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Why Nigeria And Twitter Need Each Other – Senate President

Why Nigeria And Twitter Need Each Other – Senate President

June 12, 2021 5:11 am

The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has made a strong case for the resolution of the disagreement between Twitter and the Federal Government of Nigeria, stressing that both parties need each other.

Lawan made this appeal during a press conference in Abuja yesterday following the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria.

‘Nigeria needs Twitter just as Twitter needs Nigeria,‘ he said, one week after the suspension which has sparked an outcry in the country.

He welcomed the idea of a dialogue between the Nigerian government and the microblogging site, saying the Senate has been criticised for not coming …

Lawan, Abaribe Trade Words Over Conduct Of 2019 Polls

Lawan, Abaribe Trade Words Over Conduct Of 2019 Polls

December 6, 2020 4:58 am

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, yesterday, traded tackles over the authenticity of votes from the North East during the conduct of the 2019 presidential election.

The duo clashed when the Senate confirmed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second term.

Abaribe, had while making a case for a strong electoral system, questioned how INEC conducted elections in the North East in 2019 with huge turnout of voters and electoral victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) despite the ongoing insurgency war.

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Despite meeting Senate President, ASUU says strike continues

Despite Meeting Senate President, ASUU Says Strike Continues

October 13, 2020 3:47 am
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, says its nationwide strike continues despite meeting with Senate President on Monday.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan met with leadership of ASUU on Monday where he appealed to them to go back to the classroom.

But ASUU, in a statement on its twitter handle said it would now meet with its members in an internal meeting, but that till then, the strike continued.

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According to ASUU, ‘The Senate President appealed to the FG and ASUU to be ready to sheath

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SARS: Senate President Reacts, Buhari Listened To Peoples Voice

Senate Receives New Petroleum Industry Bill

September 29, 2020 1:48 pm
The Senate on Tuesday said it has received the Petroleum Industry Bill from the Federal Government.
Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan said this during plenary.
He said the Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Petroleum Resources (Upstream) and Gas had preliminary engagements with the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other Stakeholders in the Oil and Gas industry, to discuss the critical piece of legislation.
According to him, “the PIB has been  conveyed to the Senate for consideration.”
Speaking on the revised 2020 Budget, Lawan
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₦7.65bn Fraud - Senator Lawan, Others Under Fire For Paying Visit To Orji Kalu

₦7.65bn Fraud: Lawan, Others Under Fire For Paying Visit To Orji Kalu

June 6, 2020 6:25 am
Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan has come under fire for leading his colleagues on a solidarity visit to the residence of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who was recently released from the Kuje Correctional Centre.

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, blasted the Lawan-led leadership of the upper legislative chamber for playing to the gallery.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, had on Thursday, led other Senators to the residence of the Chief Whip of the upper legislative chamber, Kalu, after the Abia lawmaker was released from prison during the week.

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Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila

Immunity: Lawan, Gbajabiamila Have Something To Hide

February 27, 2020 6:23 am

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the bill seeking immunity from prosecution for federal lawmakers.

HURIWA, a prominent civil rights advocacy group claimed that the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila may be afraid of possible “prosecution over something only both of them know for rushing up a bill to grant themselves immunity from prosecution.”

In a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, and National Media Affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, the rights group said “the hierarchy of the National Assembly should note that “only the guilty

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B’Haram: Saraki Reveals Talks With Leah Sharibu’s Father

February 22, 2020 5:41 am

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Friday contacted father of Leah Sharibu, the abducted Dapchi girl still in captivity of Boko Haram.

Thursday marked the second year of Leah Sharibu in the captivity of insurgents.

Leah was abducted by Boko Haram terrorists sometime in February 2018 from Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State.

However, the insurgents, released some girls but held onto Leah over her refusal to renounce her fate as a Christian.

President Muhammadu Buhari few days ago expressed concern that Leah was the only one left in captivity because she

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Senate President Ahmad Lawan: holds emergency meeting, orders tight security at National Assembly.

Lawan Holds Emergency Meeting Over Threat To NASS

February 19, 2020 3:34 am

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has called on the nation’s heads of security agencies to tighten security at the National Assembly to avert any security breach.

Lawan said he had received a report of security threats to the seat of parliament and such cannot be taken for granted.

A statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, said Lawan spoke at an emergency meeting of the Senate leadership with top security officials at the National Assembly Abuja.

The statement said those at the meeting included the DSS Director-General and representatives of the Defence, the police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence …

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Bayelsa: Saraki Congratulates Diri, Advises PDP Members

February 14, 2020 10:59 am

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has congratulated Governor-elect, Douye Diri, for his victory at the Supreme Court.

Recall that following the nullification of the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo’s election, the Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC) on Friday declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Douye Diri, winner of the Bayelsa governorship election.

INEC chairman, Prof Yakubu Mahmud said the PDP fulfilled more than 25 percent of the lawful votes.

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Reacting to the development, Saraki on his Twitter page appealed to

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