President Muhammadu Buhari has prevailed on one of the contestants for the Senate Presidency of the 9th Senate, Danjuma Goje, to withdraw from the race.
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The Igbo Youth Intelligential, the umbrella group of enterprising youths of Igbo extraction at home and in the Diaspora, has endorsed the candidature of Dr Ahmed Lawan and Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, for the posts of President of Senate and Deputy Senate President in the 9th National Assembly respectively.
Ahead of the inauguration of the 9th session of the National Assembly, the candidacies of Senator Ahmed Lawan, representing Yobe North Senatorial District, and Senator-elect, Dr. Orji Kalu, representing Abia North Senatorial District, for the positions of Senate President and Deputy Senate President have received a boost following the adoption of the candidates by a group under the auspices of Progressive Youths.
Former Governor of Abia State and Senator, Abia North Senatorial District, Dr. Orji Kalu (APC), has applauded Senator Peter Nwaboshi (PDP), representing Delta North Senatorial District, for throwing his weight behind the candidacy of Senator Ahmed Lawan (APC) for the position of Senate President in the 9th National Assembly.
The Senate, on Tuesday, approved a sum of N243.4 billion for the Federal Capital Territory Administration budget for 2019 Fiscal Year.
The Senate, on Tuesday, attributed the major source of insecurity in the country to the problem of out-of-school children.
The Northeast Support Group has appealed to Northeast senators to support Sen. Ahmed Lawan as the next Senate President.
Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, says his ambition to become President of the Senate in the 9th assembly is a product of deep thinking by his colleagues, senators-elect.
Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, says, every senator will count under his watch as President of the Senate in the ninth assembly.
Less than four weeks to the inauguration of ninth Senate, a group of All Progressives Congress senators have thrown their weight behind the candidature of Senator Danjuma Goje for the Senate Presidency.
The Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress and party state chairmen from the North Central geopolitical zone on Thursday endorsed the two candidates of the party for the leadership positions in the 9th National Assembly.
In its determination to reform the nation’s political process as well as the operations of the petroleum industry, the Senate on Wednesday passed a re-drafted version of the Independent National Electoral Commission Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill, 2019; Petroleum Industry Governance) Bill, 2019; and five other Bills to which President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier declined assent.
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno says former governors in the ninth National Assembly have endorsed the candidature of Sen. Ahmed Lawan for the seat of Senate President.
The Adamawa Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has thrown its weight behind the candidatures of Sen. Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila for the leadership of the 9th National Assembly.
What would it take President Muhammadu Buhari to get the politics of the National Assembly right? Four years ago, he had a problem which, like a stubborn fly, has refused to go away.
Sustainable Democracy Agenda, a political group, says the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the position of President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan enjoys the support of majority of voters in the country.
Serving and elected Senators in Niger under the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Saturday endorsed Senator Ahmed Lawan for the ninth senate president seat.
My teacher and mentor, both academically and in the practical world of politics and activism since the 1980s, Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim (Mallam Jibo), in his Daily Trust column of April 5, 2019 argued that the decision of the All Progressives Congress leadership
The Initiative for Demonstrating Change in Nigeria, a pro Buhari group, says it backs Senator Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila for the leadership of the 9th National Assembly.
Sustainable Democracy Agenda, a pressure group, has urged Adams Oshiomhole-led All Progressives Congress to remain resolute on its endorsement of Senator Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Senate President and Speaker of House of representatives.