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Protect Nigerian Businesses In Your Country, Lawan Tells S/Africa

Senate President, Ahmed Lawan
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan yesterday urged the South African authorities to reciprocate the Nigerian Government’s gesture by ensuring that the business interests of Nigerians in South Africa were secured. HeRead More

Senator Lawan Denies Collecting N2bn Bribe

Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan
The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has washed his hands off an alleged collection of N2 billion bribe to hasten the re-appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of theRead More

How Commercial Banks Are Aiding Fraud – Sen. Lawan

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday in Abuja urged the nation’s anti-corruption agencies to beam their searchlights on operations of commercial banks. Lawan, during his investiture and induction as Patron byRead More

Buhari Orders Retrieval Of Abandoned Farm Estates

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed that all abandoned farm estates of National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) be retrieved to enable thousands of young men and women engage inRead More

#EndSARS: Too Much Anger, Hunger In The Country – Govs

#ENDSARS protesters in front of Central Bank of Nigeria’s headquarters in Abuja on Sunday, October 18th, 2020
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Sunday that he and his colleagues are worried about the discontent, hunger, and anger in theRead More

Senate Asks Buhari To Scrap Redundant Federal Agencies

President Ahmad Lawan
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to reduce the number of its agencies in order to reduce cost of governance. The red chamber took the decision following theRead More

Atiku Urges N’Assembly To Reject Fresh Loan Requests

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
A former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has written to the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, requesting the National Assembly to reject any new loan request meant forRead More

National Assembly Asks Buhari To Stop Keyamo From Supervising 774,000 Jobs

Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo
The Senate and the House of Representatives have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, from supervising the recruitment ofRead More

Why Kalu’s Seat Wasn’t Declared Vacant – Lawan

Orji Uzor Kalu
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, explained why the Senate refused to yield to pressure to declare Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s s seat vacant during the period of his incarceration.Read More

NASS Commences Work On 2020 Revised Budget

Nigerian Senate
The Presidency has said the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic caused the delay in presenting the 2020 revised budget to the National Assembly. This came as the Chairman, SenateRead More