COVID-19: Akwa Ibom senator asks federal govt to reopen schools

Senator Akon Eyakenyi

By UbongAbasi Okon

A senator from Akwa Ibom state, Akon Eyakenyi has asked the federal government to reopen schools across the country.

Ex-A’Ibom governor, Akpabio kicks Alison-Madueke while she’s down already

By Nse Peter

You don’t flog a dying horse, so the saying goes. Or, maybe, we should put it this way: you don’t kick a man who’s down already.

Photo: Nigeria's Senate President, Almighty Saraki in the dock facing criminal charges

“I hold that the trial before the tribunal is purely criminal,” Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar said.

Assets declaration: Court orders Saraki’s arrest – Punch newspaper

Justice Danladi Umar of the Code of Conduct Tribunal has ordered that a bench warrant should be issued on the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for failing to appear to answer charges bordering on assets declaration, The Punch newspaper has reported.

Akpabio disassociates himself from senate’s attempt to probe EFCC’s chairman

By Nse Peter

Senators from Peoples’ Democratic Party have surprisingly rejected the plans by the senate to probe the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, The Punch newspaper has reported.

APC senators fault selection of Akpabio as Minority Leader

By Onyedi Ojiabo

Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday named occupants of the four principal offices reserved for the minority Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Red Chamber.

Bribery scandal taints Akpabio’s ambition for senate minority leader

The tension arising from the alleged choice of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the Minority Leader of the 8TH Senate by the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to subside, reports Remi Adelowo the Assistant Editor, The Nations newspaper

All senators are equal, says Godswill Akpabio

By Olusola Fabiyi

Senator Godswill Akpabio has said all senators in the National Assembly are equal.

The former Governor of Akwa-Ibom State said this when asked about his desire to vie for the position of Minority Leader in the Senate.

Revolt against Buhari, APC: 2 former PDP govs fingered

Godswill Akpabio ...... Did he do it?

By Soni Daniel

Two former governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have been fingered as the arrow head of the revolt against President Muhammadu Buhari and his party in the choice of the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The two politicians who are former governors of a South-South and South-East states, are said to be the main financiers of the revolt against the president and his party, the APC.

Senate leadership race shows cracks in Buhari’s APC

By Michelle Faul

A former governor was elected Tuesday as head of Nigeria's Senate — the third most powerful figure in the country — in a victory that highlights the cracks appearing in the coalition that brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power.

Photos: Senator Bassey Albert releases first photo in the Senate

This photo is taken from Senator Bassey Albert’s Facebook page. The newly inaugurated senator representing Uyo Senatorial District, Akwa Ibom State, wrote on his page: “In the RED Chamber to God be the GLORY”. Lol. You can spot former governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio ‘peeping’ behind Mr. Albert. See more pics after the cut…..

Confusion as Saraki emerges Senate President - Punch newspaper

Bukola Saraki (APC-Kwara Central) elected unopposed as President of 8th Senate by 57 of 108 Senators, with 51 Senators, including Sen. Ahmed Lawan, absent. The other Senators were at the International Conference Centre at the time Saraki was declared President, says a report published online by The Punch newspaper