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All Africa (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Nigeria: Mark - FG Lacks Will to Stop Gas FlaringSufuyan OjeifoFrom the country's No. 3 man came a rare confession yesterday: that the Federal Government lacks the will to put a stop to gas flaring by multinational oil companies operating in Nigeria.Senate President David Mark admitted this fact on a day the Senate Committee on Gas summoned all the multinationals to appear before...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
More prominent Nigerians, including President of the Senate David Mark, Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole and the Nigeria's northern leader Sultan of Sokoto have called for for calm and an end to the violence in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Former Nigeria head of state Yakubu Gowon, former National Chairman of the People Democratic Party Solomon Lar and former...
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The_City_Troll (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
By DAVID MARK 11/30/08 7:13 AM EST After the 2004 election, Republicans controlled the reins of the federal government. Freshly re-elected President George W. Bush boasted of the "political capital" he would expend among the newly expanded GOP congressional majorities, ushering in a new era of conservative governance. Yet the party lost control of Congress in 2006, along with a majority...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... was as such a welcome relief this week when two Senate Committees showed the clean side of the David Mark Senate.The Senate Committee on Education chaired by Senator (Dr.) Joy Emodi ably assisted by Senator Adamu Aliero this week commenced oversight visits to some parastatals of the Federal Ministry of Education. In a departure from the practice of some Senate Committees who carry...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... by the state deputy governor; Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Katsina Alu, Senate President, David Mark, represented by Senator Joseph Akaagerger, Chief Jack Tilley Gyado, Chief Barnabas Gemade and Prof. Daniel Saor.Meanwhile, the state Chief Judge, Mr. Iorhemen Hwande, has charged the 10 newly appointed judges in the state to maintain the integrity of the state judiciary, urging...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... saying China has requisite experience and personnel to do the job.The Senate President, Chief David Mark, at yesterday's public hearing affirmed the lack of political will by the Presidency to stop gas flaring in the country, while the Senate yesterday summoned all the major oil producing companies to present their time-tables to stop the flaring of gas in the country.Declaring open...
