The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja ruled on Monday that the Nigerian Senate acted within its powers in suspending Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. A three-member panel of Justices of the Appellate Court unanimously ruled that it was within the powers of the Senate to haveContinue Reading
Two courts in Abuja on Thursday struck out the two criminal charges filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Earlier in the day, Justice Chizoba Orji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory High Court (FCT) struckContinue Reading
An Abuja-based lawyer, Dayo Fadugba, has faulted the media reports on the cross appeal filed by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, against part of the judgment of the Federal High Court on the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Some sections of the media had reported thatContinue Reading
By Jackson Udom On Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan again resorted to social media to claim incorrectly and misleadingly that His Excellency, the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, had only just filed a multi-billion-naira defamation suit against her over her unfounded allegations of sexual misconduct. These allegations, asContinue Reading
By An Abuja High Court, on Monday, granted an application by the Federal Government to adjourn further hearing in the defamatory case against Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Justice Chizoba Oji, who granted the request, adjourned the matter until Feb. 23, 2026 for continuation of hearing. Earlier when the case wasContinue Reading
Officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) withheld the international passport of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for several minutes on Tuesday. The representative of Kogi Central Senatorial District revealed this development in a video she recorded in the early hours of Tuesday. The video was recorded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe InternationalContinue Reading
Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Tuesday entered the National Assembly Complex, gaining access to her office after serving out her six months suspension. Speaking with journalists, Akpoti-Uduaghan said that she would not apologise to the Senate, claiming she had survived injustice. According to her, it will amount to injustice ifContinue Reading
The planned commencement of trial in the cybercrime charges brought against suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, before a Federal High Court in Abuja was stalled on Monday owing to an objection raised by the defendant. Akpoti-Uduaghan was arraigned on June 30 on a six-count charge filed by the DirectorContinue Reading
By Ken Harries Esq In Nigeria’s political landscape, the National Assembly is meant to be a sanctuary of sober deliberation and a place where rules and processes are observed with discipline, decorum and responsibility. Yet in this same hallowed chamber, the suspended Kogi Central Senatorial District Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,Continue Reading
