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Embassy telephone lines commercialised, call and pay “We should have our missions well-funded. We say we are the giant of Africa but if you can’t fund missions, you are not.” Senate President, David Mark According to the information displayed on … read more »
By Reuben Abati State House Press Release – President Goodluck Jonathan has approved that Nigeria be represented by a Federal Government delegation headed by the Senate President, Senator David Mark at the formal installation of Pope Francis on Tuesday, March … read more »
By Olusegun Adeniyi Dr. Goke Adegoroye, a retired federal permanent secretary and pioneer Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, published a long article in The Guardian newspaper on January 10 this year. Among other things in that … read more »
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Tagged Aso Rock, Civil service, David Mark, Guardian, IndepthAfrica, Maina, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Senate, Senate President
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By Uzoma Ahamefule What is peace? The Macmillan English Dictionary states that peace means “a situation in which there is no war between countries or groups: A situation in which you are not annoyed by noise or other people: A … read more »
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THE pressure is both surreptitious and overt. It is all aimed at scuttling at birth a law banning same-sex marriage in the country. The international community and human rights activists are at the campaign for Nigeria to reconsider any plan … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, David Mark, gay marriage, IndepthAfrica, lesbian marriage, Mark, National Assembly, Nicholas Okoh, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria same-sex marriage, Nigerian, Nigerian news, same sex marriage, same-sex marriage banned, same-sex marriage in Nigeria, United States
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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has requested for the approval of a N161.6 billion supplementary budget from the National Assembly to offset accumulated fuel subsidy arrears owed to oil marketers. In separate letters to the leaderships of the Senate and House of … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, David Mark, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Senate, Senate President, Subsidy
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by Taiwo Adisa, Nigeria Tribune Group Politics Editor, Taiwo Adisa, analyses the recent offer by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to dialogue with the Federal Government and its implications. ON Thursday November 1, the nation was treated to some sort of good … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Congress for Progressive Change, David Mark, Gombe State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jigawa State, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigerian news
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The recent cruel murder of the daughter of a retired Nigerian general, Cynthia Osokogu, by persons she allegedly met on Facebook has once again brought to the fore, the pervasive risks and threats affiliated with the usage of social media. … read more »
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opinion Like a comic show, the Senators boiled, but Okonjo-Iweala demolished the substance. UCHENNA AWOM asks: who blinks first? It was indeed a week that fuelled palpable tension suggesting that the Senate may have added to the brewing face-off between … read more »
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The Senate President, David Mark, has warned that the nation risks breaking-up if the bombings by Boko Haram sect members are not halted in good time. Mr Mark made this known on Monday at the beginning of 2012 Senators Retreat … read more »
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by Okey Ifeachor Nigeria Senate President, David Mark, was recently quoted as saying that Nigeria government will not intervene in criminal cases that affect Nigerians in the Diaspora. His exact words: “If they break the laws there (abroad) they should … read more »
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By Uzoma Ahamefule Immediately the news broke that Nuhu Ribadu has been appointed the chairman Petroleum Revenue Special Taskforce, the first thing that came to my mind were his days in EFCC. Then I thought deeply about Nigeria and I … read more »
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Prince Charles Dickson When you see a snake, you kill it first and set up a committee, you do not set up a committee first to kill the snake….The very few paragraphs that I will write , I have done … read more »
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December 2, 2011 by benim
Really!!! If Nigeria wants to cleanse the system, which is like expecting the sun to rise from the west, then the world will applaud. What the Senate has done looks and sounds good. But who will prosecute? Nigeria judicial system is weak and … read more »
November 29, 2011 by benim
Lagos – Nigeria’s Senate voted on Tuesday to criminalise gay marriage, instituting prison terms of more than a decade for violations in a nation where gays and lesbians already face discrimination and abuse. The bill heads to Nigeria’s House of … read more »
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Nigeria’s president has nominated World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for a post in his new cabinet following his April election win, the leader of the senate said on Tuesday. Former finance minister Okonjo-Iweala was widely acclaimed for negotiating the … read more »
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Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has sent to the Senate for approval an initial list of 34 ministers for his new government since taking office last month, the senate chief said Tuesday. Senate President David Mark read out the list to … read more »
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December 9, 2010 by benim
Leaders of federal and state governments yesterday expressed shock at the death of Clara Oshiomhole, the wife of the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole. Mrs. Oshiomhole, nee Akharagbon, passed on at 10:53pm yesterday at the Abuja Clinic, Maitama after a … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Adams Oshiomhole, Bayelsa State, David Mark, Dimeji Bankole, Edo State, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria news, Ogun State, Timipre Sylva
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