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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a strong demand to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, urging them to publicly account for the missing N18.6 billion reportedly allocated for the construction of the National Assembly Service Commission Office Complex. The civic rights group made this…
The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has filed a petition against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and businesswoman Sandra Duru before the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police. In petitions dated May 15, 2025, and signed by her lawyer, Senator Ehiogie West-Idahosa (SAN), Akpoti-Uduaghan accused both Akpabio and Duru of…
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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has called on Senate President Senator Godswill Akpabio to seek redress in court if he believes Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan defamed him. Falana said Akpabio should not involve the police in what is clearly a politically motivated civil dispute. The lawyer made the call following…
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Suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has released a statement responding to the formal petition filed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, accusing her of criminal defamation and incitement. The petition, filed on April 3, was addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and copied to the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef…
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President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, requesting a thorough investigation and prosecution of Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over the hefty allegations she levelled against him. The petition, dated April 3, 2025, comes after Akpoti-Uduaghan’s public outburst on April 1, 2025, in which she…
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THE Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday, warned the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, against ongoing plans to recall embattled Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Red Chamber. Primate Ayodele claimed that if Natasha is successfully recalled, it will cost the Senate President more than he could ever imagine. In…
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described as “cheap politics and trivialising of a serious issue” the claim by incumbent Senate President, Godswill Akpabio that the call on him to ensure that transparent and open process is instituted to investigate the accusation levelled against him by one of his colleagues, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is…
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has told the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio to “immediately rescind the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her constitutionally and internationally recognized right to freedom of expression.” “The Senate should immediately reinstate Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan,…
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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi West in the Nigerian Senate, has now resubmitted her petition alleging sexual harassment against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. This time, the petiton was signed by her constituents. During the plenary, Senator Natasha was asked whether the matter was already before any court of law, to which she…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to cut the proposed budget of N9.4bn on travels, refreshment/meals, and foodstuff/catering materials for the presidency, and the proposed N344.85bn for the lawmakers, and to use the savings to address the budget deficit.”…