Ahmed Lawan, former senate president, has rejected suggestions that President Bola Tinubu is difficult to reach, insisting that the president remains open and accessible to Nigerians. Lawan spoke to State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday after a private meeting with the president. He urged politicians and critics to approach Tinubu directly rather than complain […]
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja To tackle rising wave of insecurity and proliferation of firearms, the Senate on Tuesday began moves to invoke stiffer penalties for anyone caught in possession of unlicensed weapons. This followed the second reading of a bill for an Act to alter the Firearms Act, CAP F28, LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (SB. […]
By Tunde Opalana The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has denied a news report linking him with a purported collection of N2 billion bribe from Prof Mahmood Yakubu to facilitate the confirmation of his second term appointment as Chairman if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Daily Times gathered. He said the concerted write […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja met with Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the proposed increase in electricity tariff. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo, heads the Power Sector Reform Coordination Working Group. The National Assembly had in a statement […]
…Legal practitioner petitions NASS, EFCC A legal practitioner, Mr. Ojeh Godwin, has petitioned the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over what he described as the flagrant abuse of statutory procedure and due process in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In the petition, copies […]
President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan has directed the Senate Committee on Primary Health Care to liaise with Federal Ministry of Health to intensify screening for COVID-19 at airports and seaports. This followed a point of order brought up by Sen. Ajayi Boroffice (APC-Ondo), under article 43 of the Senate Rule. READ ALSO: CoronaVirus: FAAN explains prevention […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan and Governor of Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Sunday called for concerted efforts by government at all levels to work for the progress of the country. They spoke at the Mother of the Redeemer Catholic Church, Effurun, during a thanksgiving service by the Deputy President […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Senator Ahmed Lawan on the occasion of his 61st birthday. In a statement by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa – Onilu, the party described Lawan as a patriotic Nigerian, a diligent and experienced legislator, […]
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmed Lawan, has pledged to run non-partisan leadership in the National Assembly. Lawan stated this on Saturday in Damaturu at the ‘Grand Reception’ ceremony in his honour and Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mr Abubakar Aliyu. “I can take it upon myself to run a non-partisan Senate, […]
The Senate President Ahmed Lawan said that the Senate will not pass any anti-people laws. Lawal made this known in his reply to a letter written to him by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA on Hate Speech Bill. HURIWA in November had written to the senate through the offices of the Senate […]
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has charged traditional and religious leaders to be in the vanguard of praying for peace even as he tasked political leaders to deliver on their mandate. Lawan, who spoke on Sunday at Anyiin in Logo Local Government Area during a thanksgiving mass held at the NKST church in honour […]
…President incompetent over handling of security matters -Abaribe …Lawan: No, your comment disrespectful, you have to withdraw it …Senate suspends Omo- Agege for 90 days The Senate erupted on Thursday over President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that killer-herdsmen who continue to torment some states of the federation were trained by late Libyan leader, Muammar Gadaffi. Buhari […]
The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, representing Yobe North Senatorial district and his counterpart, Senator Mohammed Hassan of Yobe South Senatorial engaged each other in verbal attacks over Yobe missing school girls on Thursday. Trouble started when a point of order was raised by the former governor of Yobe, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, through order 43 […]