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Akpabio “Vindicated” as Court Ruling Upholds Senate Seating Arrangement

Senator Godswill Akpabio has expressed feelings of vindication following a court verdict that has upheld the current seating arrangement within the Nigerian Senate.
Akpabio says he feels vindicated by Friday’s court judgement which he said sustained the decision of the senate to reassign a new seat to suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
This outcome has been warmly received by Senator Akpabio, who has publicly stated his satisfaction with the court’s ruling.
The impact of this ruling will likely extend beyond the individual Senator, potentially influencing the dynamics of the Senate as a whole.
According to Akpabio, the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Binta Nyako, gave the Order which vindicated him in the case filed by Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan to challenge her referral to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions as well as her subsequent suspension.
He said the court upheld his application that borders on contempt, and ruled that the publication was contemptuous, deliberately ridiculing both the Senate President , the judicial process, and deemed it necessary to impose a ₦5 million fine on Akpoti-Uduagan payable to the Federal Government.
Akpabio said it was on the strength of this that the court order Akpoti-Uduaghan to publish a public apology within seven days in two national newspapers and on the same Facebook page where the contemptuous publication was made.
On the substantive suit, Akpabio said the court also resolved all the questions for determination against Akpoti-Uduaghan when it ruled that the Senate has the constitutional authority to discipline its members for violating its Standing Orders; and that his action in reallocating Senator Natasha’s seat, was lawful and within his administrative powers under Section 6(1) of the Senate Standing Rules.
The senate President was however silent on the position of the court to reinstate the suspended senator , representing Kogi Central after the court pointed out that the punishment was too stringent as it it capable of denying the people of Kogi central representation in the senate.
The court’s decision reinforces the established protocols, and the Senate is expected to continue its proceedings as usual.
Politics
PDP shifts national convention to November in Ibadan
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, announced that the convention will now take place in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, instead of the previously announced venue, Kano.

• PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba
The Peoples Democratic Party has shifted its National Elective Convention, originally planned for August, to November 2025.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday after the party’s 101st National Executive Committee meeting, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, announced that the convention will now take place in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, instead of the previously announced venue, Kano
Politics
Nentawe Yiltwada replaces Ganduje as APC Chairman
Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state, made the nomination.

“I pledge without hesitation that I will work with everybody in the party…I will expand the party with you,” said Nentawe.
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has appointed Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Prof. Nentawe Yiltwada, as National Chairman of the party, at the party’s ongoing 14th National Executive Committee, NEC, in Abuja.
Yiltwada replaces Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, who resigned on June 27.
Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state, made the nomination.
He was seconded by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, and Yiltwada became APC chair .
Prof. Yilwatda Nentawe, in his acceptance speech, says he will work to unite all the organs and participants of the party nationwide.
“I pledge without hesitation that I will work with everybody in the party…I will expand the party with you,” said Nentawe.
Yilwatda Background
1. Yilwatda was born on 8 August 1968 in Dungung, Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State.
2. The professor of Electrical Engineering was the flagrunner for the APC in the 2023 gubernatorial elections in Plateau State.
3. Between July 2017 – December 2021, he held the position of resident electoral commissioner in Benue State. He was appointed by the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
4. He was the ICT director at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, for 12 years.
5. Yilwatda is a Christian and married to Dr Martina Goshwe.
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BREAKING: Natasha arrives at the National Assembly to resume duty

Suspended Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has arrived the National Assembly complex to resume her duties.
According to reports, security was beefed up earlier at the complex over the suspended senator’s planned return.
The lawmaker’s supporters had converged at the entrance of the National Assembly complex waiting for her arrival.
Recall that Natasha had on Saturday vowed that she will resume sitting on Tuesday, July 22.
The senator cited a recent judgment by Justice Binta Nyako of the federal High Court judgment in Abuja to justify her position.
However, in a counter-statement released on Sunday, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, dismissed the ruling claimed by the lawmaker.
Senator Yemi Adaramodu clarified that the court merely offered an “advisory opinion” and not a compulsory directive to the upper legislative chamber.
But the Kogi Central senator insisted on resuming her duties.
Earlier on Tuesday, a video making the rounds on social media showed increased presence of security personnel, including armed guards, at the entrance of the complex – apparently to prevent breakdown of law and order over Natasha’s return.
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