Senate President, David Mark foresees a cataclysmic end for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if its members do not put an immediate end to their public in-fighting. However, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, believes that the PDP has already got over its
In what appears to be a constitutional crisis, the Executive and Legislative arms of government have for over two weeks been pitched in a battle over the recent amendments made by the National Assembly. And perhaps to be able to have an overhand in the ongoing war, the Executive Arm of the Federal Government last […]
As the tenure of David Mark as senate president draws to an end, the contest for who would be the next senate President in the 8th National Assembly has deepened. Senators George Akume and Bukola Saraki are the front runners because of the decision of the incoming majority party, All Progressives Congress, APC, to […]
*Burial takes place May 22nd The Nigeria Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary as a mark of honour for the late Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Uche Chukwumerije, who died at the weekend. Sen Chukwumerije died after a long battle against lungs cancer. Senate president, David Mark, has described late Senator Chukwumerije as a national hero, […]
Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, has expressed disbelief at the death of one of his colleagues and former Minister of Information, Senator Uche Chukwumerije. Speaking through a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Paul Mumeh, the senate president said Nigeria lost an erudite and extra ordinary nationalist. The senate president noted that […]
Politics is indeed a game of surprises, hence the saying: “no permanent enemy but permanent interest” which aptly captured the recent victory of the opposition over the “Africa’s biggest political party which can rule Nigeria for 60years”. One wouldn’t have ordinarily believed that the unification of political arch enemies like Sen. George Akume, Sen. Barnabas […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected amendments made by the National Assembly to the 1999 constitution. According to a letter to the Senate President, David Mark and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, read on the floor of the Senate, President Jonathan said he was withholding his assent to the bill due to […]
Senate President, Senator David Mark has today Tuesday swore-in Senator David Umaru who will now be representing the Niger East Senatorial District. Senator Umaru’s swearing-in is coming folowing the Appeal Court’s judgment that dismissed the former occupant of the seat, Senator Shem Nuhu Zagbayi who came in as a result of a bye-election after the […]
Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, has sent a congratulatory message to the President-elect Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), for emerging victorious at the just concluded presidential election. According to Mark, Buhari’s winning the poll was a “reflection” of the wishes of the majority of Nigerians, who elected him as the next President of the country. […]
There are strong indications that Senate President, David Mark may lose his top position when the next legislative assembly resumes in June. This is due to the ongoing changes that may take place in the senate as a result of last Saturday’s National Assembly elections which saw many Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bigwigs and long […]
Ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, Senate President, David Mark, has said that free and transparent polls must be held to safeguard and sustain democracy in Nigeria. Mark, however, expressed optimism that Nigerians have been sensitised enough to ensure the smooth and peaceful conduct of the elections on Saturday. Addressing his constituents
Worried by the massacre of his constituents in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, the Senate President, David Mark, has tasked security operatives to leave no stone unturned in fishing out the assailants and bringing them to justice. Scores of indigenes of Egba community, in the Council, were ambushed and murdered by the assailants […]
Senate President, David Mark, has assured the international community that Nigeria is prepared for a smooth, transparent and peaceful conduct of the 2015 elections. The Senate President also dismissed insinuations that the present administration is ill-prepared for the elections, saying that the initial postponement was necessitated by the security challenges in the
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday nominated Amiru Sanusi as a justice of the supreme court of Nigeria. In a letter read by the Senate President, David Mark, on the floor of the senate, the president asked the upper chamber to approve the appointment of Sanusi. “In conformity with Section 231 (2) of the 1999 constitution […]
