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UPDATED: Senator Natasha Accuses Immigration Officials Of Blocking Her From Travelling (VIDEO)
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has alleged that immigration officials at the airport prevented her from travelling abroad. The lawmaker raised the alarm during a live broadcast on her Facebook page on Tuesday morning, accusing officials of withholding her passport without legal justification. “Have I committed any offence? Why are you withholding my passport?”…
Senator Rejects Call For New Constitution, Advocates Amendments
The Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Ned Nwoko, has rejected the idea of discarding Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution in favor of drafting a new one, insisting that the current document remains functional. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, Nwoko described the existing constitution as a “working document” that continues to…
Again, INEC Discredits Petition To Recall Embattled Kogi Senator
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the petition submitted for the recall of the senator representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has failed to meet constitutional requirements. In a short statement on its X handle, INEC said the petition failed to meet Section 69(a) of the Nigerian constitution. “The petition…