The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured that the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly will consider the report of the Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution when it resumes sitting on 14 September. He further stated that the document will be transmitted to state Houses ofContinue Reading
President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has urged lawmakers to track, monitor and supervise the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) after assent by President Muhammadu Buhari. He made the call in a keynote address at the Conference of Presiding Officers of the Nigerian Legislature (COPON) held on Saturday, JulyContinue Reading
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the Electoral bill will be passed by March 2021. Lawan disclosed this at the public hearing organized by the National Assembly joint committee on Electoral Matters on Wednesday. The bill seeks to repeal the Electoral Act No.6 2010 (as amended) and enact the IndependentContinue Reading
It was a gathering of Nigeria’s elite at the wedding Fathia of Bashir, son of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Saturday. 4wardwego reports that the wedding was held in Abuja. Among the bigwigs who witnessed the tying of the knot between Bashir El-Rufai and his wife, Halima; daughter of anContinue Reading
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, November 19, slammed allegations he collected N2 billion to facilitate the confirmation of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu for a second term as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to Lawan, these reports are spurious and existing only in the imagination of purveyors of fake news. TheContinue Reading