LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors from the North have rejected the choice of Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the party. The National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, was said to have announced Lawan as the consensus candidate, a decision members of the National Working…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-CONTRARY to the position of most Northern Governors on power shift to the South National Chairman of thee All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has announced Senate president Ahmad Lawan as APC consensus presidential candidate. Adamu, Vanguard gathered announced this at the meeting of the National Working Committee, NWC, on Monday, in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thereis tension in the camp of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, over increasing protests from lawmakers, following recent actions taken by President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The fear, Daily Sun gathered, is borne of claims that some of the lawmakers drawn from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sidiqu Abubakar, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has said the fortunes of the All Progressives Congress was going down. Lawan’s aide made this known in reaction to the disqualification of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, by the party’s Screening Committee for the state’s…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of the National Assembly yesterday faulted the implementation of the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme and called for an enabling legislation in line with global best practices. Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila made their reservations about the scheme at a meeting with the Minister…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the public outcry that greeted the hate speech bill, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the Senate won’t pass the proposed anti-free speech bills. Lawan made the disclosure in response to a detailed written protest letter against the hate speech bill and anti-social media bill before the senate by the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has directed the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs led by Peter Nwaoboshi to steer clear of the Interim Management Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), put in place by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. His remarks were on the heels…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Some senators have vowed to shoot down the Finance Act (amendment) Bill seeking incremental changes to Nigeria’s tax and fiscal law, which passed second reading on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. Specifically, they said they would mobilise stakeholders to reject the bill during public hearing. The majority of the…