Ninth Assembly: Sanwo-Olu Commends Voting Process, States Expectation

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated Senator Ahmed Lawan and Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila on their victories as President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. Governor Sanwo-Olu described Lawan’s and Gbajabiamila’s victories as results of focus, hard work, resilience and team spirit, saying that the keenly contested elections in … Read more

9th NASS: Lawan Campaign Group Condemns 2015 Senate Rule, Says It’s Illegal

Ahmed Lawan

The Chairman, Senator Ahmad Lawan Campaign Group, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi has condemned the amendments done to 2015 Senate Rule, saying it is illegal and not fit to be used in the 9th National Assembly. The ninth Senate would be inaugurated today and new leadership will also emerge. Abdullahi made this known at the News Agency … Read more

Ninth Assembly: Northern Group Rejects Lawan’s Presidency, Gives Reasons

Shettima Yerima

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has kicked against the candidacy of Ahmed Lawan as President of the ninth Senate. The group made it known that the support Lawan is currently getting from chieftains within the All Peoples Congress (APC) is because of their personal ambitions ahead of the 2023 general elections, and not in … Read more

Ninth Senate: PDP, YPP Senators-Elect Support Lawan’s Senate Presidency Ambition

Lawan

Some senators-elect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Young Progressive Party (YPP), have on Friday, declared support for Sen. Ahmad Lawan’s Senate Presidency ambition. The opposition parties’ senators-elect at the occasion include Clifford Odia (PDP-Edo), Mathew Urhoghide (PDP-Edo) and Gershom Bash (PDP-Cross River). Others were Abba Moro (PDP-Benue), Lawali Anka (PDP-Zamfara) and Ifeanyi Ubah … Read more

Shekarau, Two Other Kano Senators Endorse Lawan For Senate President

Lawan

Former Kano State governor and newly-elected Senator, Ibrahim Shekarau, and the two other members of the Senate in the 9th National Assembly from Kano have endorsed the Senate Presidency ambitions of Senator Ahmad Lawan. Throwing their weight behind Senator Lawan, Senators Barau Jubrin and Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya along with Shekarau, described him as eminently qualified … Read more