Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on Nigerians to embrace reading, research and innovation as essential drivers of national development. Akpabio made the call while declaring open the 2026 Library Week of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) on Wednesday in Abuja. Represented by the Senate Minority …
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday warned political parties and candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections against violence and intimidation, declaring that no electoral victory was worth the life of any Nigerian. Akpabio gave the warning in his welcome address as the Senate resumed plenary after its two-month recess, …
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Akpabio conveyed the congratulatory message in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Eseme Eyiboh in Abuja on Tuesday. He described the revered Islamic …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to social media critic and politician, Garus Gololo, who is standing trial over alleged cybercrime and defamation of Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The court, on Thursday, admitted Gololo to bail in the sum of ₦5 million with one surety in like sum. The …
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The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said it looks like the African Democratic Congress, ADC, is dead. Akpabio made the remark on Tuesday following the wave of defections by lawmakers from ADC to other political parties, especially the National Democratic Congress, NDC, and the Labour Party, LP. The Senate President, …
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President Bola Tinubu has officially sworn in Dr Muttaqha Darma as the new Minister of Housing and Urban Development in a ceremony held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Newsextra24.news reports that the event took place inside the President’s Conference Room shortly before 4:00 p.m., where Darma took the oath of office and …
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THE Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has felicitated Vice President Kashim Shettima, on the occasion of his 59th birthday. Akpabio in a congratulatory message personally signed by him and issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Eseme Eyiboh described Shettima as a stabiliser in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. …
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PRESIDENT of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has expressed sadness over the passing of Chief Audu Ogbeh, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Ogbeh served during late President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term. In a statement on Saturday, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio described Ogbeh …
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IN the majestic halls of the Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the world’s parliamentary leaders gathered to wrestle with crises that threaten the very fabric of humanity, Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, strode onto the podium with the composure of a man forged in storms and determined to chart …
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President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio has paid glowing tribute to former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a spartan leader who never embezzled public funds. Akpabio stated this at an expanded Federal Executive Council (FEC) session held in honour of Buhari at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. He …
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