•Suspended Senator Natasha A former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Rowland Owie, has condemned the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, warning that the 10th Senate risks undermining its own integrity. Reacting to the suspension of the Kogi Central lawmaker, Owie cautioned that legislative impunity could set a dangerous precedent, stress...
•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan The Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, will challenge in court the six-month suspension slammed on her following her face-off with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over seating arrangements in the red chamber. The legal counsel to the Kogi lawmaker, Victor Giwa, dismissed the Senate resolutio...
•Akpabio and Natasha A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), West Idahosa, has faulted the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, by the Senate despite a court order restraining the red chambers from meting out any sanction to the lawmaker. Idahosa, who represented Ovia South-West/Ovia North-East Federal Constituency from 199...
•Former Education Minister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has described the six-month suspension slammed on the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, by the Senate as a “vicious abuse of power”. Ezekwesili, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) today, said instead of probing the sexual hara...
•Suspended Senator Natasha The Senate has suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghen for six months over her dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. “That the Senate do suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months for her total violation of the Senate Standing Rules (2023 as amended for bringing the presiding officer and the e...
•Akpabio and Natasha Former presidential spokesman, Laolu Akande, on Thursday, raised concern over what he claims are attempts to silence the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpoti-Uduaghan recently accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of sexually harassing her, a claim the latter has vehemently denied. ...
•Natasha and Akpabio The spokesperson for the Senate, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has said that the sexual harassment allegation by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is not before the Senate. Adaramodu made this disclosure while speaking on Arise TV’s Morning Show today. He also maintained that the onl...
•Akpabio and Natasha The Senate yesterday passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Obong Akpabio, saying the Senate remains resolute in protecting the institution of the upper chamber. This was coming on the heels of the Senate resolution referring to the controversial breach of Senate Standing...
•Nigerian Senate and CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso The Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Ways and Means Advance has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of frustrating its investigation into the N30 trillion Ways and Means Advance and the Anchor Borrowers’ programme under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The committee made the acc...
•Senate and Tinubu The Senate has commenced a two-day public hearing on proposed tax reform bills earlier presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, bringing together key stakeholders from the nation’s economic and financial sectors. Among those in attendance are the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, the C...

