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Non-Performing Service Chiefs Can Go – Senate President
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Sunday said any officer found short of expectations should be shown the way out if…
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Details of Buhari’s Meeting with Lawan on Sunday Revealed
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has shared details of his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Both men met behind closed doors…
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Oshiomhole’s masquerade will dance naked in the market – Saraki
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has reacted to the defection of Governor Godwin Obaseki to the Peoples Democratic Party and the…
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Non-performing Service Chief Should be Sacked — Senate President, Ahmad Lawan
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Thursday June 11, called for the sack of underperforming service chiefs. The senate president made the…
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We Passed Buhari’s $5.5 Billion Loan Request To Save 20 Million Jobs – Senate President
The passage of the $5.513 billion loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari will save 20 million jobs, President of the…
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Senate President Lawan Leads Senators, Ministers To Orji Kalu’s Residence After He Was Released From Prison (Photos)
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Thursday night led a delegation of Senate leadership to visit the Senate Chief Whip ,…
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Buhari Asks Senate To Confirm Lamido Yuguda As SEC DG
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written the Senate to confirm Lamido Yuguda as the new Director-General of…
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Speak For Yourself – Senate President Tells Enugu Senator Who Said “Africans Marry For Children Not Love”
Senator representing Enugu north, Chukwuka Utazi says that Africans do not marry for love, but simply to have children. Utazi…
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National Assembly Leaders Meet Buhari, Seek SIP Reforms
The Senate President , Ahmed Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Femi Gbajabiamila , on Tuesday…
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SERAP Asks Lawan, Gbaja To Give ₦37 Billion NASS Renovation Fund To States
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker…
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“Your Reaction To Our Comment Is Baseless” Lawan Tells Uwais
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has described as ”unfair and baseless” a statement made by Maryam Uwais, special adviser to the…
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Lawan, Gbajabiamila Fault Social Investment Programme Implementation
The leadership of the National Assembly has faulted the way the Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government is being…
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Prominent Nigerian medical doctor dies after contracting Coronavirus while treating UK COVID-19 patients
A prominent Nigerian doctor who works in the United Kingdom has died after contracting Coronavirus while treating victims of the…
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COVID-19: NASS Shuts Down, Says No Lawmaker Tested Positive
The two chambers of the National Assembly yesterday suspended legislative activities for two weeks following the spread of the deadly…
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Senators Worried Over COVID-19 Status Of 35 Colleagues
FEAR heightened on Monday over the fate of about 35 senators who have not complied with the measures to determine…
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Nigerian Senate Suspends Public Hearings over Coronavirus
The Nigerian senate has suspended public hearings following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Senate President, Ahmed Lawan who…
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Abuja is Not Ready for Coronavirus – Senate President, Ahmad Lawan Decries FG’s Failure to Release N620m for Abuja Isolation Centre
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has raised an alarm of Abuja not being ready for coronavirus at the moment as the…
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Nigerians Reject Immunity For Senate President, Speaker, Others
A bill seeking to amend section 308 of the 1999 Constitution to provide immunity for presiding officers of the National…
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Osinbajo, Wike, Okowa, Others Attend Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege’s Thanksgiving Service in Delta
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, State Governors Ifeanyi Okowa,…
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National Assembly Under Invasion – Senate President Cries Out
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, raised security alarm that the National Assembly is under invasion by “many unknown…
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Bukola Saraki And Ahmad Lawan Smile As They Meet At Udom’s Father’s Burial –
President of the Senate, His Excellency, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan arrives Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom state for the burial…
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Obaseki Wins As APC Replaces Ahmad Lawan As Reconciliatory Team Head
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reconstituted a 12-person committee following the rejection of the Senate President Ahmad Lawan-led…
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Senate Inaugurates Constitution Review Committee
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has inaugurated a 56-member Constitution Review Committee to be chaired by the Deputy Senate President,…
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Ahmad Lawan’s Cousin, Ahmed Kadi Amshi Confirmed NASC Chairman Amid Outrage
Amid outrage caused by the nomination of Engr. Ahmed Kadi Amshi who is a cousin of the President of the…
