Former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over alleged defamatory statements against him by suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, (PDP-Kogi Central) In the petition, written and signed by his solicitor, Mr N.A. Abubakar to the IG on Wednesday, Bello called on the Nigeria Police Force to invite Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan…
A Public Accountability and Governance Advocacy Group, the Executive Watchdog, has given Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan a seven-day ultimatum to provide evidence of the assassination attempt brought against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The group, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mr Fedelis Ella, on Sunday in Abuja, urged security agencies to arrest Akpoti-Uduaghan if she…
A group of registered voters from Kogi Central Senatorial District on Monday submitted a petition to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the recall process of suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate. The constituents, in a letter signed by the Lead Petitioner, Salihu Habib, submitted at INEC headquarters, Abuja on Monday, declared…
Constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District may have begun recalling Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as signature collection reportedly started in some areas of the district. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Wednesday in Lokoja that constituents gathered at various signature collection points across the five Local Government Areas comprising the senatorial district. Some of…
Former chairman of Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, U.S (NAPAC USA), Mr Ike Chidolue, says Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan erred by taking Nigeria’s domestic matter to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in New York. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, Chidolue said that by taking Nigeria’s domestic matters to the IPU, Akpoti-Uduaghan was not seeking…
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has denied any attempt to sexually harass Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi), as being alleged by the latter. Akpabio made the rebuttal at the resumption of plenary on Wednesday, after a week recess. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Akpoti-Uduaghan had on a popular television programme, accused Akpabio…
The Senate on Tuesday referred Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP-Kogi) to its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions over alleged disorderly conduct during a recent plenary session. The committee, chaired by Sen. Neda Imaseun (LP, Edo), was mandated to turn in its findings in two weeks. The upper chamber’s resolution was sequel to a voice…
