A support group of Jonathan has backed Akpabio for Senate Presidency. The CNPDN believes that Akpabio, as the only ranking senator from the South-South region in the 10th national assembly, should be nominated by the APC for the position. They argue that this choice would reduce acrimony among different geopolitical zones and promote national unity … Read more
By Josiah Adedayo With the National Assembly elections over, senators and members of the House of Representatives are back to the trenches to begin the race for principal offices of the National Assembly, particularly the position of Senate President in the upper chamber. This time, the battle to succeed Ahmad Lawan as President of the … Read more
Akpabio has appealed a court verdict sacking him as the APC senatorial candidate. Eko Hot Blog reports that a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has resolved to appeal a court order sacking him as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate in Akwa Ibom north-west. EDITOR’S PICKS Nigeria Places N5m Bounty On … Read more
Court has ordered INEC to accept Akpabio as APC senatorial aspirant. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial … Read more
Akpabio, Tambuwal, Lawan, risk two years in prison ….any candidate who runs afoul of this law is liable to be jailed for two years, and that Section 115 (3) even states that an attempt to obtain multiple forms is an offence. EDITOR’S PICK: BREAKING: INEC Declares PDP’s Adeleke Osun Gov-Elect BREAKING: Yemi Osinbajo Undergoes Leg … Read more
Ex-presidential aspirant Senator Godswill Akpabio and Udom Ekpoudom are fighting over the Akwa Ibom Northwest APC senatorial ticket …recalls Akpabio withdrew his presidential ambition for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu last week at the primaries EDITOR’S PICK Roots TV Founder, Kachikwu, Ends Moghalu’s Presidential Dream, Emerges ADC 2023 Flagbearer Tinubu Defeats Osinbajo, Amaechi, Others, Clinches APC … Read more
Buhari Asks Amaechi, Malami, Akpabio, Ngige, Others Eyeing Elective Seats To Resign Gives The Ministers Until May 16 To Leave His Cabinet EDITOR’S PICK: 2023 Presidency: Minister of Education Resigns To Focus On APC Primary PDP Nominates Danjuma La’ah As New Senate Deputy Minority Whip JUST IN: PDP Shifts NEC, BoT, Caucus Meetings EKO HOT … Read more
Akpabio, who is also a former governor of Akwa Ibom State as well as ex-Senate Minority Leader, identified three major issues affecting the nation The issues, he stated, are insecurity, national integration, and the economy, vowing to tackle them to ensure Nigeria’s greatness in the comity of nations EDITOR’S PICK 2023: PDP Govs Reject Atiku’s … Read more
I won’t allow Nigeria to sink under my presidency –Akpabio The Northern Youths Forum presented the presidential nomination form to the Senator EDITOR’S PICK 2023: PDP Picks Abuja For Convention, NEC Decides Zoning Wednesday [JUST IN] 2023: Sanwo-Olu Presents His Gov Nomination Forms To Tinubu ‘Forget About 2023 Presidency, Court Will Disqualify You’ — Nnamdi … Read more
Akpabio To Officially Join Presidential Race On Wednesday. According to his media aide, Anietie Ekong, Akpabio will declare his intention to join the presidential race on Wednesday, April 4, in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital. EDITOR’S PICK [JUST IN] 2023: Uwazuruike Under Fire For Endorsing Yahaya Bello 2023: PDP Picks Abuja For Convention, NEC Decides … Read more
The supreme body of Ijaw youth groups, known as Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has urged Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. EkohotBlog reports that the IYC in a statement signed in Port Harcourt on Friday by its President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, stated that sacking … Read more
According to Akpabio, the Niger Delta region has remained backward since 1958 in spite of efforts by successive governments… The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, revealed that there are over 13,000 abandoned projects within the coastal region. Senator Akpabio disclosed this in Abuja when he submitted the Forensic Audit Report … Read more
“All the international oil companies owe and efforts are ongoing to recoup the money,” Akpabio said at the briefing but he did not immediately provide further details. International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria owe the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) more than $4 billion, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio disclosed on … Read more
I’m a victim of his electoral fraud – Akpabio Akpabio says Ogan cancelled his lawful votes and announced his opponent as winner of the election. Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs, has disassociated himself from Peter Ogban, the professor jailed for manipulating Akwa Ibom state senatorial election result, in his favour. Reacting to claims … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to frustrate the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio over comments against South-South Governors. Mr. Wike on live television on Friday said Akpabio is not qualified to tell Niger Deltans to ask the south-South governors what they do with funds. He also threatened that the minister will … Read more
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has denied Indicting members of the national assembly in contract fraud that rocked the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akpabio’s latest comment that he didn’t accuse the lawmakers of benefiting from contracts awarded by the commission is in contrast with claim he made in July. Akpabio had, … Read more
Militants in Niger Delta under the auspices of Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, a merger of militant groups, Monday morning, threw their weight behind Minister of Niger–Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, saying findings by them showed the National Assembly was after him because he refused lawmakers from continuing their plundering of the Niger Delta Development Commission, … Read more
– Sen Orji Uzor Kalu disclosed on Monday that NNDC is yet to pay the contractors who constructed the roads he facilitated. – The Senate Chief Whip started this in reaction to the letter Senator Akpabio submitted to House of Reps which indicted him. The Chief Whip of the Senate and former governor of Abia … Read more
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has reportedly linked two former governors of Delta State, James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, to some of the projects that have been executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission, Punch reports. Akpabio in a letter sent to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, … Read more
The house of representatives has described the letter written by minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, as diversionary tactics because it failed to substantiate the claims of the minister regarding procurement and awarding of contracts to the federal lawmakers. In a statement on Tuesday, spokesman of the lower legislative chamber of the national assembly, … Read more