Tag Archives: Godswill Akpabio

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, “to immediately withdraw the repressive bill for an act to amend the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, which seeks to regulate the activities of bloggers operating within the ‘territorial boundaries of Nigeria.’” SERAP urged Mr Akpabio and Mr ...

  The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to hold Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Kogi State Governor Ahmed Ododo and his predecessor, Yahaya Bello, responsible if she and her supporters are attacked. Akpoti-Uduaghan raised the alarm in a post via her official Facebook page. She said, “My dear people of Kogi Central, I ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the oppressive bill which contains repressive provisions to jail any Nigerian of voting age for six months and/or impose a fine of N100,000 on them if they fail to vote in national and state elections.” ...

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio, over “the failure to reverse the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression.” Mr Akpabio is sued for himself and on behalf of all members of ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “immediately rescind the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her constitutionally and internationally recognized right to freedom of expression.” SERAP said, “The Senate should immediately reinstate Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, and revise parliamentary procedures that unduly ...

By Kester Ezuma His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, Nigeria. Dear President Tinubu, Urgent Call for Action Against Gender-Based Intimidation in the Nigerian Senate I hope this letter finds you in good health and unwavering commitment to the principles of democracy and justice. As the President ...

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, over “the failure to end the apparently unlawful practice by the National Assembly of fixing its allowances and running costs, and the failure to account for the monthly running costs paid to members.” ...

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to “promptly disclose the exact amount of the monthly running costs of millions of naira currently being paid to and received by members of the National Assembly and the spending details of any such running costs.” SERAP ...

Former Nigeria’s Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has berated Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for superintending over a National Assembly that allegedly undermines the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in fixing its own humongous salaries/allowances while Nigerians are hungry, poor, insecure In a statement on Wednesday by his ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Happiness Monday has wrestled with poverty and hunger for many years. Things got worse when her boyfriend impregnated her and abandoned her to her fate. When she could no longer bear the situation, the young woman reportedly connived with a midwife and sold her newborn baby for N400,000. Both Happiness and the midwife are said to be ...