The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume on Tuesday walked out during plenary after the President of the upper chamber Godswill Akpabio ruled him out of order.
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed his alleged involvement in the political travail of Senator Elisha Abbo, who was sacked from the Senate by the Court of Appeal.
Senator Elisha Abbo has alleged that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio plotted his removal by the Court of Appeal.
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has denied reports that he has created an office for his wife, Mrs Unoma Akpabio, in the National Assembly.
President of the Senate, Mr Godswill Akpabio, has expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria’s first indigenous chartered accountant, Chief Akintola Williams who died on Sept 11, in Lagos at age 104.
Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai’s rumored withdrawal from consideration as a minister in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government because high-tensile inter-elite intrigues torpedoed his senate confirmation and caused the president to sour on him is the bluntest, crudest, most double-dyed political treachery I’ve seen in a long time.
Akpabio stated this while contributing to the debate on a motion sponsored by Abdulrahman Kawu Suleiman, member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) representing Kano South, on the need to avert an impending strike planned by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday.
The Nigerian Senate has constituted nine special committees.
Former Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has alleged that his colleagues’ betrayal was responsible for him losing the Senate presidency to the former Akwa-Ibom State Governor and lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North-West, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), on Wednesday, tasked the 10th Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on inclusion of women in governance.