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.