The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC shocked the nation with the announcement of Ahmed Lawan, Senate President as the consensus candidate of the party for the forthcoming presidential election. Abdullah Adamu, national chairman of the APC made the announcement on Monday. The announcement came hours ahead of the presidential primaries of the party scheduled to…
Ali Ndume Sent to Prison for Maina
Ali Ndume, a senator representing Borno south district in the Senate is to be remanded in prison. This follows the order of a Federal High court in Abuja given on Monday. The senator had stood surety for the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Ndume, a former principal officer of the…
COVID-19 Challenge: Economic Sustainability Committee, National Assembly Leadership meet
The Economic Sustainability Committee, ESC, Thursday afternoon, held a virtual meeting with leadership of the National Assembly. Led by its chairman, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, members of the Committee had interaction with leadership of the National Assembly on the draft Sustainability Plan, ahead of the submission of the Plan to…
Senate Approves Buhari’s N850 Billion Loan Request
President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking domestic and foreign loans to bridge the liquidity crisis caused by the COVID-19 crisis in the 2020 budget. The National Assembly resumed plenary today after a five-week COVID-19 recess and the Senate immediately approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for N850 billion loan to fund shortfalls in the 2020 budget. Ahmed…
We may not pass Hate Speech Bill – Ahmed Lawan
The Senate gives six months scorecard. Ahmed Lawan, president of the Senate, has assured Nigerians that the obnoxious Hate Speech Bill will not be passed if the majority of Nigerians do not want it. He gave this assurance on Monday at Abuja in a press briefing where he gave account of the Ninth Senate’s stewardship…
Xenophobic Attacks: Lawan Says Enough is Enough
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has expressed concern over the worsening xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa, warning that enough is enough. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, Lawan said Nigeria has had enough of its citizens being targets of these attacks and will no longer tolerate hate crimes in any form…
Why Senate May Return Budget Cycle to Jan-Dec
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan said on Tuesday that the desire of the ninth Senate and indeed the National Assembly is to have the budget cycle returned to January to December. Lawan spoke shortly before the Senate adjourned for a two-month recess which was initially delayed to allow for the confirmation of the 43 nominees of…
Buhari’s Yes Chamber?
There are concerns that despite assurances of leaders of the ninth National Assembly the legislature may be too submissive to the executive that it may shirk its traditional role of keeping the government on its toes As soon as the leadership of the 9th Senate was inaugurated on June 11, Ahmed Lawan, the newly elected…
Who Leads The National Assembly?
Trouble is brewing in the coming ninth National Assembly as law makers get set to assert their independence The stage is set for a battle royale for the leadership of the ninth National assembly. To avoid a repeat of what happened in the eight National Assembly where independent candidates emerged as senate president and speaker…
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