With only few days to the end of the present senate, a new amendment to the Senate Standing Order that would effectively shut the door against new senators seeking to contest the office of the President of the Senate or the deputy is being introduced. The amendment, which is scheduled for debate through a motion […]
ABUJA-THE Senate yesterday approved N150 billion for take-off of the Sovereign Wealth Fund. This followed the passage of the Sovereign Investment Authority Bill, which seeks to create special fund for generations yet unborn. Senate President, David Mark, who presided over yesterday’s session which passed the bill, expressed confidence that the fund will enable future generations […]
In a tacit endorsement of Senator David Mark for the office of the Senate Presidency, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed confidence that his partnership with that of the Benue State-born legislator would drive the nation and transform the economy for the next four years. The presidential endorsement may have further fueled speculations of the zoning […]
The Coalition for Good Governance in Kwara State has canvassed support for the nomination of the senator-elect from Kwara Central, Dr. Bukola Saraki as the next President of the Senate. The group in a statement on Monday said Bukola had performed creditably well as the governor of Kwara State. The group also added that […]
When the late flambouyant and effervescent Senate president, Dr. Chuba Okadigbo, called the shots in politics, not much was heard of his wife, Margery. But she was strongly behind the late senator, who she called the master. Mrs. Okadigbo, who said she learnt a lot from her husband, recently stepped into the political arena, where […]
AS part of his ongoing consultations on the formation of the next administration in line with the federal character principle enshrined in the constitution, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday invited the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, to the Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River State, venue of his seven-day retreat. Sources in Abuja […]
The scramble for juicy slots in the emerging cabinet of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president-elect is already threatening the warm relationship between certain stalwarts of the party in the South-west, Daily Sun can authoritatively reveal. A former governor in the South -west who recently lost out in his bid for senatorial seat and a […]
ABUJA—SENATOR David Mark was, yesterday, confident of enjoying a second term as president of the Senate. Mark’s quest was being buoyed by suggestions in Abuja that the present zoning arrangement and the Senate’s standing rules on ranking would be upheld in the forthcoming leadership contest. Vanguard learnt that Mark and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, […]
SENATORS elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Northeast appear opposed to the Northcentral keeping the job of Senate President. Rising from a meeting in Abuja last wekend, the 14 senators said their zone would be “totally eclipsed” from the national power equation, if the Northecentral is allowed […]
Horse-trading for the President of the Senate began yesterday in Abuja, with some Senators loyal to the incumbent, Chief David Mark, lobbying some Senators-elect. It was also learnt that Mark’s loyalists have started reaching out to caucuses from the six geopolitical zones. Some old senators met with some senators-elect in Asokoro, Abuja on why Mark […]
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