Ahmad Lawan
12 Mar
A foretaste of the drama expected at today’s Senate plenary ensued yesterday when the chairman, Northern Senators’ Forum (NSF) and former Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) engaged in a heated argument
21 Feb
The Senate has resolved to investigate the N30 trillion Ways and Means approved for the Federal Government last year.
19 Nov
President of the ninth senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has commended Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe for his significant strides in education, agriculture, healthcare and infrastructure development.
7 Sep 2023
The trio of President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, his deputy Barau Jibrin, and immediate past senate president, Ahmad Lawan have hailed the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), that unanimously affirmed the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in the 2023 presidential election. The Media office of…
28 Aug 2023
Immediate past President of the Senate and lawmaker representing Yobe North Senatorial District, Ahmad Lawan, at the weekend, donated the newly completed building of Federal Science and Technical College, Gashua, to the state government. A statement by his Media Adviser, Dr Ezrel Tabiowo, said Lawan had facilitated the establishment and construction of the college while…
12 Jul 2023
The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has said that he has never had any rift with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Adamu disclosed this in an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday. He said that he supported the former Senate president Ahmad Lawan in the APC presidential primaries, but…
27 Jun 2023
The 9th Senate has just walked into the hall of history. In doing so, the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, gave a brief summary of the achievements of the 9th Senate.
27 Jun 2023
Mr Chairman, members of the high table, impartial judges, accurate timekeepers, co-debaters, ladies and gentlemen. I’m standing perpendicularly before you here to outline a few points regarding why Mr Lawan the president of the 9th senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should be bothered that he supervised a rubber stamp senate.
18 Jun 2023
Despite misgivings by some Nigerians about the performance of the Ninth National Assembly, the ninth Senate under Ahmad Lawan’s leadership made serious impact with presentation of 1, 129 bills with over 500 successfully passed.
11 Jun 2023
The 9th Senate had passed 500 Bills in four years, says the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
8 Jun 2023
Despite opinions of majority Nigerians that the Ninth National Assembly was more of appendage of the executive arm of government, outgoing Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has scored the legislature high, citing the 112 bills assented to by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
2 Jun 2023
With the June 13 inauguration of the 10th National Assembly drawing nearer, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met with Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the State House, Abuja.
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