Between corruption, death penalty and new Constitution, by Ibanga Isine
Delegates in one voice agreed that Nigeria cannot make any significant progress unless corruption was tackled with a sledge-hammer. Last ...
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Jonathan’s Speech: National Conference delegates pledge to build better Nigeria
The delegates agree that Nigeria has too many challenges confronting it. Delegates at the ongoing National Conference on Tuesday continued ...
National Conference: Lamido of Adamawa’s outburst missing from Votes of Proceedings
The Lamido had threatened to quit Nigeria with his subjects. The outburst of the Lamido of Adamawa, Aliyu Mustapha, was ...
National Conference gets 20 standing committees
“Corruption has killed everything in the country. We have a collapsed agriculture, collapsed housing sector, collapsed health sector,’ a delegate ...
National Conference: Delegates adopt 70 per cent voting procedure
The delegates, after a stalemate, finally adopted 70 per cent majority as voting procedure. The National Conference on Monday adopted ...
Confab delegates and the unity of Nigeria, By Saleh Ashaka
Writer presses the argument of a united Nigeria. It was not for nothing that President Goodluck Jonathan at the inauguration ...
National Confab: Muslim group accuses CAN of selfishness
MURIC says Muslims are underrepresented at National Conference The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has accused the Christian Association of Nigeria, ...
National Conference and the art of dialogue, By Nnimmo Bassey
Delegates have to get to the point of hearing and feeling each other, author says. After two weeks at the ...
National Conference: 50-member Consensus Group adopts 70 per cent voting procedure
The agreement would be tabled before the delegates on Monday for adoption. Members of the Consensus Group set up by ...
National Conference: Misau’s 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 ...
National Conference: 50-member consensus group agree on voting procedure – Official
The delegates have not agreed on what constitutes the voting majority. The 50-member consensus group selected by the National Conference ...
EXCLUSIVE: National Conference: Stalemate caused by Northern delegates’ fear of gang-up by majority Southern delegates
PREMIUM TIMES investigation shows that delegates from the South are more than their counterparts from the North. The fear of ...
National Conference: Jonathan meets Sultan of Sokoto, others; denies deliberate marginalisation of Muslims
"The president said that if there are issues that are not as they ought to be, they were not definitely ...
National Conference: Tempers rise as delegates fail to agree on voting procedure
“Having waited for it for over 20 years, for this, Mr. Chairman we are here to make history. I will ...
Nigeria’s 2015 elections should be postponed if it clashes with National Conference – Ezeife
The former Anambra governor canvassed a return to regional government. The leader of the Anambra State delegation to the National ...
Ozekhome defends N3 million monthly National Conference allowance, says he will not reject it
Delegate justified payment of allowance to conference members A Federal Government delegate to the National Conference, Mike Ozekhome, has defended ...
National Conference: Delegates debate conference rules
Delegates complained about difficulties in gaining entrance to the conference venue. Plenary at the on-going National Conference resumed on Monday ...
