The Senate leadership on Saturday denied suspending Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over her accusation of s*xual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Rather, the Upper Chamber reiterated that Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended specifically due to her flagrant disobedience to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Senate Standing Orders 2023 (As Amended) and her unparliamentary behaviour during…
New reports have indicated that the Senate is not united in the suspension of the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over the heated dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. A ranking Senator who spoke anonymously disclosed that some Senators didn’t sign Natasha’s suspension report. Recall that Natasha was suspended for six months on Thursday…
The senate committee on ethics and privileges, headed by Neda Imaseun has dismissed the petition submitted by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, lawmaker representing Kogi central, against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. On Wednesday, Akpoti-Uduaghan tendered a sexual harassment petition against Akpabio on the floor of the upper legislative chamber. The committee rejected the petition, citing breaches of…
The ongoing verbal exchanges between the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, took a fresh turn on Saturday as her husband, Chief Emmanuel Uduaghan, urged Akpabio to accord his wife the respect and dignity she deserves. Uduaghan, the Alema of Warri Kingdom, in a statement made…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has insisted that the Senate Ethics and Disciplinary Committee must conduct its probe of her case in a transparent manner, calling for a live broadcast of the proceedings. She argued that Nigerians have a right to witness the process firsthand. The lawmaker was referred to the committee after a…
A video which emerged online show the moment the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, ordered that the lawmaker representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, be ejected out of the Senate for disrupting the plenary session due to an unauthorized change of her seating arrangement. The plenary was in…
The Senator representing Kogi Central in the 10th Senate, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has officially unveiled the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the November 11 governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye, to the people of Ebiraland. The event took place on Saturday, before a mammoth crowd in Okene, the political headquarters of the Ebira…
The Senate, on Thursday, sworn in Senator-elect for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Barr Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a member of the 10th Senate. This followed her presentation with Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi Central. Akpoti-Uduaghan, elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party…
