•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike (L) and Senate President Godswill Akpabio Striking resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have challenged FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Senate President Godswill Akpabio to use government hospitals in the nation’s capital to feel the plight of public health workers and patients. “If we are ready to fix...
•Akpabio, Abbas and Wike The presiding officers of the National Assembly — Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, and their deputies, Barau Jibrin and Ben Kalu – were allocated N10 billion for rent and furniture in the 2024 supplementary budget of the FCT, investigation reveals. The budget item, titled “Renting and Furnishi...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Ireti Kingibe A dramatic scene played out in the Senate chamber yesterday when Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), walked out in anger after being prevented from presenting a motion on demolitions in the nation’s capital. The incident occurred during a plenary ...
•Godswill Akpabio Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, today declared the seat of Senator Monday Okpebholo, representing Edo Central Senatorial district, vacant. This comes as Senator Okpebholo bids farewell to the 10th Senate, following his election as Governor of Edo State, reports Channels TV. Akpabio also asked the Independent National Elec...
•Late Pastor (Mrs) Patience Umo Eno Wife of Nigeria’s President, Oluremi Tinubu, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, state governors and other dignitaries today graced the funeral of Akwa Ibom’s First Lady, late Mrs Patience Umo Eno. •Governor Eno and daughter Speaking during the funer...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio Senators today passed a vote of confidence on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The vote of confidence on the Presiding Officer of the Senate came on the heels of reports that his colleagues have plans to impeach him. Some online media platforms (not The Frontier) yesterday speculated that the presidenc...
•Cutting the Independence Day anniversary cake in Aso Rock President Bola Tinubu today led Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and other high profile Nigerians and guests to mark Nigeria’s 64th Independence anniversary. The celebration was climaxed with...
•Akpabio Senate President Godswill Akpabio said today, Monday, July 29, that notable barriers deeply rooted in culture, religion, economy, and society have been against the passage of gender-related bills by the National Assembly. Speaking at the opening of a two-day workshop on gender-responsive budgeting and the role of the legislature in ad...
•Akpabio Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced that the newly approved minimum wage applies universally to all workers in both the public and private sectors, including maids and other domestic staff. He made this statement during the plenary session yesterday. The bill was swiftly passed by both chambers of the National Assembly sho...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Senate President Godswill Akpabio has narrated how angry Nigerians crashed his phone with calls over the nightclub comment he made against his colleague, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpabio had told Natasha during plenary last week that the Senate chamber was not a “nightclub”...
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