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Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, has said he has no ill feelings towards Senator Ali Ndume or Senator Danjuma Goje over their ambition to contest for the position of the next Senate president in the ninth assembly. Senator Ahmad Lawan, an All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, representing Yobe North senatorial zone,, made the remark when heContinue reading “Senate Presidency: I Have No Ill Feelings Towards Ndume, Goje, Says Lawan”

The Igbo Youth Assembly, Worldwide (IYA), a socio-cultural organization, have endorsed Senator Ahmad Lawan and Hon Chike Okafor for the positions of Senate President and Speaker of the 9th National Assembly. The group stated that it took the new position against the earlier position where it backed the zoning of the leadership positions to theContinue reading “SOUTH EAST GROUP ENDORSES SENATOR AHMAD LAWAN, for 9th NASS LEADERSHIP”

Lagos— The league of Patriotic Lawyers has called on Nigerians to support the aspiration of  Senator Ahmad  Lawan to become the Senate President, saying his candidacy holds prospects for the youths. Briefing newsmen yesterday in Lagos during a visit to corps members serving in Etiosa Local Government Area, Chairman of the league and former studentsContinue reading “Senate Presidenfy: Lawyers’ group urges Youths to back Senator Ahmad Lawan”

Governor Yahaya Bello has declared his unalloyed support for the endorsement of Sen. Ahmad Lawan and Hon Femi Gbajabiamila as the heads of the 9th Senate and House of Representatives respectively. The Governor who made this known while on a courtesy visit to the National Leader of the party, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu in LagosContinue reading “Governor Yahaya Bello endorses Lawan/Gbajabiamila for 9th Assembly”

The three Bauchi senators-elect and eight House of Representatives members-elect have adopted All Progressives Congress (APC)’s leadership nominated candidates for the Speaker and Senate President, Femi Gbajabiamila and Senator Ahmed Lawan respectively. In a Communique signed by the Senators-Elect and their House of Representatives counterparts after a meeting with Governor Mohammed Abubakar and the BauchiContinue reading “Bauchi senators, Reps adopt Lawan, Gbajabiamila for Senate President, Speaker”

How does it feel to be elected as a Senator? It’s exciting and wonderful with some level of anxiety. There is also the massive expectation from my people. My senatorial district has so much hope when they gave me the massive votes they did, but I’m very happy to find myself in this position. WhatContinue reading “Senators-elect Are Rooting For Senator Ahmad Lawan Senate Presidency – Umar”

Ahmad Lawan, majority leader of the senate, says “so many” senators in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in support of his bid for senate presidency. Speaking as a guest at the NAN forum on Thursday in Abuja, Lawan, who is of the All Progressives Congress (APC), promised not to let his colleagues down ifContinue reading “Lawan On Senate Presidency: Many PDP Senators Are Supporting Me”

ABUJA —PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday inaugurated the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), headed by Major General Paul Tarfa (retd) as chairman. The NEDC has the mandate of rebuilding the North East ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. Inaugurating the board at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, before the commencement ofContinue reading “North East Dev’t Commission, Reward For Massive Vote For Me — Buhari”

Senator Ahmad Lawan is A seasoned educationist, an erudite scholar, pragmatic realist, prodigious legislator with 20 years’ experience in the House of Representative and Senate. He is currently a Distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and has also won election to be in the 9th Senate to be inaugurated in June. Born onContinue reading “Biography Of Senator Ahmad Lawan”

The All Progressives Congress has insisted on open ballot for the election of principal officers for the Ninth National Assembly. The insistence came even as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party argued that the election should be through secret ballot to safeguard the independence of lawmakers in choosing their leaders. The APC National Working Committee hasContinue reading “NASS leadership: APC dismisses PDP, insists on open ballot”