Tag: Godswill Akpabio
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The police and Akpabio’s sermon on the mount – By Eseme Eyiboh
No institution has been so disparaged and stigmatised as the Nigeria Police. It is treated with so much contempt and neither appreciated nor celebrated. Rather, anything bad or despicable is attributed to the police. An average policeman is held in utmost and never enjoys any empathy or affinity from most Nigerians.
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PHOTOS: Senate President Akpabio, govs, federal lawmakers, celebrating Eid Mubarak with President Tinubu
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio with the leadership of the National Assembly paid Sallah Visit to President Bola Tinubu in his private residence in Lagos on Friday, April 12, 2024.
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Akpabio mourns ex-minister, Ogbonnaya Onu
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obong Akpabio has sent his heartfelt condolences to the family of the former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu, who died at the age of 72 in Abuja on Thursday served as minister under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration from 2015 to 2022. A statement from…
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Eid El Fitri: Akpabio felicitates Muslims urges prayers for peace, unity in Nigeria
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has felicitated Muslims in Nigeria and in the Diaspora for the successful end of 30 days Ramadan fast. Akpabio’s message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh. “On behalf of my family, the people of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial…
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Akpabio breaks fast with Muslim colleagues, says “religion cannot divide us”
Nigerian Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on Nigerians to continue to work together as brothers and sisters irrespective of their religious divide.
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Budget Padding: Senate set to reinstate Ningi before expiration of three-month suspension
Godswill Akpabio the senate president has revealed that the Upper chamber is set to recall Senator Abdul Ningi from his three-month suspension. This was made known to the house while answering questions from reporters on arrival from the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Akpabio returns from IPU confab, hopes Ningi returns to Senate soon
… insists it’s going to be resolved like a family matter President of the Senate and Leader of Nigeria’s delegation to the just concluded 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in Geneva Switzerland, Godswill Akpabio, Thursday, arrived the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. He was received on arrival, by his…
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USORO USORO: Parliamentary Diplomacy: Akpabio takes Nigeria to world stage at IPU
By Usoro I. Usoro The diplomatic tree Nigeria planted late last year is already yielding fruits. In October, 2023, at the 147th meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was elected into the executive committee of the body. Few months after, Nigeria has become a strong voice no longer ignored!…
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Why Akpabio should not be a scapegoat – By Ezinne Chinda
However, it is intriguing that what was initially perceived as a straight united fight between the National Assembly, as an institution, and one of its rebels, Senator Abdul Ningi, has gradually been narrowed down to an ambush against the President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio.
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Rivers crisis: Fubara, Akpabio trade words at Wigwes’ funeral [VIDEO]
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Saturday clashed with Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara during the funeral service of the former CEO of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Wigwe, his wife and son, who all died in a helicopter crash in the U.S., were finally laid to rest in Ikwerre local government area of…