NEWS

Akpabio heads to S’Court over Appeal Court ruling on Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2025

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has escalated his legal challenge to the Supreme Court following an adverse ruling by the Court of Appeal in a case involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District. Akpabio, in a notice of appeal filed at the apex

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Akpabio’s office slams Sahara Reporters over false hospitalisation story, releases evidence of safe return

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2025

The Office of the Senate President has issued a firm rebuttal to what it described as a false and reckless report by Sahara Reporters alleging that Senate President Godswill Akpabio collapsed and was hospitalized in London. Contrary to the publication’s claims, verified photographs and travel records confirm that Akpabio returned to Nigeria late Monday night, […]

COLUMNS

The Akpabio Synthesis: An Uncommon Statesman at 63

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

By Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh mnipr Nigeria is a country that produces noise faster than it produces true heroes. Politics here moves at a velocity that forgives very little and forgets even less. To survive is one thing. To matter is another. To matter for nearly two decades at the highest levels of public life […]

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Akpabio at 63: Senate President shuns elaborate birthday celebration “because of the mood of the nation”

Daily Dispatch December 10, 2025

Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday marked his 63rd birthday in a low-key manner, saying the state of the nation made an elaborate celebration inappropriate. Unlike previous years, the occasion featured no major festivities. The only formal gesture was the presentation of a birthday cake by staff and aides in the Office of the Senate […]

FEATURES

Godswill Akpabio’s uncommon story @ 63

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

By Sufuyan Ojeifo On a day that marks more than the turning of a personal calendar, Nigeria pauses to reflect on a political journey that has become inseparable from the broader story of the Republic. Senator Godswill Akpabio’s 63rd birthday arrives at a moment when the country is asking itself difficult questions about leadership, unity, […]

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Senator Godswill Akpabio: 63 Years of Enduring Impact

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2025

By Hon Eseme Eyiboh mnipr On this ninth day of December, in the year 2025, as the nation stirs to its familiar rhythm, a man stands quietly at the crossroads of personal milestone and public memory. Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, marks his 63rd year on earth—another turn on the wheel of time for a […]