•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...
•Akpabio About a week ago, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, caused his media office to issue a statement indicating his apologies to the 36 state governors, whom he had earlier accused of collecting N30 billion from the federal government to end the food crisis in the country. Akpabio, during plenary on Wednesday, February [&hell...
•Akpabio Governors yesterday denied a claim by Senate President Godswill Akpabio that the federal government disbursed N1.08trillion to states to address the food crisis in the country. During the inauguration of the renovated central mosque in the Iseyin area of Oyo State yesterday, the state governor, Seyi Makinde, said as the Vice-Chairman ...
•Akpabio and Emefiele The immediate-past Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has vowed to sue the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for alleged defamation. The Senate president had at Senator Barinada Mpigi’s thanksgiving service in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State on February 18, stated that President Bola Tinu...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate, yesterday asked security agencies to adopt proper synergy in their operations to address the insecurity in Nigeria. The Senate also urged the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to ensure the immediate release of funds to the military to combat insecurity. The ...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, today, presided over the swearing-in of three newly elected senators. Those sworn in during the plenary were Professor Anthony Okorie (All Progressives Congress, Ebonyi South), Mustapha Musa (All Progressives Congress, Yobe East), and Prince Pam Mwadkon (Action Democrat...
•Senate President Akpabio President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has bemoaned the worsening insecurity in the country, which he noted has put the nation’s capital territory under threat. He made the statement yesterday during the proposed security briefing of the Senate by security chiefs where the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Riba...
•Akpabio The Office of the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has issued a warning to the public regarding a fraudulent online loan application circulating on social media platforms. The fake offer, titled “N200,000 Palliative Loan By the Senate,” features a misleading image of Senator Akpabio alongside the coat of arms and the logo of...
•Akpabio The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to perish the thought of taking over control of Akwa Ibom State in 2027. It stated that the ploy to use false claims and inciting comments to destabilise the state has failed. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, [&helli...