Senator Ahmed Lawan representing Yobe North has been elected president of the Nigerian Senate.
The 60-year-old defeated Ali Ndume by 79 votes to 28 in an election conducted on Tuesday.
Both are of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, said having scored the highest votes, Lawan, had been duly elected as the Senate president of the 9th National Assembly.
