…to improve disaster preparedness and relief efforts. President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, spoke during the resumption of plenary, where he also highlighted the rising cost of living and its impact on Nigerian households. Akpabio called for early preparation for floods, adequate protection of vulnerable co…

…to improve disaster preparedness and relief efforts. President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, spoke during the resumption of plenary, where he also highlighted the rising cost of living and its impact on Nigerian households. Akpabio called for early preparation for floods, adequate protection of vulnerable co…

A Facebook page shared an 18-second video claiming Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced his resignation from the APCThe clip attracted widespread reactions online, with some users questioning whether the footage was authentic or AI-generatedFact-checkers at DUBAWA traced the video to a longer clip that told a ve…

…governor recalled his role in the political negotiations that preceded the emergence of Godswill Akpabio as Senate President and Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Adeleke said he had assured President Tinubu during the period that lawmakers from Osun would support the President’s preferred cand…

…of the conference’s speakers, expressing disappointment that Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, were not invited to speak at the event. He argued that the conference provided an op…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared that ‘the chaff will be separated from the grain’ in the 2027 election. Akpabio insisted that President Bola Tinubu will be reelected in 2027 because he thinks outside the box. The Senate President spoke at his hometown in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The leader of the Senate sai…

…Rochas Okorocha, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Florence Ita-Giwa. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, were assigned as deputy director-generals for the campaign in the South and North zones. They will work with Senator Bamidele Opeyemi and Senator Jib…

…star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed how Senate President Godswill Akpabio and billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote tried persuading him to delete his tweets during the Osun State governorship election. Davido made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with News Central TV on Tuesday, whi…

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Our correspondent observed Akpabio’s official S-Class Mercedes sedan pull up at the forecourt of the President’s office at exactly 6:12 pm on Tuesday. At the time of his ar…

…were in Osun State to rally support for the party’s candidate. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other top political leaders were also in the state a few days to the election, raising concerns over their intentions. But ex-President Jonathan, in his reaction, warned that such political conduct demands national…

…for an emergency sitting of the National Assembly, the lawmakers urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to immediately reconvene both chambers to deliberate on the constitutional controversy surrounding the State Police Bill, chronic budget under-implementation, allegations of off-budget exp…

…Attorney General of the Federation, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and INEC. It will be recalled that the Court of Appeal in Abuja had, on July 16, struck down sections 77(5), (6), and (7), as well as 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026, which regulate membership registers of politic…

…contest any seat in 2027.The exclusions come roughly two months after Senate President Godswill Akpabio assured lawmakers who lost their primary tickets that the APC leadership was working to resolve their complaints. The party's National Working Committee eventually overturned results in nine states (Kogi, Benue, Tara…

…will have three co-chairmen: Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni; Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political and Other Matters, Hon. Ibrahim Kabir Masari, was named Deputy Chairman of the council, while t…

…into memes and commentaries. At the centre of this latest episode are Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Adams Oshiomhole, whose interactions have reminded Nigerians that the Senate floor can sometimes produce the kind of tension usually associated with reality television. There are moments of disagreement t…

…for artificial intelligence education, research and innovation. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, represented by the Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Lola Ashiru (Kwara South), described both proposals as forward-looking and nationally significant. Akpabio said the bill requiring social media companies to establi…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday jokingly revisited the viral video that purportedly showed man massaging a woman's leg aboard a private jet, saying the Senate initially ignored the footage because it believed it was generated using artificial intelligence. File: Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshio…

…expressing reservations over the nomination, while others, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), supported the committee’s recommendation. Senator Cyril Fasuyi (APC, Ekiti North), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee who signed the report recommending Fasina’s c…

…head on the platter of his UN probe advocacy echo the same sentiment. Senate President Godswill Akpabio recently claimed that opposition figures and “enemies of progress” were sponsoring violence, bombings and unrest to distract Tinubu’s administration. Tinubu himself was once quoted as saying, “My enemies want to use…

…the Full Potential of the Senate Following his official inauguration by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the expectations of the Edo Central electorate have naturally expanded. If his past efforts—conducted without the full apparatus of federal legislative office—could yield such delicious fruits, then his current ro…

…he would never betray their trust. Tinubu spoke on Thursday through Senate President Godswill Akpabio during the inauguration of executives of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, established to promote the Renewed Hope agenda across the country. He insisted that the ongoing reforms would eventually deliver lasting national…

…an array of senior government officials and policymakers, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, and the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Profe…

…incumbent senator, Emmanuel Udende. The development comes weeks after Senate President Godswill Akpabio assured senators who lost their return tickets during the APC primaries that the party leadership was engaging the National Working Committee and President Bola Tinubu to review petitions arising from the exercise. H…

…confirmation as a non-career ambassador/high commissioner-designate. Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the announcement during plenary on Wednesday. In the letter, Tinubu said the nomination was made in line with constitutional provisions guiding such appointments and urged the upper legislative chamber to conside…

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says the All Progressives Congress, APC, administration never promised Nigerians instant miracles. Speaking at the launch of a new seven-kilometre road and bridge in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Friday, Akpabio said the government pledged to deliver ‘structural, calculated…