Ahmad Lawan, the Senate President, has defended the present administration over its claimed commitment to the diversification of the economy. Lawan made this defence on Sunday,...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, blamed Nigerian past leaders for the country’s economic predicament. Lawan, who addressed the Senators after the passage of the...
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives, led by Honourable Ndudi Elumelu, last week, condemned the alleged harassment of Channels Television and its presenters, Chamberlain...
In a bid to ensure the eradication of insurgency, the Senate President Ahmad Lawan has implored residents of communities in Borno State to embrace repentant Boko...
The Deputy-President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, last week, took what appeared an indirect swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. This follows his charge...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described as false the $10 million bribe allegedly offered to members of the two chambers of the National Assembly to pass...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday gave the All Progressives Congress (APC) tips on how to overcome the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) threat in the...
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has stated that the National Assembly has approved extra-budgetary funding for modern equipment to enhance fire power and operational needs...
On July 15, Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) suspended plenary for nine weeks in order to enable federal lawmakers go on vacation. The weeks-long holiday has generated...
The National Assembly (NASS), last week, was nothing short of a theatre of commotion during the consideration of the Electoral Act (Repeal/Re-enactment) Bill, 2021. In a...
Embattled Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar, has instituted a suit against the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation,...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday, explained the upper legislative chamber’s position on the electronic transmission of election results. Senators had during the debate on...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has announced the composition of the Conference Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The announcement was made on Tuesday at plenary....
Last week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, gave a somewhat late reminder to his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says Nigeria will keep borrowing to fund critical infrastructures because the country is broke. Lawan who made this known...
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday the National Assembly would work with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delineate electoral constituencies ahead of the 2023...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday, the National Assembly would pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill next month. Members of the National Assembly will...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Monday night, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would face challenges without President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 if urgent interventions...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has decried the persistent attacks and abductions of students by bandits in the north, saying the acts will ultimately...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has broken his silence on the suspension of the operations of the social networking platform, Twitter, by the Federal...
Last week, the leaders of the National Assembly (NASS), Ahmed Lawan, and Femi Gbajabiamila, were left with no choice but admit Nigeria’s failing state. It has...
A piece of legislation seeking to make it unlawful for the government of the federation and states to have abandoned projects in any part of Nigeria...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has stated that the National Toll-Free Emergency Bill will create a structure to guarantee quick security response to Nigerians in...
An Ogun State monarch, Eselu of Iseluland in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Ebenezer Akinyemi, has called on the National Assembly...
A member of the House of Representatives, Sergius Ogun, on Monday hinted that a groundswell of opposition has arisen against Senate President Ahmad Lawan and that...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to urgently...
Members of the House of Representatives, last week, suggested a solution to Nigeria’s security challenges to President Muhammadu Buhari. The suggestion is one that some have...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said senators are the most genuine corruption fighters in Nigeria. He made the remarks on Tuesday night during the inauguration...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday the National Assembly would pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) in May. Lawan, who stated this when he...
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N257.18 billion as the Nigerian Customs Service budget for 2021. The upper legislative chamber also approved the N1.678...
While the strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) was raging last week, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe,...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Engr. Elias Mbam, Chairman, Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to “urgently review upward the remuneration, allowances,...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, seems to have found a new pastime of making disclosures on those allegedly fueling challenges plaguing Nigeria. Last week,...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has clarified that the current legislative arm of government is not a rubber stamp National Assembly. This was in response to claims...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Saturday the Nigerian elite were championing the course for the country’s break-up. The Senate President, according to a statement...
Ahmad Lawan, the Senate President, on Wednesday, March 31, criticised the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rejection of some National Assembly bills. Lawan made...
The Senate on Sunday launched an inquest into dealings in the Finance Ministry over its failure to account for N2.77billion released from the service-wide vote. The...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi...
Last week, the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, made a sensitive disclosure bordering on Nigeria’s deplorable security situation. He, without mincing words, named the sponsors...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday, drug barons provide the Boko Haram insurgents and bandits with funds to procure arms and ammunition and wreak...
Last week, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, revealed his worries over the possible negative effects of the never-ending farmers-herders clashes. Already, the clashes have bred mutual...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, March 2, bemoaned the current trend of kidnapping which he said has become “an industry” with quite...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has implored President Muhammadu Buhari to effect the transfer of the former service chiefs to neighbouring countries as ambassadors. Lawan made...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held a closed-doors meeting with the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lawan, who briefed State House correspondents...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has backed the call by Senate President, Ahmed Lawan that some governors of the South-West geopolitical zone have to be cautioned...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has accused governors in the South-West of fueling the recent spate of ethnic crisis which erupted in some states...
Following the nomination of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, the Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the...
At a time when farmers-herdsmen conflict is threatening to tear the South-West region apart, and sow ethnic tension across Nigeria, prominent political office holders are speaking...
