By Andrew Orolua The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday rejected a request by the federal government to have Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan arrested for failing to appear for arraignment on alleged case of defamation. Trial court judge, Justice Muhammed Umar, declined the request in a ruling after the government’s counsel, David Kaswe, admitted that […]
BY PATRICK WEMAMBU Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has been slammed a Three-Count Criminal Charge Over Alleged Criminal Defamation of Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio. Filed under Charge No. CR/1277/25 at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, before Honourable Justice C. N. Oji, the three-count charge was brought by the Department of Public […]
By Andrew Orolua As legal battles range on, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Monday denied the involvement of Chief Olisa Agbakoba and Monday Ubani, both SAN, in the defense of an alleged unlawful suspension suit filed by Kogi State Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Lawyers representing the Senate and Akpabio, who are 2nd and 3rd respondents […]
BY PATRICK WEMAMBU (With Agency Report) Journalist and activist, Francess Olisa-Ogbonnaya, has accused social media personality, Sandra Duru, (aka Prof. Mgbeke) of offering her financial inducements to produce and circulate a damaging media script against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. She alleged that Duru’s plot required her to produce doctored audio content and false narratives to orchestrate […]
… Says no proof that Natasha plotted against Tinubu’s Govt By Tom Okpe More revelations seems to be emerging in the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s saga on Sunday. This is as a media personality, Francess Olisa Ogbonnaya, revealed a coordinated attempt to smear the […]
By Tom Okpe The Senator, representing Kogi Central at the Senate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has insisted on pursuing the suit accusing the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio of sexually, harassing her to its logical conclusion in the Court, in response to Olisa Agbakoba’s assertions. In a correspondence to Akpabio’s Counsel, Olisa Agbakoba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, […]
… mocks Bello, others By Tom Okpe Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for rejecting fake process by sponsored groups and individuals to recall her from the Senate. The Senator thanked the Nigerian electoral umpire for upholding justice, constitutionality and refused to bow to pressures from undemocratic […]
By Tom Okpe The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has maintained that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, sponsored the recall process, using fake constituents against her. The Federal lawmaker wondered how a Senate President could go low to work with one of the most, ‘EFCC wanted […]
By Andrew Oota Ahead of the planned visit of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to her hometown in Okene, the Kogi State Government has issued a restriction on “unauthorized movement” and demanded that any convoy of persons coming into the state must obtain permit from law enforcement agencies. Akpoti-Uduaghan is scheduled to visit her senatorial district on […]
By Isaac Asabor The lessons from past recall failures indicate that the process will likely face the same fate as others before it. While her detractors may gather signatures, it remains to be seen if the threshold for recall will be met and if the process will be free from political interference. If history is […]
By Tom Okpe A pressure group from Kogi State, on the platform of ‘Action Collective’ has informed of a desperate plan to compile faceless names, purportedly, seeking for recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti–Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central in the Nation’s Upper House. The group made this known in Abuja on Wednesday, while addressing a press conference, […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,currently under suspension, has commenced contempt proceedings against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and others over alleged disobedience to the valid court order. Natasha, through her counsel, filed for Form 48 at the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Thursday.Form 48 is a notice of consequence of disobedience of court […]
BY PATRICK WEMAMBU Embattled Kogi-Central parliamentarian, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, was suspended by the 10th Senate for her violation of the standing order of the Upper House – not for her sexual harassment allegations against the Senate President. The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele made the clarifications in a three-page statement released on Saturday […]
Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has pledged to mediate between the Senate leadership and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan following the latter’s six-months suspension over alleged misconduct and violation of Senate rules. Speaking on Friday during the Meet The Press program organized by the State House Media Unit, Sulaiman-Ibrahim stated that her office would work […]
By Patrick Wemambu The Senator representing Kogi-Central in the 10th Senate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has accused the Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, of sexual harassment and victimisation. She traces her present ordeal with Senator Akpabio to the visit of she and her husband to the presiding officer’s country home in Akwa Ibom State December 8th 2023 […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA Senator Natasha Akpoti – Uduaghan , Kogi Central Senatorial District has filed a N100.3bn defamation suit against the Senate President, Godwill Akpabio before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT, Abuja. Senator Akpoti -Uduaghan has claimed in the suit marked: CV/737/25, filed by her lawyer Victor Giwa, that her image has been […]