Nigeria lawmaker Senator Godswill Akpabio of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed to secure a return to the National Assembly. Akpabio, a former minority leader of the Senate, lost the election of Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District to the People’s Democratic Party candidate Christopher Stephen Ekpenyong. INEC Returning Officer Professor Peter Ogban noted […]
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CUPP warns of plot to change National Assembly leadership tomorrow
A Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have raised the alarm about plot to distabilise the leadership of the National Assembly tomorrow.
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2019 Elections: God has ordained Buhari’s victory – Akpabio
Former Senate Minority, Godswill Akpabio, says God has ordained the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in the Feb. 16 election. Akpabio stated this in Ibadan during the inauguration of the Oyo State and South-West coordinators of the Presidential Support Committee (PSC). The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Akpabio, […]
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Akpabio to Nigerians: Stop expecting appointments, contracts as reward for voting
Godswill Akpabio, a former minority leader of the senate, has advised Nigerians to stop viewing appointment and contracts as the dividends of democracy. Akpabio, who is also a former governor
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Akpabio asks PDP governors to surrender their states before 2019 polls
Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state, has advised governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to surrender their states before the 2019 elections. Akpabio said this on
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Buhari appoints Akpabio coordinator of Presidential Support Committee
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Senate Minority leader Godswill Akpabio as the National Coordinator of the Presidential Support Committee. The Akwa Ibom state Coordinator of the committee,Mfon Okon, Uyo said four indigenes of the state have also been appointment into the committee. The new appointees include Lady Valerie Ebe, a former deputy governor […]
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Buhari appoints Akpabio national coordinator of presidential support committee
Godswill Akpabio with President Buhari President Buhari has appointed former Senate Minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the National Coordinator of the Presidential Support Committee Pastor Mfon Okon, the Akwa Ibom state Coordinator of the committee, who disclosed on Thursday, in Uyo said four indigenes of the state have also been appointment
Akpabio stings Saraki, Dogara
Akpabio By Taiye AgbajeSen. Godswill Akpabio (APC-Akwa Ibom) has described Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara as weak and asked them to resign before they were forced to leave as they are no longer capable of functioning. Akpabio, a former ally of Saraki and Dogara, said his former political friends
