Ahmad Lawan

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has commended the Supreme Court for declaring him the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North senatorial district in the forthcoming general election. The apex court declared…

President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has explained the Upper Chamber's delay in passing the 2023 Appropriation Bill. The senate president gave the explanation on the floor of the Senate on Thursday. Lawan said that "obvious…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North senatorial district in the 2023 general election. A three-member panel of the appellate court led…

The Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has said he would not appeal Wednesday's judgement declaring Bashir Machina as the Yobe North senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general election. Lawan…

A US-based Nigerian professor, Dr Farooq Kperogi, has said that with Wednesday’s court judgement affirming his election as the Yobe North senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bashir Machina has thwarted Senate…

Machina. Machination. Machiavellianism. These words might strike the reader as merely the product of a writer’s indulgent alliterative excitement. But they are not. In them, hangs the future and integrity of the 2023 election. Ignore them…

The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom has engaged the services of lawyers to defend embattled Senator for Enugu West, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. According to a statement signed by…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the emergence of Bola Tinubu as Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reassured the party of winning the 2023 presidential poll. In a letter of congratulations…

President Muhammadu Buhari says he has no anointed candidate going into Tuesday's presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President made the clarification in a Monday statement issued by his Senior Special…

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has promised to tackle insecurity and improve the nation’s economy, if elected president during the 2023 general elections. Lawan, a presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC)…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says his 2023 presidential ambition was conceived to enable him change the lives of Nigerians for the better. Lawan said this on Friday when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River in…

The Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan says he has no need to campaign in Katsina State because it is his second home. Lawan stated this during a meeting with stakeholders and All Progressives Congress (APC) party delegates in Katsina…

The Senate President and Presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen.Ahmad Lawan, has approved the appointment of Mr Iyke Ekeoma as the official spokesman of his presidential campaign organisation. The…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s last-minute entry into the APC presidential primary contest is shaping up to be the first real crucible of the independence and credibility of INEC. Yesterday, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), which…

Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has officially withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race and backed Senate President Ahmad Lawan. Kalu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), made his position known in a…

The Senate on Wednesday passed the Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021 raising the fine for illegal importation and sale of firearms from N1,000 to N1 million. The Bill was passed after it considered the report of its Committee on…

The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has tackled Senate President Ahmad Lawan and others opposed to restructuring of the Nigerian federation as canvassed by the 17 Southern governors. Recall that the governors met on Tuesday in…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged Nigerians to keep praying for the leaders in government as they tackle the various challenges facing the nation. Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser on Media, said in a statement that Lawan…

The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, says drug barons are fuelling insecurity in Nigeria by supplying arms and ammunition to terror groups like Boko Haram as well as kidnappers and bandits. He spoke Thursday in Abuja while…