Nigeria, Jan. 1 -- Godiya Akwashiki, the senator who represented Nasarawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has died at the age of 52.

Family sources confirmed to journalists on Thursday that Mr Akwashiki died on Wednesday, 31 December 2025, at a hospital in India, where he had been receiving treatment for a prolonged illness.

The Senator had been sick since his reelection in 2023 and was at various times hospitalised in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and India. His exact ailment remained unclear.

Before his election to the Senate, Mr Akwashiki served multiple terms in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, where he rose through the ranks to become Majority Leader and later Deputy Speaker.

Born on 3 August 1973 in Angba ...