The National Conference will resume plenary sitting on Monday after delegates went on a three-day break to study the working documents that would guide their deliberations. Faith-based prayers have also been ruled out of the conference. President Goodluck Jonathan had on Monday inaugurated the 492-member Conference and charged it with the responsibility of finding solutions…
The Aim of The National Conference, By Mobolaji E. Aluko
Introduction Nigeria’s 2014 National Conference began in earnest in Abuja on Monday, March 17, and the jostlings, posturings and hectorings of and between delegates are already with us.
Nigerian Govt to spend N1.18 billion as monthly allowances for Conference Delegates
PREMIUM TIMES had exclusively reported on Friday that the delegates would get far less than the N4million a month that was speculated in the media. The Federal Government will spend about N1.18 billion monthly, as perks to delegates to the ongoing National Conference in Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan had on Monday inaugurated the 492-member Conference…
Pastor Bakare explains his criticism of Justice Kutigi’s Islamic prayer, denies Islamophobia allegation
“What we are saying is that let us adopt one simple language so that no one reads any religious connotation into anything we say or do,”
Northern Governors call emergency meeting on National Conference, Boko Haram
The meeting is to discuss the security situation in the region and the ongoing National Conference.
National Conference delegates get vital working documents
The delegates will get Standing Rules on Monday. The Federal Government on Tuesday gave working documents to all the delegates at the National Conference. Eight different documents contained in leather bags were given to the conferees after they rose from their plenary session, the first after the conference was inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan on…
Nigeria National Conference kickoff – Live
PREMIUM TIMES, Festus Owete, Ibanga Isine and Sani Tuklur are covering the event and will bring details as the unfold, today and through the three months lifespan of the National Conference.
Will Nigeria disintegrate? By Chido Onumah
Today, we have the choice and opportunity to begin the process of building the Nigerian nation. We may be 54, or even 100 years late, but we can make it happen.