Ahmad Lawan
1 Jun 2023
Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday spoke on his rumoured appointment as chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu. "Be patient. The system works in its own way - allow the system to work," Gbajabiamila told a journalist that quizzed him at the State House in Abuja. A report by Leadership…
1 Jun 2023
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Tajudeen Abbas and Ben Kalu, both contenders for the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker positions respectively. The meeting currently ongoing, is coming immediately after the President earlier met with the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, also in…
28 May 2023
The Senate, in an emergency session, yesterday, passed a bill extending the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act from June 30, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
24 May 2023
Senate president Ahmad Lawan has dismissed reports that he is seeking reelection for the Senate Presidency position. Lawan in a statement said he did not declare or held a meeting with anybody to contest for the post. “I have read some media reports that I have joined the race for the Presidency of the 10th…
24 May 2023
Worried by issues of sexual harassment and rape of children and women in the country, federal lawmakers, in 2016, took steps to reverse the trend by producing a legal instrument that criminalises the acts.
23 May 2023
President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan has denied media report that he has joined the race for the Presidency of the 10th National Assembly.
10 May 2023
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has called for the vast improvement of security within every state of Nigeria in the nearest possible future. Lawan made this call on Wednesday morning following the complaint lodged by Senator Abba Moro representing the Benue South senatorial district of Benue State. Moro cited Order 42 to notify the Senate…
10 May 2023
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has read a letter from President Muhammdu Buhari, GCFR, requesting for the approval of an additional financing of the National Social Safety Net Programme to the tune of $800 Million to be secured from the World Bank.
9 May 2023
Inauguration of the 10th National Assembly would be confronted by two tough puzzles, including resolving the issue of religious balance via zoning and accommodating the interests of the North, which claims the political IOU of supporting the emergence of a Southern Presidency.
8 May 2023
Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has tasked the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament with security and accountability in governance. Lawan on Monday called on the ECOWAS Parliament to tackle all forms of insecurity arising from acts of terrorism, ethnic conflicts and trans-border crime within the sub-region. He said this in an address…
4 May 2023
With less than 48 hours to the sentencing of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, the Senate, yesterday, passed a motion, seeking clemency.
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The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has monitored the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise in Abuja. Prof. Oloyede who monitored the exercise at the Kogo Computer Based Tests (CBT) Centre in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, expressed satisfaction with the process. He reiterated the examination body's earlier order…