•Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Aisha Yesufu Socio-political activist, Aisha Yesufu, has vowed to stand by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the Kogi Central representative, insisted on resuming her duties tomorrow at the Senate despite opposition from the upper chamber. Yesufu, today, stated that she and others would accompan...
•Natasha and Akpabio The Senate has asked Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to stay away from its proceedings, saying the suspended lawmaker can’t resume yet. In a statement yesterday, Senate spokesman Yemi Adaramodu insisted that there was no subsisting court order mandating the Senate to recall the lawmaker before the expiration o...
The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has screened and cleared aspirants for its July 21, 2025 party primaries ahead of the August 16, 2025 National Assembly by-elections for Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency. Those cleared for the Edo Central Senatorial ticket include John Yakubu, Friday Itula...
•Senator Natasha Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has notified the Senate of her plans to return to the Red Chamber on July 22, insisting that the judgment of the Federal High Court in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025 is not subject to further deliberation or discretion of the Senate. The Federal High Court on July 4, described Natasha’s suspens...
•Natasha and Dickson The Senator representing Bayelsa West, Seriake Dickson, has expressed support for the return of his colleague from Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to the Senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended on March 6 following a heated confrontation with Senate leadership over a new seating arrangement, which she claimed ...
•Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. A Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Federal High Court judgment delivered on July 4, 2025, has clarified that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is required to tender an apology to the court — not to the Senate —as a condition for purging herself of contempt. The ruling by Justice Binta Nyako in Abuja found […]...
•NNPCL Group CEO, Bayo Ojulari The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has again failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, despite a 10-day ultimatum issued to him over unaccounted funds totaling ₦200 trillion. Instead of appearing in person, the NNPCL G...
•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan The Senate today removed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from her current Committee on Diaspora and replaced her with Senator Aniekan Bassey, who represents Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District. The decision was announced during plenary with no official reason given for the change, reports Channels TV. Sena...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday passed three concurrence Bills from the House of Representatives during plenary. This followed the presentation of the Bills by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti), reports The Nation. They include: the Chartered Institute of Auctioneers of Nigeria Bill 2025, the Broadcasting Practitioners Bill 202...
•Powerline The Senate has approved the electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 through second reading in a move to rescue the country’s ailing power sector from looming collapse. Sponsored by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), the amendment seeks to overhaul the 2023 Electricity Act by addressing regulatory gaps as some lawmakers propose c...

