Tag: Godswill Akpabio
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Ministerial screening: I will do my best in any ministry – Akpabio
Sen. Godswill Akpabio, one of the ministerial nominees says he will do his best in any portfolio assigned to him by President Muhammadu Buhari. Akpabio, the nominee from Akwa Ibom, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen after his nomination was the Senate on Wednesday. The minister-designate expressed his readiness to work with the president…
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Stop politising tragedy, Akpabio advises politicians
A former Minority Leader of the Nigeria Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has advised politicians to run decent campaigns and stop politicising tragedies, as the general elections approach. Akpabio, who is also a former governor of Akwa Ibom, who now represents Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District, gave the advice in an interview on Sunday in Abuja.…
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2019: Ikpeazu praises Udom, Wike takes swipe at Akpabio in Uyo
Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu was on Friday full of praises for his Akwa Ibom State counterpart Governor Udom Emmanuel at his declaration for second tenure in Uyo, capital of the state. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, who was also present at the Governor Udom’s second tenure declaration event, took a swipe…
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Defection: Akpabio reacts to calls for Senate to declare his seat vacant
Sen. Godswill Akpabio (APC-Akwa Ibom) says any move to declare his seat vacant in the Senate will prove abortive. Akpabio made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. He said though he had yet to hear about it, if his seat must be declared vacant, the seats of those, who defected…
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Defection: Godswill Akpabio walking against tide – Secondus
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus has described as unfortunate the decision of the Senate minority Leader Sen. Godswill Akpabio to join the All Progressives Congress. He claimed that the senator, who was also former governor of Akwa Ibom state has walked against the tide and endangered his political…
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Update: Why Gov. Udom fired two of his commissioners
Akwa Ibom state Governor Udom Emmanuel has fired two of his commissioners who received former Senate minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio at the airport in Uyo. TheNewsGuru reports the two commissioners fired by Governor Udom are his commissioner of culture and tourism, Victor Antai and his commissioner for labour, productivity and manpower planning, Ibanga Akpabio.…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The coward called Godswill Akpabio
“You remain the father of the nation, our father and political father to all. Just like I told Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Osinbajo yesterday in Nigeria… Those who think that they have politically grown to insult you will all regret it before month end sir. I am here (London) to register my…
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JUST IN: Senate suspends plenary, moves order paper items
The Nigerian Senate suspended today’s plenary session over the death late Senator Ali Wakili, who won the Bauchi South Senatorial seat in the 2015 election on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC). This is after the Senator Representing Lagos East Constituency, Gbenga Ashafa, had moved, seconded by Senator Emmanuel Paulker, for the approval…