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Insecurity: Lawan & Gbajabiamila Open Up After Meeting President Buhari, Says The President Is Concerned
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Insecurity: Buhari, Ahmed Lawan, Gbajabiamila In Closed-Door Meeting
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly. The President of the…
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Senate Probes NNPC Over $396 Million Refineries’ Maintenance
The Senate resolved to investigate the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over the $396m spent on Turn-Around Maintenance of refineries between…
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Nigeria’s Security Architecture Has Failed, Needs Restructuring – Ahmad Lawan
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday reviewed the current security architecture of the country and demanded an…
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Photos From Senate President, Lawan’s Son’s Wedding In Kano
The son of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Ibrahim Lawan, has got married to his heartthrob, Amani Umar. The wedding ceremony,…
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President Buhari Signs 2020 Budget
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday signed the 2020 budget into law. He assented to the N10.6trillion package in his office…
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You Will Decide Fate Of ‘Hate Speech Bill’ – Lawan Tells Nigerians
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has asked Nigerians to mobilise against the proposed hate speech bill if they do not want…
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We Have To Respect The Rule Of Law – Ahmad Lawan
Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to obey the rule of…
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Senate Probes DSS Court Invasion
The Senate has mandated its committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to investigate Friday’s invasion of a federal…
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We won’t pass hate speech bill – Senate President, Ahmed Lawan
Following the public outcry that greeted the hate speech bill, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the Senate won’t…
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Orji Uzor Kalu Emerges Head Of African Parliamentary Union
The Senate has appointed the Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu the Head African Parliamentary Union (APU), one of the…
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Social Media Bill Scales Second Reading In Senate
The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill for an Act to make provisions for the protection from internet falsehood and…
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Governor Akeredolu Receives Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Others In Ondo
Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Friday, November 15, 2019 received the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and other…
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Lawan Swears In Senator Olujimi As Adeyeye’s Replacement
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has administered the oath of office on Senator Biodun Olujimi as Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial…
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Senate Approves N10 Billion Loan For Kogi Amidst Protests
The Senate on Wednesday approved the N10bn loan refund for Kogi State despite stiff resistance from the opposition senators. No…
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National Assembly To Pass 2020 Budget On Nov. 28
The National Assembly will pass the 2020 budget on November 28, an official has said. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,…
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Assent To Bill In London: “Buhari Can Preside From Anywhere” – Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari can work…
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Job Scandal: Senate President Lawan ‘Gets’ 26 FIRS Slots
Senate President Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North) was said to have secured 26 job slots for his constituents, from the Federal…
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Nigeria Needs To Pray More To Overcome Challenges – Lawan
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said on Wednesday that Nigeria needs prayers to overcome its challenges. Given the…
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Senate Issues Two Weeks Deadline To MDAs To Defend Budget
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday issued two weeks deadline to Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, to defend their…
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FG Seeks Senate Permission To Pay Kogi State N10.69 Billion
The Kogi State Government has requested the sum of N10.69 billion from the Federal Government for the settlement of debts…
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Abaribe Says NASS Might Have To Takeover Government Economic Policy Direction
A Senator belonging to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari might…
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‘I Lived Next To The Senate President & Never In Detention’ – El-Zakzaky
Here is supposedly a leaked video of El-Zakzaky narrating his ordeal with an Indian doctor few days ago as he…
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Senate To Pass 2020 Budget Before Christmas
The Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Friday in Katsina assured Nigerians that the 2020 national budget will be passed before…
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Service Chiefs, Senators, Storm Katsina To Pay Sallah Homage To President Buhari
The leadership of the Senate led by its president, Ahmed Lawan, today paid a Sallah Homage visit to President Buhari…
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Senate President, Lawan Returns To Nigeria From Saudi Arabia
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has returned to Nigeria from his pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia for Hajj. Lawan said in a…
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