The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has reassigned the suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and others to Justice Binta Nyako. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reliably gathered on Thursday that the hearing of the suit has...
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Some determined constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District on Thursday vowed never to back down on the recall process of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly. Rather, they insisted that they would fine-tune the process. The constituents, in a statement issued on Thursday by Salihu Habib, said there...
President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has described President Bola Tinubu’s vision and dedication to Nigeria as inspiring. Akpabio said this on Saturday in Abuja in a congratulatory message personally signed by him on the occasion Tinubu’s 73rd birthday anniversary. He described the president’s passion for Nigeria’s progress as contagious....
The Campaign for Democracy, a civil society organisation, on Thursday said the recall of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi Central) by her constituents would deepen democracy in Nigeria. The pro-democracy group also said that such action by her concerned constituents would help put lawmakers on their toes to serve them...
A motion to name the headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the late former Chairman of National Electoral Commission, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, on Thursday, suffered set back in the Senate. This followed the senate’s consideration of the motion titled, “Motion to Immortalise Prof. Humphrey Nwosu”, sponsored by...
A bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022, has passed its second reading in the Senate. The bill seeks to address existing gaps, reduce election expenses, and allow elected officeholders to serve as ad hoc delegates in political party conventions. Its passage followed the presentation of the lead...
The Senate has urged the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy to engage with telecommunications providers to review the recent increase in data costs. This, the upper chamber said, was with the view to ensuring that pricing remained fair and affordable for all Nigerians. The senate’s resolution was...
Senate, on Wednesday, rejected a motion seeking to immortalise the late Humphrey Nwosu, former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, now Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC). Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia South) had moved the motion under Senate Orders 41 and 51 but faced opposition. The motion was put to a...
Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Dr Bala Bello, representing North-East as part-time Chairman of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Also confirmed were five other nominees for appointment as Non -Executive Directors of AMCON. Their confirmation followed presentation and adoption of report of Committee on Banking,...
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs to investigate the compliance by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) with federal character principle, in line with sections 14(3) and 14 (4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The upper chamber said that the investigative hearing was...
The Senate, on Tuesday, set up a delegation to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark. Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, who made the announcement during plenary, named the Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro as leader...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, recused himself from the suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and others. The suit is seeking to stop the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions from going ahead with...
A group of registered voters from Kogi Central Senatorial District on Monday submitted a petition to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the recall process of suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate. The constituents, in a letter signed by the Lead Petitioner, Salihu Habib, submitted at...
Senator Sunday Karimi (APC-Kogi) has said the current crisis involving Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has vindicated former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello. Karimi who represents Kogi West Senatorial District, made the assertion on Sunday while speaking to newsmen in Lokoja, describing the face-off as...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja Kogi State capital has set aside an earlier ruling that restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from receiving the recall process initiated by constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The Federal High Court in a landmark judgement...
The Constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District on Thursday said they want to bring back Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan home, through recall to learn purposeful representation. Some of the constituents across the five Local Government Areas of the Senatorial district, on the aegis of Kogi Central Elites Forum (KCEF), made...
The Kogi Central Women Development Association (KCWDA) on Thursday backed the suspension and recall of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from National Assembly. Speaking in Lokoja at a news conference, the association’s spokesperson, Mrs Christy Omale, praised the Senate’s six-month suspension of Akpoti-Uduaghan, citing her gross misconduct and unruly behaviour. Omale...
The Senate on Thursday ratified the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers by President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president had, on Tuesday in a nationwide broadcast, declared a state of emergency in Rivers. NAN also reports that the declaration saw the...
The Senate will, on Thursday, debate a motion on the proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers, says Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim, Chairman of the Senate Inter-Parliamentary Committee, confirmed this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. A motion titled ‘Proclamation of State of Emergency in Rivers,’ sponsored...
The suspended Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, disagreed over the Senate’s application seeking to vacate the order made by a Federal High Court in Abuja on March 4. The Senate, in a motion on notice filed on March 17 by its lawyer, Chikaosolu...