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
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 […]
