Tag: Senate President
Yobe North: INEC shuns Machina, lists Lawan as senatorial candidate
ABUJA - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for...
Nothern APC governors reject Lawan as consensus presidential candidate
ABUJA - Governors of All Progressives Congress, APC, from the North have rejected the anointing of President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan as the...
Breaking: Lawan is APC’s consensus candidate, Adamu declares
ABUJA - Coming shortly after a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari held with nothern governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the National Chairman...
2023: Northern governors abandon Lawan, declare support for Southern presidency +...
ABUJA - Governors and leaders from the Northern part of the country have dumped the idea of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan,...
2023: North and its power game, By Kazeem Akintunde
Northern power brokers are back in the trenches, scheming how the region will retain political power in the country in 2023. Their plan is...
2023: Senate President Lawan joins presidential race, buys APC nomination forms
ABUJA - President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan, on Monday, joined the growing list of presidential aspirants under the platform of the ruling...
2023: Lawan dodges question on reported presidential bid, says ‘God will...
ABUJA - Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Monday parried a question on his reported entry into the 2023 presidential election on the platform of...
Lawan hails Nigerian journalists on World Press Freedom Day
By KINGSLEY OKOYE
Abuja- The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated Nigerian journalists as they mark the World Press Freedom Day. Lawan...
APC’s 2023 Dark Horse, By Lasisi Olagunju
Dark horses always win in Nigeria and everyone appears out searching the skies for the next unknown charger. The cult of Nigeria will narrow...
Senate honours Osinachi, urges police to investigate gospel artiste’s death
ABUJA - President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged the police and all relevant law enforcement agencies to investigate the death of gospel...
Edo South stands chance of producing next Senate President—Sen Alimikhena
BENIN—THE lawmaker representing Edo North senatorial district, Senator Francis Alimikhena, yesterday, said vowed to use his position to accelerate massive job opportunities and infrastructural...
Senate constitutes committee to probe increase in Pay-Tv tariffs, urges NCC...
BY KINGSLEY OKOYE
ABUJA - The President of the Senate, Alhaji Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday at plenary constituted a seven-man ad hoc committee to probe...
Senate: Mansur Bindawa now NCC non-executive commissioner
BY KINGSLEY OKOYE
ABUJA - The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Prof. Mansur Auwalu-Bindawa as a non-executive commissioner on the governing board of Nigerian...
President Buhari Is In A Hurry To Develop Nigeria – Senate...
Senate President Ahmed Lawan has stated that President Buhari is in a hurry to develop the country.
Lawan said this while speaking at a function...
Buhari never told anyone that subsidy be removed – Senate President
Senate President Ahmed Lawan has assured Nigerians that subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) will not be removed for now as being reported by...
Senate President, Yobe Governor in Kano for wedding, condolence visit
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan paid a visit to Kano on Saturday to attend the wedding Fatiha of daughters of one of...
Senate president defends changes to 2022 budget by National Assembly
Following concerns raised by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the recently signed 2022 Appropriation Bill, Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said...
Senate to review Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 1999 Constitution January —Lawan
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Friday, said lawmakers will review the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the 1999 Constitution when it...
Death of Wayas’ widow, blow too heavy to take –Ayade
The Governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade has described as shocking and devastating, news of the death of Lady Abiola Wayas in...
Senate suspends action on Electoral Bill till January
The Senate on Wednesday said it will wait till January to respond to the withholding of assent to the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill by...