Senate President Ahmad Lawan said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari will not compound the harsh economic realities for Nigerians by approving the removal of the petroleum products subsidy. He told State House Correspondents on Tuesday after...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the upper chamber will work with revenue-generating agencies towards reducing the level of the nation’s borrowing. He spoke on Wednesday in Abuja, at an event to...
The National Assembly has transmitted the 2022 Appropriation Bill to the President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, had said the budget would be transmitted to Buhari by Thursday. A communication from the...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the 2022 appropriation bill will be transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent next week. He had said it would be done on Thursday Speaking on Friday after a visit to...
The Senate on Wednesday passed the 2022 budget after increasing the initial estimates by over N700 billion. The House of Representatives had passed it a day before. The version of the Senate puts the budget...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking the consideration and subsequent passage of the 2021 Finance bill that will guide the implementation of the 2022 appropriation. The President had on October 7 presented before...
The Nigerian Senate says a wellhead leak in Nigeria's Bayelsa state has spewed two million barrels of oil and gas equivalent into the Delta creeks. Nigerian oil firm Aiteo Eastern E&P reported the "extremely high order"...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that the National Assembly will pass the 2022 Appropriation Bill before Christmas. He spoke on Friday night, while receiving the New Telegraph’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Politics, alongside other...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has reconstituted the leadership and membership of some standing and special committees of the Senate. He announced the new leaders at the end of plenary on Wednesday as: The new chairmen are...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Husseini Baba-Yusuf as the substantive Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). His request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The...