Tag: Lawan
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Senate President, Lawan reveals senate top agenda after resumption
President of Senate,Dr Ahmad Lawan said the confirmation of appointment of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria and consideration of anticipated budget proposals for 2023 would be the immediate attention of Senate on resumption. The Senate is expected to resume from it’s two months annual summer recess on Sept. 20.
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I’ve found Omo-Agege very supportive and reliable – Lawan
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan has felicitated the Deputy President of the Senate, Sen.Ovie Omo-Agege on his 59th birthday coming up on Wednesday, Aug. 3. This is contained in a message personally signed by Lawan on Tuesday in Abuja. “I heartily congratulate my brother and friend, the Deputy Senate President, Distinguished Senator…
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Lawan, APC N/East caucus react to Shettima’s choice as VP candidate
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and North East caucus of the APC has congratulated Sen. Kashim Shettima on his nomination as 2023 vice presidential candidate of the party. Shettima is running mate to APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Lawan in a statement on behalf of the caucus in Abuja on Monday said Tinubu…
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2023: Why we didn’t publish Lawan, Akpabio’s names as candidate – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday finally declared that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio are not qualified to run for the 2023 senatorial election. This is because the electoral umpire has declined to accept their candidacy. INEC said it refrained from publishing the…
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BREAKING: More palaver for Lawan as INEC confirms Machina as senatorial candidate
More palaver for Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the Independent National Electoral Commission has put its stamp of affirmation on the candidature of Bashir Machina. The Commission has recognised Machina as the winner of the governing All Progressives Congress primary for Yobe North Senatorial District ticket. A certified true copy of INEC’s report from the…
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2023: I’ll work for Tinubu same way I worked for Lawan – Orji Kalu
Senate Chief Whip Orji Kalu says he will work for the success of All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential Candidate, Chief Bola Tinubu in the 2023 elections. Kalu told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that he would make for Tinubu, the same level of efforts he devoted to the Senate President Ahmad Lawan before and during…
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2023: APC confident of victory with Tinubu’s candidacy – Lawan
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says the emergence of Bola Tinubu as Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reassured the party of winning the 2023 presidential poll. In a letter of congratulations that he personally signed on Wednesday in Abuja, Lawan said that outcome of the election process had shown…
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Primary: APC NWC issue warning signal to Southern presidential aspirants, says Lawan is still Buhari’s choice
The National Youth Leader of All Progressives Congress, Dayo Israel, has warned presidential aspirants and political leaders from the South against disunity. According to him, there is a danger for the Southern aspirants as the party holds its presidential primary today. Israel urged the aspirants to leverage the position of the Northern governors to shift…
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LAWAN: APC Chairman made a pronouncement beyond his competence- Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said APC national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, made a pronouncement beyond his competence, by announcing the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as APC presidential consensus candidate Monday, the APC national chairman announced Lawan as the consensus candidate for the presidential ticket, but the party’s national working committee (NWC) led by…
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Primaries: Tinubu uses provisions of Electoral Act to fault alleged emergence of Lawan as consensus candidate
The presidential campaign organisation of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has joined the arena of confusion in the All Progressives Congress, APC, to offer clarifications on relevant provisions of the Electoral Act that preclude or forbid the emergence of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as consensus candidate of the party in the manner he had allegedly emerged. Tinubu…