A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has spoken on the reason the reason the outgoing Senate President Ahmad Lawan was standing against his Senate Presidential ambition ahead of the 10th national assembly. The former Governor of Akwa Ibom State led some lawmakers to the president elect Senator Bola Tinubu to destroy…
The Senate President Ahmad Lawan has called on opposition political platforms to work with the incoming administration of the president elect Senator Bola Tinubu to develop Nigeria. The SP said the elections have been concluded, and therefore the opposition camps need to cooperate and work with the incoming government. He made this revelation in Abuja,…
The Nigeria’s Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that the 10th National Assembly will need more money for capacity building. He said this came as many of those he described as experienced lawmakers did not win their re-election bids to the national assembly, in the February 25 elections. He said the legislative Chambers would be…
The Senate President, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, has won the Yobe North Senatorial District, as as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Professor Omolola Aduloje from the Federal University Gashua, Bade Local Government, who’s the returning officer of Yobe North announced the result. She revealed that Lawan who contested on the platform of the…
The President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has identified with the people of Nigeria over the pain and inconvenience brought upon them by the cashless policy initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The Senate boss made this remark in a statement he personally signed. He said he even though the policy has its benefits…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has reacted to how the Supreme Court declared him the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Yobe North senatorial district. The Informant247 earlier reported that the apex court in the country declared the president of the 9th Senate as the party’s candidate against Bashir Machina. While addressing newsmen…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has said the fast approaching 2023 general elections will be the best ever in the history of Nigeria. The SP made this revelation on Tuesday while receiving delegates of the European Union (EU), election observers and former Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, who was on a separate courtesy visit to…
The Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Friday, said that all Nigerians need to support and pray for the country’s Armed Forces and other security formations. The leader of the Nigerian Senate said this would be a gesture to show patriotism and to ensure the safety of the country. Lawan made this remark after observing…
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, behind closed-door. The president met with the Senate President in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the country’s capital. The national assembly boss, reached the State House this afternoon to meet with the Nigerian leader. The meeting may not be unconnected…
The Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, on his 55th birth anniversary. Mr Olu Awoniyi, the media aide to the senate president, made this revelation in a statement released in Abuja on Friday. He celebrated Buni for living a life of selfless service to promote…
President Muhamadu Buhari has said that he will work with the stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) towards the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as his successor come 2023. Buhari made this revelation in his brief speech at the inauguration of APC presidential campaign, Tuesday in Jos. “The party has taken a stand and…
The Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has debunked the news that he was planning to appeal the judgement of the Federal High Court Damaturu, which invalidates his senatorial candidacy. The president of the senate has through a statement released by Ola Awoniyi, his media aide, described the news as ‘utter falsehood’. “It is just another…
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari well be presenting the budget of 2023 to the joint session of the National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) on Friday. The President wrote a personal letter on the presentation of the 2023 budget, which was read in plenary on Tuesday by the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has accepted the court judgment that affirmed Bashir Machina as the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate for Yobe North senatorial district. The Informant247 reports on Wednesday that the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu has ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise…
An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to publicize the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial election. The Informant247 recalls that the electoral umpire had omitted the names of some political actors from its published lists….
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday, had a separate closed-door meetings with former Nigerian retired Generals, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar at their residences in Minna, the capital of Niger State. The Nigerian senate president reached Minna at about 1.30pm and first went to the residence of General Abdulsalami before he went to the residence…
YOBE, Nigeria, September 4 (The Informant247) – The Nigerian President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday made a donation of the sum of 200 Million as start-up to traders. The Informant247 gathered that the Yobe State government has named the Gashua Ultra-Modern Market after him. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the President…
Senator Francis Fadahunsi, the lawmaker representing Osun East and Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, has affirmed that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has been frustrating the moves by the lawmakers in the opposition camps in the upper chamber of the National Assembly to remove President Muhammadu Buhari. Fadahunsi has also unleashed threats…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed and accepted Bashir Sheriff Machina as the real candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Yobe Zone C Senatorial District. The electoral commission has also disclosed that the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan is not the party’s candidate for the senatorial district. The APC had earlier…
Senator Philip Tenimu Aduda (FCT) has been appointed the new Minority Leader. This was announced and read by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during the legislative sitting on Tuesday, in the letter signed by the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu. The SP also declared Senator Chukwuka Utazi as the Senate Minority…
