Tag: Akpabio

JUST IN: Killers Of 16 Soldiers May Be Mercenaries, Says Akpabio

Ganiyu Amodu

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, said those involved in the killing of soldiers in Delta State may be foreigners. Some armed men had on Thursday, March 14, attacked and killed 15 personnel of the Nigerian Army during a peace mission to Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Speaking on Tuesday during a debate on two merged motions by Senators Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, APC, Katsina Central, and Edeh Dafinone, APC, Delta Central, Akpabio opined that those who killed the soldiers may be mercenaries. He said,…

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Food Crisis: FG Didn’t Give States N30b Each, Makinde Replies Akpabio

Ganiyu Amodu

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has faulted the claims by Senate President Godswill Akpabio that states got an additional N30 billion each to address food scarcity. Akpabio had made the comment some days back but at the commissioning of a newly renovated Iseyin Central Mosque provided by an Iseyin-born legal icon Ahmed Raji (SAN), Makinde said Oyo State did not get such funds. “This is not the time to play politics, as we have real issues that deserve real solutions. But yesterday, I saw the video and read in…

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Emefiele Demands Apology, N25bn From Akpabio Over ‘Defamatory’ Statement

Ganiyu Amodu

Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has demanded the sum of N25 billion as damages from Senate President Godswill Akpabio, over an alleged defamatory remark. Last weekend, Akpabio had said the allegations against Emefiele are so numerous that the federal government does not know which charges to pin on him. The Senate President had blamed the current economic hardship in the country on the policies of the former CBN governor. Counsel to Emefiele, Matthew Burkaa, said if Akpabio fails to pay the aforementioned sum…

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Akpabio, Abbas, Nweke For Public Presentation Of Cyber Politics

ADEOLA YUSUF

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, will grace the public presentation of the book, Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and a former Minister of Information and Communication, Frank Nweke Jr., are also among other dignitaries expected at the event. Other dignitaries expected at the public presentation are the immediate past Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (rtd); Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman; Founder of Agora Policy Think Tank and…

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