Godswill Akpabio

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that Nigeria’s electoral process has improved since the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) left power in 2015. He recently reflected on the country’s democratic journey and the lessons learned from past elections. Speaking during Wednesday’s plenary session as the Senate debated a bill seeking to ...

The Senate has come out to deny stories of disunity in its camp, especially within the leadership. The Senate recently revealed that the reported clash between the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central, is a lie. Speaking ...

The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has come out to say that he has no hand in Elisha Abbo’s removal from the National Assembly. He recently had his say via a press statement by his media aide, Eseme Eyiboh, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, he was shocked ...

akpabioThe Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has come out to explain why the Senate confirmed Dr. Bosun Tijani as Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy despite his controversial past. He recently had his say while speaking at a special Iftar held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, and Nigerians ...

Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, has come out to urge Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to remain focused and committed to be able to keep delivering legislative interventions to Nigerians. The CSOs recently gave the advice in a press statement in Abuja by its Executive Director, Lary Onah, and Nigerians have ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria has called for restraint and caution in handling the allegation of s*xual advances leveled against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The body recently dismissed calls for Akpabio’s resignation as premature, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to the chairman of CAN in ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has come out to urge the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to disclose the exact amount of monthly running costs allocated to members of the National Assembly. The group recently had its say via SERAP’s ...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has come out to announce that the newly approved minimum wage applies to all workers across both public and private sectors, including maids and other domestic staff. He recently had his say while speaking during a plenary, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, ...

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has come out to apologize to Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over his night-club remarks to her last week. He recently had his say while speaking on the floor of the red chamber, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, he would never deliberately denigrate any woman with ...

Mr Umeh Kalu (SAN), counsel for the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has come out to say that the decision and resolution to suspend Senenator Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi) was that of the Senate sitting in plenary, and not Akpabio. He recently had his say via a letter to human rights lawyer, ...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has come out to say that those involved in the killing of soldiers in Delta State may be foreigners. He recently had his say while speaking on Tuesday during a debate on two merged motions, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, he does ...

The Senate has come out to call on President Bola Tinubu to sack any head of Ministries, Departments and Agencies who refuse to attend ongoing interactive sessions on projections made in the 2024–2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio recently had his say ...

The embattled senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo has come out to apologize over his allegation that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio plotted his removal by the Court of Appeal. He recently apologized while speaking in an interview on Arise Television, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, ...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has come out to explain why the senators did not grill the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike during the ministerial nominees screening. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, Wike’s experiences ...

The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress has come out to charge members of the National Assembly to collaborate with the executive arm of government in the overall interest of Nigerians. The party recently had its say through its National Chairman, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, and Nigerians have been reacting. ...

A member of the National Working Committee of All Progressives Congress, Tolu Bankole has come out to beg the new leaders of the 10th National Assembly to brace themselves for the huge task ahead of them. He recently had his say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting. ...

Senator Ali Ndume has come out to say that President Bola Tinubu already told him that Senator Godswill Akpabio is his preferred candidate for the President of the 10th Senate. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, 75 senators ...

The Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima has come out to approve the leadership zoning plan of the All Progressives Congress for the 10th National Assembly. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, the choice of Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau ...

Kinsmen of the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the position of senate presidency, Godswill Akpabio have come out to throw their weight behind his candidacy. The group under the auspices of Ntipe Ibibio Unity Mission recently had its say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been ...

The spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala has come out to share reasons why Godswill Akpabio would not be elected as Senate President. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, Godswill Akpabio will not ...