Tag: David Mark
Oil Subsidy: Senate Passes N161b Supplementary Budget
The Senate on Thursday, passed the supplementary appropriation bill of N161.6 billion. The amount will serve as payment for fuel…
David Mark’s Paranoia
In a moment of frustration, Senate President, David Mark, last week called for a censoring of the social media in…
Court Stops UNILAG Name Change
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today granted an interim order restraining the Federal Government from renaming the University…
Mark: Nigeria’s $1.7 billion pension fraud disgraceful
Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday said that the level of fraud uncovered in the administration of pensions in…
Tukur’s Emergence, A Stumbling Block For Atiku
The way the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, executive is constituted has provided an insight into the nature of power struggle…
You’re A Failure, Senate President Blasts Nigerian Officials
Senate President, David Mark has lambasted sports administrators for disappointing Nigerians in the field of sports. He said this yesterday…
Is EFCC Fighting Corruption Or Freeing The Corrupt? —Uzoma Ahamefule
Immediately the news broke that Nuhu Ribadu has been appointed the chairman Petroleum Revenue Special Taskforce, the first thing that…
Senate Sits Over Subsidy Removal
The Senate this afternoon rose from an emergency meeting with a resolution that its leadership should continue with the ongoing…
Mark Charges Sports Stakeholders
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has reiterated the need for governments and corporate organisations to develop sports as…
Nigeria’s Senate Passes Law to Prohibit Gay Marriage
Defying pressure from Western countries against legislation that limits rights of sexual minorities, the upper chamber of Nigeria National Assembly,…
Mark Charges Media To Partner With NASS
Senate President David Mark has charged the media to partner with the National Assembly for the progress of the nation.…
Jonathan Must Eliminate Boko Haram’s Threat —Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently eliminate the threat posed by the dreaded…
MINISTERIAL LIST: Okonjo-Iweala’s Name Missing As David Mark Unveils Jonathan’s Nominees
A 34-man ministerial nominee list sent by President Goodluck Jonathan was this morning unveiled on the floor of the Senate…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Senate Commends INEC On Polls
The Senate on Tuesday commended INEC for ensuring the smooth conduct of the just concluded general elections. Sen. President…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
‘Postponement Of Elections, A National Sacrifice’
Senate President David Mark says the set-back occasioned by the postponement of the National Assembly elections should be seen as…
Lagos Win Mark Tourney In Abuja
Lagos State Squash team outshined other 15 states to win the recently concluded Senator David Mark U-20 National Open Championship…
28 States For David Mark U-20 Tourney
Twenty eight states including FCT, Abuja, have confirmed their readiness to take part in the Senator David Mark U-20 National…
Aregbesola Tackles Mark; Over Impeachment Plot
By Lanre Babalola The war of words between Governor Aregbesola of Osun State and the Senate President, David Mark, over…