' El Rufai claimed the people behind the plot are northerners who did not want Tinubu to emerge as the APC nominee fuelling speculation that he was referring to Daura and Yusuf who egged on the presidential ambitions of first Emefiele and later Senate President Ahmad Lawan...
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The Senate's initial suspension of Buhari's request on 28 December appears based not only upon concerns over its legality but also according to Senate President Ahmed Lawan due to the lack of documentation for proper scrutiny...
This didn't stop APC Chairman Abdullahi Adamu from launching a last-ditch attempt to impose Senate President Ahmad Lawan a Muslim from the north-east on the party as a 'consensus candidate' (AC Vol 63 No 10 Consensus candidate plan upsets the frontrunners)...
But Tinubu's feat was the more remarkable given that he prevailed – against the opposition of President Muhammadu Buhari Vice-President Osinbajo Senate President Ahmad Lawan and APC Chairman Abdullahi Adamu (AC Vol 63 No 8 Vice-President Osinbajo's bid challenges APC leader Tinubu and bank governor Emefiele)...
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The top five contenders to watch are ex-Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers State) President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan (Yobe State) Fayemi Osinbajo and Tinubu...
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But in the wake of Atiku Abubakar's emergence as the main opposition candidate some officials around the Presidency in Aso Rock have started pushing the candidacy of Senate President Ahmad Lawan as a strong contender for the APC...
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Late on 24 March Senate President Ahmed Lawan told journalists that he is confident the national convention of the ruling All Progressives' Congress would follow President Muhammadu Buhari's recommendation that it should pick its national chairman by consensus not competitive election...
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This will test Senate President Ahmad Lawan's independence from the executive...
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' Ahmad Lawan the Senate President and close Buhari ally sees room for future amendments of the law by the National Assembly...
The lobbying partly succeeded but Senate President Ahmed Lawan helped push through the key pillars of the reform: a separation of powers between a Ministry of Petroleum Resource with responsibility for policy independent regulators and the commercialisation of the national oil company...