Tag: Ahmad Lawan
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National Assembly will amend Electoral Act – Lawan
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has stated that the red chamber will seek to amends the electoral act in order to work on the weaknesses in it. Lawan made this known during plenary on Tuesday afternoon , following a matter of National importance brought by Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi (PDP-Kebbi)
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Corruption Allegation: Senate President asks C’ttee to wade into crisis rocking Judiciary
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, wade into the crisis presently rocking the Judiciary. Lawan gave the directive on Wednesday, moments before the chamber adjourned plenary.
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2023: INEC explains only way Lawan, others can contest senatorial election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has explained the only way Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and others who didn’t contest the primaries could return to the Senate in 2023. INEC explained that unless the individuals who won the primaries or legally nominated by their parties withdraw from the race.
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Senate President, Lawan remains member of APC – Aide
Senator Ahmad Lawan is a committed member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has no reason whatsoever to renounce his membership of the party, Ola Awoniyi, Special Adviser (Media) to the Senate President has said. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Awoniyi made this known in a statement on Saturday in reaction to a viral video in which Senator…
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I will never step down for Lawan – Yobe senatorial candidate, Machina
The All Progressives Congress APC Yobe North senatorial candidate, Bashir Machina has insisted that he would never step down for current senate president Ahmad Lawan. Machina further revealed that Ahmad Lawan does not nurse the ambition to return to the senate after contesting the party’s presidential primary election.
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BREAKING: Finally, NASS staff call off one-week-long strike
Finally, the protesting staff of the National Assembly call off a one-week-long strike. The NASS staff had embarked on an indefinite strike to drive home their demands of unpaid allowances and conditions of service among others. The strike was called off after the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, pleaded with the staff and assured…
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APC consensus: All is not well with ruling party
To say all is not well with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is to state the obvious. If for nothing, the back and forth about the issue of a consensus confirmed it. The party had severally brought forward candidates, with many saying those with pedigree such as Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,…
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APC primary: What should happen if South fails to produce consensus candidate – Akeredolu
Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has said only qualified persons from the Southern part of Nigeria should be allowed to contest the presidential ticket of the All Progressives (APC) if the region should fail to get a consensus candidate.
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2023: Kashim Shettima apologises to Osinbajo, Lawan
Former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has apologized to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, for his outburst towards them Shettima tendered an open apology via his Twitter handle saying he did not mean to denigrate them.
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I have not been appointed Ahmad Lawan’s Campaign DG – Orji Kalu
Former Abia state governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Orji Kalu has denied reports that he was appointed as Director-General of Ahmad Lawan’s Campaign Organization. TheNewsGuru.com reports that senate president Ahmad Lawan has joined the presidential race and is looking forward to become the party’s flag bearer in the forthcoming primary elections.