As part of his constituency project, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Boxing Day presented 10 outboard engine fishing boats to women and cooperative groups of Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District in his country home in Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom. The women and cooperative societies were drawn from the […]
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has announced automatic employment for the two sons of his police rider, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hussani Ibrahim, who died in a ghastly accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. The announcement was made on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday as Akpabio informed his colleagues of […]
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has filed a ₦200 billion defamation lawsuit against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi Central, over allegations that he sexually harassed her. The suit was lodged at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja. Confirming the development, Akpoti-Uduaghan said in a Facebook post on Friday that the case will finally […]
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has given firm assurance to leaders of Oron Nation that their concerns over the upgrade of the Nigerian Maritime Academy, Oron, Akwa Ibom State, to a full-fledged University of Maritime Studies will be swiftly addressed in line with the already passed and gazetted law. He made the pledge […]
A Nigerian citizen, Denge Josef Onoh, has petitioned the president of the senate, Godswill Akpabio, asking the upper chamber to stop the screening and confirmation of Reno Omokri, one of President Bola Tinubu’s 32 ambassadorial nominees. In the protest letter dated December 1, 2025, Onoh urged the senate to reject Omokri’s nomination, describing it as […]
President Bola Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new minister of defence. In a letter sent to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu asked the upper chamber to confirm Musa as replacement for Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. Musa, who turns 58 on December 25, is a career infantry officer and […]
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, boasted on Saturday that he is the most ranked Christian in government. He attributed his political rise to “the special grace of God,” urging Nigerians to remain steadfast in serving God regardless of their position in life. Akpabio spoke during the blessing and official opening of the Regina Coeli Parish Rectory […]
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Thursday assured protesting police officers who have been keeping vigil at the gate of the National Assembly for being under the Contributory Pension Scheme, that their problem is over. He assured the leadership of the retirees that the issue would be given a speedy hearing and concur with […]
Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, on Tuesday led a Senate delegation to condole with the family of Senator Okechukwu Ezea who died on 18th November, 2025. The Senate had earlier adjourned Tuesday plenary to allow Senators pay the condolence visit to the Abuja home of the Senator who until his death represented Enugu […]
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has promised the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno of total support of the people of Akwa Ibom North West senatorial district to return him to office in 2027. Akpabio made the pledge in a brief remarks at the weekend during the reception in honour of late Deaconess […]
President Bola Tinubu today forwarded to the Senate the name of Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan to the Senate for confirmation as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed this at the beginning of plenary on Tuesday when he read the letter from the President. Akpabio referred the […]
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerian youths not to lose hope in the country but to remain optimistic about its future. Speaking at an interactive session tagged “An Uncommon Evening with the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio” held at the APC Youth House in Abuja, Akpabio said that the reforms of President Bola […]
Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, has taunted opposition following the defection of Kelvin Chukwu, senator representing Enugu East. Akpabio, on Wednesday, aimed a dig at the opposition lawmakers in the upper legislative chamber after Chukwu moved to the ruling party from the APC. Chukwu, who announced his defection during plenary, attributed his decision to a lingering […]
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi Central, has criticised Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, over her suspension from the National Assembly. She declared that he is not more of a senator than she is. On Tuesday, September 23, Akpoti-Uduaghan reclaimed her office hours after officials unlocked it following her six-month suspension by the Senate. “It is […]
Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, has said Nigeria’s political leadership cannot function effectively without the moral guidance of the church. He said this on Sunday at the opening of the second plenary session of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in Obot Akara, Akwa Ibom State. Akpabio noted that the church remains the nation’s […]
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has advocated a better working environment and sophisticated equipment for security agents in the country. He said the government at the various level.ofbhoberrnsnce ought to invest handsomely in the welfare of security personnel to get the best of professionalism from them. This is as he assured security agencies in […]
…assures Swiss lawmakers of engagement By Haruna Salami In furtherance of the resolve of the President Bola Tinubu administration to aggregate means of deepening the economy base, the Federal Government is set to explore economic innovations in the European market. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio said this on Monday while receiving in audience […]
BY TUNDE OPALANA President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has admonished the Akwa Ibom State Government and its people to give absolute support to the contractors that would be handling the Akwa Ibom -Calabar axis of the coastal highway. Akpabio stated this while speaking at the stakeholders’ engagement on the alignment of Sections 3b and […]
By Tunde Opalana President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has said that the President Ahmed Tinubu-led government at the centre, is focused on ensuring that Nigeria remains an inseparable and indivisible entity. He stated this in his remarks at the Interdenominational Church Service for the 2024 Armed Forces Rememberance Day Celebration held at the National […]
By Jackson Udom Frank, assertive but unassuming, President of the 10th Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio, has always cut the figure of a determined and purpose-driven leader wherever the mantle of leadership falls on him since his burst into the political limelight in Akwa Ibom State as Commissioner in charge of three different ministries in 2002. […]