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WE ARE ALL NATASHA: SENATOR’S SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS ROIL NIGERIA – THE GUARDIAN Treatment of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who has been suspended from senate, shines light on women’s rights Last July, Nigeria’s third-most powerful man gave a rare apology on the floor of the senate which he heads. Godswill Akpabio had chastised his colleague Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for speaking out of turn, …

BUHARI PROTECTED CRIMINAL ELEMENTS THAT TERRORISED NIGERIA – OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that former President Muhammadu Buhari shielded and provided cover for certain criminal elements that terrorised the nation when he was in power. Obasanjo disclosed that Buhari was selective in determining the criminal groups the military must fight, adding that this to a large extent exacerbated …

JUDICIAL PANEL FAULTS SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON RIVERS STATE An 11-man Independent Judicial Accountability Panel, whose membership included three retired justices, has on Friday, March 14, 2025, faulted the Supreme Court over its judgement on the protracted political crisis in Rivers State. The panel, headed by retired Justice Mojeed Owoade of the Court of Appeal, said in a statement following …

FUBARA OBSTRUCTING IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPREME COURT RULING ON BUDGET RE-PRESENTATION – RIVERS ASSEMBLY CLAIMS The Rivers State House of Assembly has accused Governor Siminialayi Fubara of deliberately obstructing the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling, particularly the directive requiring him to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Assembly called on the …

I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED JOINING SDP WITH ANYONE, STOP SPREADING FALSEHOOD- EX-GOV BONI HARUNA The attention of His Excellency Boni Haruna, the ex-Governor of Adamawa and ex-Minister of Youth Development, has been drawn to a Social Media report claiming that he will join SDP on 20th April 2025 alongside other politicians mentioned from Adamawa State. The report is not only …

I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED JOINING SDP WITH ANYONE, STOP SPREADING FALSEHOOD- EX-GOV BONI HARUNA The attention of His Excellency Boni Haruna, the ex-Governor of Adamawa and ex-Minister of Youth Development, has been drawn to a Social Media report claiming that he will join SDP on 20th April 2025 alongside other politicians mentioned from Adamawa State. The report is not only …

HOW I ATTENDED IPU MEETING IN NEW YORK – NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN’ Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has provided a detailed account of how she successfully attended the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in New York, despite not being officially nominated by the Nigerian government. In an exclusive interview on Sunday, Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan explained that she registered for the meeting online as …

FUBARA IN LIMBO AS LAWMAKERS SUSPEND SITTING INDEFINITELY The political face-off between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the state House of Assembly deepened on Friday as the governor’s plan to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers appeared to be failing. Fubara had on Thursday written a fresh letter to the House informing the lawmakers of his …

GIVE MY FOUR DAUGHTERS A CHANCE – AKPABIO PLEADS Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has again publicly criticised Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), expressing concerns that her actions and attitude may discourage politicians from appointing women to high-ranking positions. “When this issue began, she initially brought it to the Senate through a petition but did not allow the chamber to …

DUBEM ONYIA! GOD WHY NOW? By Ikechukwu Ani I stumbled on a social media report that faithful Monday afternoon of March 10, 2025 and before me was the shocking news break that my boss (will forever remain my boss), the debonair, industrious and effervescent Chief Hon. (Sir) Dubem Onyia, former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, two time Member of …