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“Put your house in order” – Senate President tells minority parties

Awwal Owolabi 9 October 2025 0

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

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Akpabio is not more of a senator than I am, Akpoti-Uduaghan says after resumption

Promise Eze 23 September 2025 0

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

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Akpabio: Nigeria needs the church’s moral compass to guide governance

Promise Eze 16 September 2025 0

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 […]

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Security agencies deserve better working environment-Akpabio

Guest Writer 25 August 2025 0

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 […]

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Nigeria to woo European Free Trade Association for innovations – Akpabio

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 28 January 2025 0

…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 […]

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Support Coastal Highway, Akpabio urges Akwa Ibom

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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 […]

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Armed Forces Remembrance Service: FG poised to strengthen Nigeria’s unity – Akpabio

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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 […]

Opinion

100 Days Of Uncommon Leadership And Interventions At The Red Chamber: The Akpabio Model

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2023 0

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. […]

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10th Senate Presidency: Nasarawa Governor hails APC’s endorsement of Akpabio/ Barau

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2023 0

…says “We can’t be seen opposing our party’s choices By Tunde Opalana The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdulahi Sule, has said that Northern Governors who championed the call for the Presidency of Nigeria to be zoned to the southern part of Nigeria, could not be seen opposing the choices of the party and President-elect, Bola […]

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2023: APC has capacity, acceptance, ability to win elections in Nigeria – Akpabio

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2022 0

BY TUNDE OPALANA Former Minister, Niger Delta Affairs and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has stated that the APC has the competence, capacity, ability and acceptance to win election in Nigeria and Akwa Ibom State. Addressing a mammoth crowd of party members, supporters and […]

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Secret of uncommon transformation was relationship with God – Akpabio

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2021 0

*Says ingratitude, a sin before God Tunde Opalana, Abuja Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has attributed the success story and the uncommon transformation witnessed in Akwa Ibom State during his administration to his relationship with God. He also stated that the act of ingratitude, not giving God what he wants which are […]

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We Can Only Achieve National Security Through Collaboration With Relevant Stakeholders- Akpabio

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2021 0

*Performs Ground-Breaking Ceremony Of Mohamadu Buhari Law Faculty Building Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that national security can only be achieved through concerted efforts in collaboration with relevant stakeholders across the different levels and sectors, especially the education sector. He described the provision of security

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2023: Akpabio Speaks On Joining Presidential Race

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2021 0

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, says he has no interest in contesting the 2023 presidential election or succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Jackson Udom, the minister stated that he is focused on steering the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Akpabio added that he […]

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CCB grills Akpabio, Akwa, the interim NDDC administrator over alleged N100m bribe

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2021 0

Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) said on Wednesday that it is grilling the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the interim administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Effiong Okon Akwa, over a N100 million bribe allegation. Both men reportedly appeared before the Investigation Committee set […]

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Terrorism: Invite Akpabio for questioning, PDP urges DSS

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2021 0

Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to immediately invite the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to name politicians in the All Progressives Congress (APC) that are behind the acts of terrorism and banditry ravaging the nation. The party […]

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Buhari’s govt won’t go down, Akpabio boasts

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2021 0

**Says politics, external forces responsible for insurrections Tom Okpe, Abuja Minister for Niger Delta Development and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio has blamed insecurity in the country on political and external forces saying that the present government led by President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be pulled down. Akpabio, who spoke at the […]

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Apkabio, a national leader in A/ Ibom, says APC group

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2021 0

As leadership tussle in the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) rages on, a group known as APC Advocates Forum has declared that the former governor of Akwa Ibom and the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is the ‘national leader’ of the party in the state being a […]

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NDDC is broke – Akpabio

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2021 0

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, says the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is broke and needs better funding to carry out its duties. He stated this at the NDDC capacity building workshop held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday, with the theme, “Collaborating, Planning and Re-strategising for a Better Niger Delta […]

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Ijaw youths Vs NDDC

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2021 0

Ray Ekpu A couple of weeks ago, a faction of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) based in Abuja invaded the office of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio and disrupted the normal flow of work there. They were saying with placards that they do not want a Sole Administrator for the NDDC. […]

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NDDC: Akpabio committed no sin in appointment of Sole Administrator – South-South forum

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2020 0

Tunde Opalana, Abuja Following the recent appointment of Mr. Effiong Akwa as the Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has been absolved of any wrongdoing. A forum of professional from the South-south on the platform of the South-South Emerging […]