The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday frowned at state governors in the North-West negotiating with bandits, insisting that such negotiation is fuelling banditry in the country. The...
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan on Wednesday gave the Senate joint committees of Army, Air Force and Navy two weeks to screen the new service chiefs...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to nominate an indigene of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as a non-career ambassador. Lawan...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to “to urgently...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, last week spoilt the fun for critics who continue to see everything wrong with the seeming open romance between...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday the upper legislative chamber would not fight President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in Nigeria to please...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday Nigeria would generate more revenue from the oil and gas industry with the passage of the Petroleum Industry...
President Muhammadu Buhari, like many are wont to do at the beginning of each year, shared with his countrymen a couple of ‘new year resolutions’. To...
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, last week lent his voice to efforts being made to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, a challenge that has brought all countries of...
There was rage in the National Assembly (NASS) past week as Senators boiled in anger over perceived disregard, by President Muhammadu Buhari, of their resolutions on...
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that Nigerians can no longer stand with President Muhammadu Buhari considering the supposed pains his government had...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has called on Nigerians to continue to stand with President Muhammadu Buhari. Lawan stated this in his birthday message to Buhari on...
The Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the federal lawmakers would hold a special session on Monday, December 21, to consider and pass the...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has sworn in former Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa West) and three other newly elected senators. The three other senators are...
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has revealed when the Upper House will pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill while also giving assurance on the repeal of...
The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has urged the National Assembly to organize a public debate for the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as...
Lawan’s jab On November 19, the President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, called on Nigerians to punish lawmakers, who they perceive to have performed poorly,...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Friday the National Assembly is doing everything within its power to ensure the passage of the 2021 Budget by...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, told Nigerians on Friday to vote out all the members of the ninth National Assembly in 2023 if they don’t like...
Ndume’s grouse For the umpteenth time, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has kicked against Nigerian Government’s reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members into...
Senate President Ahmed Lawan, on Monday reassured that the National Assembly (NASS) would ensure victims of alleged brutality by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) got justice....
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has warned that any ministry that failed to defend its 2021 budget by the first week of November should forget about...
#EndSARS realities On October 7, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, argued that banning the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would not bring a solution to...
#SARSMustEnd protesters have been urged by Senate President Ahmad Lawan to drop their protest and go back home to allow the government implement their demands. Lawan...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that President Muhammadu Buhari yielding to the demand of Nigeria on Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), was a demonstration of good...
The National Assembly has promised that the 2021 Appropriation Bill would be passed before the end of this year. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan...
Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Wednesday argued that the recent ban placed on Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) would not solve problems of extrajudicial killings by...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday present the 2021 budget estimates to a joint sitting of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday. Buhari...
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 Gbajabiamila...
The burden of responsibility thrust President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the centre stage last week. While Buhari angered the populace by supervising...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that disrespect by President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointees would no longer be tolerated by the National Assembly....
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of House of Representatives,...
Remi Tinubu’s script The Senate, on July 14, took an important step at stemming the tide of kidnapping in Nigeria. It passed a bill, sponsored by...
The Senate on Tuesday received from President Muhammadu Buhari, the 2021 – 2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. The MTEF/FSP document forwarded to...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday denied reports making the rounds that he is planning to run for president come 2023. Lawan made the denial...
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N168,809,476,220 to fund the proposed 2020 budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). The approval covers the...
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday described as unacceptable, the alleged financial recklessness and misappropriation of N81 billion by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the...
Let them shout! On June 30, there was a heated argument between the Minister of State for Employment, Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo and the National...
President Muhammadu Buhari has removed names of two non-career ambassadors-designate he nominated recently for appointments and replaced them with new names. In a letter he sent...
Ndume’s tales Eyebrows were raised, last Tuesday, when media reports went viral claiming that the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, had...
President Muhammad Buhari is currently in a closed-door meeting with governors elected on the All Progressive Congress (APC) platform. In attendance at the meeting are APC...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met behind closed doors with the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The issues discussed at the meeting...
Lawan’s rigmarole It was a classic Ahmed Lawan beating about the bush last week. While making a remark on the incessant Boko Haram killings in Borno...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday the 9th Senate had approved foreign loans in excess of $28 billion for the Executive in the last...
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of 42 Ambassadors-designate. This was just as the Upper Chamber confirmed the nomination of James Jiya John Kolo as...
The Senate on Tuesday told the Federal Government to suspend the planned electricity tariff hike over hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The...
The Leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to be briefed by the latter on the...
President of the Nigerian of Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday enforced the observance of physical distancing and wearing of nose masks during the plenary session...
A National Health Emergency Bill on Tuesday passed first reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill, which is a quarantine law, is similar to the Infectious...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Senate President Ahmad Lawan and the House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila to share the N37 billion naira...
