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 A fresh political storm is sweeping across Nigeria’s social media space, and at the centre of it are two of the country’s most closely watched lawmakers: Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senate President Godswill Akpabio. New allegations, purported audio recordings and accusations of a coordinated media campaign have pushed the long-running dispute between the two politicians back into the spotlight. Click here to listen to Senator Natasha audio   The latest controversy began after US-based activist Sandra Duru, popularly known as Prof. Mgbeke, released a recording that she claimed contained conversations connected to Akpabio. Duru alleged that Akpabio engaged her to campaign against Natasha. The allegation has drawn attention because it appears to conflict with claims she made in 2025, when she accused Natasha of attempting to recruit her to make damaging allegations against Akpabio. Natasha denied those earlier allegations. The controversy intensified after social media ...

There is a recent controversy involving him, a man identified as Hassan, and allegations concerning Senator Shehu Buba of Bauchi South. In September 2026, Nigerian social-media commentator, D English Alhaji published videos and an interview in which Hassan made serious allegations that Senator Shehu Buba had links to people involved in banditry. Hassan reportedly alleged, among other things, that individuals connected to the notorious bandit leader Dogo Gide had been taken to Abuja for specialised training. These are allegations, not established facts. Senator Buba has strongly denied them. There was also a widely circulated video that D English Alhaji presented as showing alleged bandit kingpins inside a senator's residence. This became particularly controversial because PRNigeria investigated the footage and concluded that the claim was false and misleading. Its investigation found that the video had been assembled from two unrelated clips. The first showed men who, according to...