Tag: Akpabio

NASS Leadership Tussle; Northern Elders Forum Chides VP Shettima, urges Presidency’s non interference

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Northern Elders Forum NEF has asked the Nigerian presidency to allow the members of the National Assembly to choose their leaders without interference and eschew religious sentiments being bandied about. The Forum spoke in reaction to the statement credited to Vice President Kashim Shettima with regards to the suitability of Abdull-azeez Yari and Godswill Akpabio. Briefing the media in Kaduna, the Director, Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said the forum has cautioned the President Tinubu administration on many occasions to respect the rights…

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10th Senate: Plot thickens against Tinubu, as North may resist Akpabio’s pick

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the June 13 inauguration of the 10th National Assembly (NASS), there are strong indications that there are strong indications that politicking and intense horse-trading would dog the jostle for Senate president’s position. This is mainly because indications have emerged that despite the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s endorsement of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the President of 10th Senate, some political heavyweights from the North have other plans. The 10th National Assembly is likely to be confronted by two tough puzzles, including resolving the issue of religious balance via zoning and accommodating…

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Supreme Court affirms Akpabio APC Senatorial Candidate for Akwa Ibom North

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Senate President Godswill-Akpabio

The Supreme Court on Friday restored former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godwin Akpabio as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC for Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the Apex Court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which in September last year granted verdict in favour of the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Saulawa after reviewing the arguments canvassed by Akpabio said that his appeal was meritorious and therefore was allowed. The judgement was…

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A/Ibom APC Crisis: Don’t admit Akpabio’s ally into Wednesday’s NEC meeting, Akpanudoedehe warns Adamu ?

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde Senator John Akpanudoedehe has warned the National Chairman of theruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu against admitting a factional Chairman of the party in Akwa Ibom State, Stephen Ntukekpo into the National Executive Council (NEC) scheduled for Wednesday. Akpanudoedehe, who was the secretary of the now-defunct Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC in a letter dated 19th April 2022 and signed by his lawyer, Tawo E. Tawo (SAN) reminded the party of the pending case against Ntukekpo at the Court of Appeal. The letter addressed to the National…

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Akpabio names N’Assembly lawmakers who benefited from NDDC contracts

Ishaku Yohanna

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the National Assembly to name lawmakers who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akpabio, however, did not state if the lawmakers were directly awarded the contracts or they nominated the projects under their Zonal Intervention Projects, also known as constituency projects. The former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC, Mr Nicholas Mutu, who represents the Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency of Delta State, is among those linked by the minister…

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N81bn NDDC probe: Reps summon Akpabio as ex-MD makes damning testimony

Ishaku Yohanna

The House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC has invited Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the acting Managing Director of the agency, Daniel Kemebradikumo Pondei, to appear before it on Monday, July 20, 2020. The committee led by Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo took the decision on Friday after hearing the testimony of Joy Nunieh, a former Managing Director of NDDC in their investigation into alleged financial recklessness in the commission. The House is probing the alleged mismanagement of N81 billion by the interim management committee (IMC) of…

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