Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the oppressive bill which contains repressive provisions to jail any Nigerian of voting age for six months and/or impose a fine of N100,000 on them if they fail to vote in national and state elections.”

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has praised Senator Basheer Lado, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Senate Matters, for ensuring that there have been no leaks in presidential communications to the Senate over the past eight months.

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, chairman of the Silverbird Group, has reacted to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s claim that Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, is a corrupt politician. Atiku recently claimed in an interview with journalist Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie, emphasising that he received reports of Akpabio’s corruption while in office as Governor of Anambra State. […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has notified the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan about plans by the latter’s constituents to recall her following allegations of gross misconduct and the attendant vote of no confidence passed on her.

A political pressure group, Action Collective (AC), has urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, Senator Neda Imasuen, to step aside to allow for an impartial investigation into allegations against the Senate President.

“My allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio were not made lightly, and I will continue to seek justice and accountability, no matter the cost”

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio says the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers state will broker peace among the warring factions.

The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria has petitioned the United Nations, through the Office of the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, regarding the ongoing crisis in the Nigerian Senate following allegations of sexual assault leveled against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Abdulhamid Mallam-Madori (APC, Jigawa North East), has praised Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s leadership, describing it as outstanding and driven by a commitment to legislative excellence.

Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the party’s state chairman, Mr. Stephen Ntukekpo, and the Minister of Petroleum (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, of selling the soul of the party to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in exchange for PDP’s support for Akpabio’s 2027 third-term ambition.

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to reverse the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression.”

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has criticized Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), stating that her actions and attitude may discourage politicians from appointing women to high-ranking positions in Nigeria.

The Women for Change Vanguard has announced a peaceful protest scheduled for tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the UN House in Abuja.

The Senate has overwhelmingly passed a vote of confidence in its President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.