nigerian women The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated women on the occasion of the 2024 International Day of Women, saying they deserve all the respect. Akpabio, in a statement to celebrate the women signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh today, singled ou...
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