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There Is No Vacancy in Aso Rock – Akpabio

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2026

•••Defends Tinubu’s Extended Vacation President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has dismissed calls for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hand over power to Vice President Kashim Shettima, saying there is no leadership vacuum despite the President’s continued working vacation abroad. Speaking on

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When Privacy Becomes Content: The Dangerous Normalisation of Leaked Private Conversations

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2026

By Ken Harries, Esq. There is a point at which political contestation ceases to be an argument about ideas and becomes an assault on the very boundaries that make civil society possible. That point is reached when a private telephone conversation is allegedly recorded, extracted from its original context and released into the public domain […]

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Akpabio In Italy, Offers Prayers For End To Banditry, Terrorism In Nigeria

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2026

As Nigeria prepares for the conduct of general elections to usher in fresh sets of political office holders across the country, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has visited the Prayer Ground of St. Padre PIO, at St Giovanni Rotondo in Italy, to offer prayers to God for a peaceful 2027 elections and an end […]

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Akpabio: Banking Sector Stronger, Insecurity Will Soon End

Daily Dispatch September 18, 2026

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared that Nigeria’s banking sector is now stronger and more resilient, while assuring Nigerians that the insecurity confronting the country will soon be defeated. Akpabio made the declarations while rallying citizens behind President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope reforms, stressing that financial-sector reforms, security operations

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Arewa Group Debunks Viral Anti-North Quote Attributed to Akpabio

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2026

The Arewa Revival Project has dismissed as fabricated a viral social-media graphic alleging that Senate President Godswill Akpabio said Northerners would be made to suffer if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu loses the 2027 election. The group, in a statement signed by its Project Coordinator, Hon. Muttaka Ahmed Ibrahim, described the alleged statement as “false, misleading […]

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Akpabio’s Aide Denies Marabout Claims Over Wife’s Senate Chamber Visit

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2026

An aide to Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed reports that his wife, Mrs Ekaette Unoma Akpabio, visited the Senate Chamber with marabouts or spiritualists, describing the claims as misinformation. Dr Jibril Lawal Tafida, Special Adviser to the Senate President on Diaspora and Non-governmental Organizations, said Mrs Akpabio’s visit to the National Assembly