Senator Akpabio and the uncommon politics of certainty
By Eseme Eyiboh Let us begin with a confession. There is something unsettling about a politician who no longer appears to struggle. In the turbulent theatre of Nigerian politics, where noise is often mistaken for relevance, where primaries resemble wrestling contests and delegate management demands the instincts of a hostage negotiator, a man who walks […]
Senate Rule Amendment: Why the Debate Should Be About Institutional Stability and Not Personality
By Hon Eseme Eyiboh The controversy surrounding the recent amendment to the Senate Standing Rules has generated more heat than light. Unfortunately, much of the public conversation has been framed around personalities rather than principles, and emotions rather than institutional logic. Yet the real issue before the Senate is neither about Senator Godswill Akpabio nor […]
Shun Armed Struggle Against Nigerian Govt, Akpabio Tells Igbo Youths
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has called on the people of the South East to continue to maintain peace in the country and guide the youth appropriately to shun Armed struggle against the Nigerian government. Akpabio made the appeal at the funeral of the former Administrative Secretary of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing […]
Akpabio, at APC Zonal Congress, tasks South-South to Deliver Highest Votes for Tinubu in 2027
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has tasked his people in the South-South geo- political zone of the country to deliver the highest votes for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2017. Akpabio gave the charge on Wednesday at the All Progressives Congress(APC) South-South Zonal Congress which held in Asaba, Delta State. […]
Sallah: Akpabio, Makarfi hail Muslims at Eid-el-Fitr
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has extended his warmest congratulations to Muslim faithful in Nigeria, calling for compassion, forgiveness, and unity . Similarly, the former governor of Kaduna state, Ahmed Makarfi has enjoined muslims to rededicated themselves to the servicen of Allah and pray for Nigeria’s security and political challenges. In a […]
Ten Unassailable Achievements of the Akpabio-Led Tenth Senate and a Historic Legacy of Purpose
By Eseme Eyiboh To inquire—often with a faint hint of derision—about the legacy Senator Godswill Akpabio may bequeath as President of Nigeria’s Tenth Senate is to display a troubling indifference to recent legislative history. The record is neither obscure nor equivocal. Under his stewardship, the Senate has passed more than 90 bills, with over 58 […]
Forgiveness is Divine: Senator Akpabio as a grace Carrier
By Ken Harries Esq There’s a trend in Nigeria where accusations are louder than the coin box, and everyone scrambles to the high ground of moral outrage. Yet, here comes Senator Godswill Akpabio, the President of the 10th Senate, going against the trend like a devoted monk who has decided that the usual script of […]
Anti-Akpabio Campaign: Annang women threaten to ostracize Patience Ibanga Akpabio
Women of Annang land, one of the dominant ethnic group in Akwa Ibom State, have threatened to ostracize Mrs. Patience Ibanga Akpabio over what they described as her campaign of calumny against her brother-in-law, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, President of the Nigerian Tenth Senate. The threat, issued under the auspices of Annang Women Advocacy Network […]
We will not shirk our responsibilities, Akpabio tells nation on resumption of the senate
THE President of the Senate, Senator Godswaill Akpabio has said that the the senate will remain open, Accountable and responsive to its law making responsibilities adding that the senate will not shirk its responsibility of holding the executive accountable to the people to Nigerians as Nigerians do not look to the lawmakers for lamentations, but […]
Recall Senator Natasha Akpoti Now, Court Tells Senate
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ruled that the Nigerian Senate acted beyond its powers by suspending Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, ordering her immediate recall to the Red Chamber. Justice Binta Nyako, who delivered the judgment, described the duration of the suspension as “excessive” and without a clear legal foundation. According […]