back to homepage

Tag "Ahmed Lawan"

Drug abuse: N’Assembly won’t allow degeneration of our values, says Lawan

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly is focused on strengthening regulatory mechanisms to ensure that our values as Nigerians do not suffer degeneration as

Read More

Senate moves to recover N16trn AMCON loans

The Senate, Tuesday, considered a critical bill seeking to empower the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in the aspect of assets recovery, as well as strengthen it against economic

Read More

Senate considers Bill to unbundle NIPOST

The Senate has commenced moves to unbundle the Nigerian Postal Service with the consideration of a bill to repeal and re-enact the Nigerian Postal Service Act 2004. The bill which

Read More

COVID-19 Vaccination: Senate President receives first jab of AstraZeneca Vaccine

***Urges more sensitisation, advocacy President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan took the lead at the National Assembly on Tuesday when he received the first jab of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.The vaccine

Read More

Senate President condemns abduction of Zamfara secondary schoolgirls

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the attack on Friday on Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State where hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted. Lawan expressed sadness

Read More

PIB will change economic fortune of Nigeria – Senate President

***Says Ninth Assembly will keep to target on Electoral ammendment Bill President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday assured Nigerians that the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) which is before the

Read More

Fighting Corruption in Nigeria: New EFCC Boss, Bawa unveils new strategy

By Martin Odiete, Abuja The newly confirmed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Abdurasheed Bawa has revealed his new strategy to fighting corruption in the country promising

Read More

2020 Budget: Senate approves N11.35bn for Police Trust Fund

The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N11,352,457,101.70 as budget for Nigeria Police Trust Fund in the 2020 fiscal year. The approval came following consideration of the harmonized report

Read More

Kidnappings: Senate Probes $20m Safe School Initiative fund

The Senate has mandated the Committees on Education (Basic and Secondary); and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND to investigate the utilization of over $20 million (USD) funding proposed and budgeted for

Read More

Cryptocurrency: We Acted in Nigerians’ Best Interest – Emefiele

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele says the Bank’s decision to prohibit deposit money banks, non-banking institutions and Other Financial Institutions from facilitating trading and dealings

Read More