Tag: Ahmad Lawan
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New Service Chiefs applying newer strategies to secure Nigeria – Senate President
President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has said the appointment of the new Service Chiefs have seen newer strategies applied to secure the country. Lawan made the disclosure while speaking to journalists in his home town Gashua on Saturday. He stated that this means the Service Chiefs need more resources to be able…
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BREAKING: Buhari should serve 2 terms and go – Senate President
President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has said he stands by the Nigerian Constitution on term limit for President of the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Senator Lawan was reacting to a tweet ascribed to him, alluding he “won’t mind a constitutional amendment to allow unlimited term of office for Presidents if President Buhari…
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DRAMA: Senators battle over size, population of constituencies
There was mild drama on the floor of the Senate of the National Assembly (NASS) on Tuesday as Senators engaged in war of words over the size and population of some constituencies. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the drama followed the presentation of a Bill for an Act to establish a Federal Medical Centre in Mubi, Adamawa…
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Senate President sympathises with victims of fire disaster in Yobe
President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan has commiserated with the victims of fire disaster at Potiskum Central Market, Yobe. Lawan’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Ola Awoniyi, said this in a statement in Abuja. “The senate president sympathises with those whose stalls, wares and other valuables were affected by the fire incident. “He also thanked…
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BREAKING: Senate President reveals those funding terrorists, bandits in Nigeria
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has attributed the lingering insecurity to the funding activities of drug barons who provide insurgent groups such as Boko Haram, bandits and kidnappers with arms and ammunitions to undertake criminal activities in the country. Lawan made this known when the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),…
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BREAKING: Senate asks Bawa, new EFCC chair to take a bow and go
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mr Bawa was asked to take a bow and go after he mesmerized the Senate with his credentials and provided answers to pertinent questions required for his confirmation. Recall President Muhammadu…
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EFCC: We’ll keep tradition in screening Bawa – Senate President
President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has said the tradition of the upper legislative chamber would be kept in screening Chairman-designate of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Senate President stated this immediately after reading a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting for the confirmation of Bawa…
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Killing of farmers in Borno is barbaric – Lawan
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has condemned the killing on Saturday of rice farmers by terrorists in Zabarmari in Borno State. Lawan decried the incident as another act of barbarism against innocent Nigerians minding their own business. The Senate President condoles with the families of the victims, Government and people of Borno State…
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We are taking our time to do a thorough job on PIB – Senate President
We are taking our time to do a thorough job on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) because it is a very delicate and sensitive piece of legislation, President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has said. Lawan made the comments on Friday while speaking on the expectation of Nigerians regarding the passage of some critical…
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Lawan reveals when NASS will pass Nigeria’s 2021 budget
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will pass the 2021 budget of N13. 08 trillion by the second week of December. Lawan made this known while declaring open a retreat for members of National Assembly Management and National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) in Abuja on Friday. The Senate had in…