Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has condemned the Nigerian Senate for blocking the return of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the red chamber despite completing her six-month suspension. Effiong, a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, argued that the Senate’s attempt to block the return of the Kogi Central Senator, citing subjudice, amounts…
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has filed a cross-appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, challenging parts of a judgment delivered by the Federal High Court in a suit filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The judgment in question was delivered on July 4, 2025, by Justice B.F.M. Nyako. Justice Nyako, while…
The suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has taken a new turn as she filed a contempt application against Senate President Godswill Akpabio for allegedly disobeying a valid court order. In Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan is listed as the plaintiff, while the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Senate of…
Hajia Nike AbdulRahman, National Convener of Women Advocacy for Good Governance and a Cultural and Heritage Value Advocate, has condemned the suspension of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended from the Senate following her allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President, Sen….
The daughter of former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, in a post on her Instagram stories on Thursday, March 5, said she will be opening up about her experience as a woman in politics. Orode Uduaghan, the Delta State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Community Support Services and Girl Child Development, has reacted to the suspension of Kogi…
Former presidential spokesman Reno Omokri has urged the media to leave him out of the recent sexual allegation raised by senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. He also narrated how the allegation of sexual harassment against him by the senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, was resolved. Akpoti-Uduaghan, in 2014,…
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has appealed for calm following a heated dispute between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senator Steve Karimi over a seating reassignment in the Red Chamber. The clash occurred on Thursday when Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, protested the reallocation of her seat by forcibly removing her name tag from…
