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...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to reverse the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her right to...
The Chairman, Senate Interparliamentary Committee, Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim, says that the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) cannot consider the petition suspended Sen.Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, presented before it. Ibrahim, who made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s petition before the IPU “is dead on arrival”. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the...
A former lawmaker, Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to step aside for an impartial investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against him by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Tofowomo, who represented Ondo South at the ninth National Assembly, told newsmen on Friday in Okitipupa that Akpabio...
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen Solomon Adeola(APC, Ogun West), has urged the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) not succumb to what he called blackmail against the Nigerian Senate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is serving a six-month suspension, had accused the...
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Thursday filed contempt proceedings against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and others over alleged disobedience to the valid court order. Natasha, through her counsel, filed for Form 48 at the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, following her six-month suspension by the Senate against the order...
Senate has passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of its President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), at plenary on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the motion was seconded by Deputy...
The complaint laid by Senator Natsha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the United Nations Inter parliamentary conference in New York on Tuesday has continued to attract reactions. The Kogi Lawmaker had taken her case before the global institution for them to prevail over what she says is an injustice meted on her....
It appears the controversy over the allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill and her suspension from the Red Chamber may not be getting off the news anytime soon. This is because the suspended Kogi Senator on Tuesday took her case to a global stage. The Senate...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and others to file their defence in a suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order after it was confirmed from the court records that all processes...
The suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, stemming from her allegations of sexual harassment and abuse of office against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, reveals a deeper issue within Nigeria’s political system. This incident, among others, raises questions about Nigeria’s claim to being a republic, as it exhibits...