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Akpabio Explains Why Senate Dropped ‘Real-Time’ Clause from Election Law

President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has clarified that the Senate did not reject the electronic transmission of election results, but merely retained the existing provision contained in the 2022 Electoral Act. Mr. Akpabio spoke on Saturday in Abuja during a book launch on the responsibilities of legislators in Nigeria. He explained that electronic […]

Court Strikes Out FG’s Defamation Case Against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

Justice Chizoba Orji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has struck out the defamation suit filed by the Federal Government against the Senator representing Kogi Central, Ms. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, following the prosecution’s decision to discontinue the case. The trial judge struck out the suit after the prosecuting counsel, Ms. Aderonke Imana, applied to […]

Moved by Priest’s Words, Akpabio Drops Defamation Suits

The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has directed his lawyers to withdraw all ongoing defamation lawsuits against several individuals, saying a New Year sermon by a Catholic priest deeply moved him. Mr. Akpabio disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at the Sacred Heart Parish in Uyo during a New Year Mass. He revealed […]

‘Freedom Within Order’: Akpabio Defends Senate Discipline Amid Natasha Row

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has reaffirmed that the upper legislative chamber will not allow any individual lawmaker to hold it hostage or undermine its rules. In a statement issued on Saturday by his media aide, Eseme Eyiboh, and titled “The Trials and Triumphs of a Resilient Nigeria’s 10th Senate”, Akpabio said the Senate’s insistence on […]

PDP Slams Attempt to Block Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Return to Senate

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned what it described as an attempt by the Senate to prevent Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP–Kogi Central) from resuming her duties following the expiration of her six-month suspension. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, PDP National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba criticised the reported action by the Clerk […]

‘Imaginary Order’: Senate Warns Natasha to Stay Away from Chamber

The Senate has directed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central to stay away from its proceedings, stating that she cannot resume duties until the expiration of her suspension. In a statement issued on Sunday, Senate spokesperson Yemi Adaramodu clarified that no existing court order compels the Senate to recall the lawmaker before her suspension ends. […]

Court Orders Senate to Recall Suspended Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Senate to reinstate Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, describing her six-month suspension from the upper chamber as excessive. Delivering judgment, Justice Nyako ruled that the suspension violated both Chapter 8 of the Senate Standing Rules and Section 14 of the Legislative Houses (Powers and […]

Natasha’s Suspension Due to Misconduct, Not Harassment Claims—Senate

The complaint lodged by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the United Nations Inter-Parliamentary Conference in New York on Tuesday continues to generate reactions. The Kogi lawmaker had taken her case to the global institution, urging it to intervene in what she described as an injustice against her. After hearing her complaint, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assured […]

Senator Natasha Challenges Suspension at UN, Calls Out Political Suppression

The controversy surrounding Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and her subsequent suspension from the Senate shows no signs of abating. On Tuesday, the suspended Kogi senator took her case to an international platform, seeking justice at the Women in Parliament session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting at the United Nations […]

Akpabio: Senate Distressed by ‘Baseless’ Sexual Harassment Allegations

The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has stated that he and the Senate have been traumatised by what he described as the “baseless sexual harassment allegations” made against him by the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Meanwhile, the Senate Leader, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi, has insisted that Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for gross misconduct, […]

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