BREAKING: Court bars parties from granting interviews in Natasha's case against Akpabio, others

Natasha given 7 days to produce evidence of Akpabio's assassination attempt

A Public Accountability and Governance Advocacy Group, the Executive Watchdog, has given Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan a seven-day ultimatum to provide evidence of the assassination attempt brought against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The group, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Fidelis Ella, on Sunday in Abuja, urged security agencies to arrest Akpoti-Uduaghan if she failed to produce the evidence within seven days. The group desc…

Court stops Natasha, Akpabio from media interviews - Daily Trust

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, restrained the senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) and Senate President Godswill Akpabio from granting media interviews while the suit filed by the female lawmaker is still pending before the court. The new presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, gave the order during the hearing of the suit filed by Akpoti-Uduaghan to stop the Senate from investigating her. Justice Nyako ordered …

Senate Suspension: Court bars Akpoti-Uduaghan, Akpabio, others from media interviews

The judge, Binta Nyako, who newly took over the case after the former judge withdrew last week, gave the gag order during Friday’s proceedings. The post Senate Suspension: Court bars Akpoti-Uduaghan, Akpabio, others from media interviews appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

BREAKING: Court bars parties from granting interviews in Natasha's case against Akpabio, others

Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has barred parties in the suit filed by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and three others from granting press interviews on issues relating to the case. The judge issued the order on Friday following a complaint by the lawyer to Akpabio, Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), that the plaintiff was moving from one television house to …

Produce evidence on assassination allegation or face arrest, Group warns Natasha

A Public Accountability and Governance Advocacy Group, the Executive Watchdog, has given Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan a seven-day ultimatum to provide evidence of the assassination attempt brought against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The group, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mr Fidelis Ella, on Sunday in Abuja, urged security agencies to arrest Akpoti-Uduaghan if she …

New York Times On Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan: 'A Female Senator Faces Down A ‘Classic Abuse Of Power’ In Nigeria' - Global Upfront Newspapers

When Nigeria’s third most powerful politician was accused of sexual harassment on national television this year, a fierce backlash ensued — against his accuser. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of four women in Nigeria’s 109-seat Senate, was suspended for six months without pay in February. She said the suspension was punishment for...