For better or for worse, whether we are conscious of it or not, the recently inaugurated National Conference is and has become a very hotly contested political process and institution, a theater of increasingly intense overt Class [Political] Struggle.
Hamma Misau death won’t affect resumption, secretariat says
Mr. Misau died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Thursday. The secretariat of the ongoing National Conference says the death of one of the delegates, Hamma Misau, will not affect its resumption on Monday, March 31.
50-member consensus group agree on voting procedure – Official
The delegates have not agreed on what constitutes the voting majority.
Nigeria National Conference Review – Week 1
The first week of plenaries at the ongoing National Conference in Nigeria was fiery. There were hard disagreements, women threatened showdown against men, and one member, popular for his “sleeping on duty” viral image, died. This review by PREMIUM TIMES National Conference reporter captures it all.
Recuperating Dora Akunyili says she’s fit enough to be at National Conference
Former minister Akunyili admits she has just recovered from a serious ailment.
Day 3: Nigeria National Conference Plenary – Live Updates
Welcome to the third plenary of the ongoing National Conference in Nigeria.
EXCLUSIVE: Female Delegates poised for war with male colleagues over alleged harassment of Conference Secretary, Azinge
The female delegates are ganging up to check male domination and high-handedness at the Conference. Female delegates to the ongoing National Conference may be heading for showdown with their male counterparts over what they consider the incessant harassment of the Conference Secretary, Valerie-Janette Azinge. There are at least 77 female delegates in the 492-member National…
National Conference proposes 20 standing committees
The membership of the committees will emerge Thursday. The National Conference has proposed the composition of 20 standing committees to facilitate its assignment. The number is one more than the number of committees set up by the 2005 National Political Reform Conference, NPRC, convened by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The defunct NPRC had 19 standing…