Tag: national confab
2015: Why Soyinka Shouldn’t Run
By Nduka Uzuakpundu The recently concluded National Conference was, indubitably, a well-thought-out political initiative by, President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan. It…
Jonathan Can’t Stop Boko Haram —Primate Ayodele
Founder Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos, Primate Elijah Ayodele, speaks with Oluwole Adeboye, on the state of…
Confab: Report Of Delegates A Living Document, Says Sambo
Vice President Namadi Sambo has expressed described the recommendations of delegates at the just concluded national conference as a ‘living…
ASUU Calls For Socialist Welfare State
The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Nasir Isa, on Monday called for the adoption of a…
Resource Control: Asari Dokubo Threatens Northerners
Eromosele Ebhomele Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, Thursday morning declared that the Niger-Delta…
National Confab And States Creation
Last week Thursday, the delegates at the Nigerian National Conference endorsed the creation of 18 states in addition to the…
Biafra, June 12, Boko Haram And The Future Of Nigeria (2)
By Chido Onumah For a people in search of a meaningful national identity, I worry when we miss any opportunity…
Confab Delegate, Niyi Akintola Suffers Cardiac Arrest
There was panic at the National Judicial Institute, NJI, venue of the ongoing National Conference, when a delegate from Oyo…
Biafra, June 12, Boko Haram And The Future Of Nigeria (1)
By Chido Onumah Nigeria’s celebrated novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is an interviewer’s delight, whether she is talking about Nigeria, novels,…
National Confab And Delegates’ Recalcitrance
Recently, the leadership of the National Conference currently going on in Nigeria decided to take a drastic action against absentee…
National Confab Approves State Police
Delegates to the ongoing National Conference on Thursday unanimously approved the establishment of state police, to adequately tackle the current…
2015: Elections May Not Hold, Says Uranta
Eromosele Ebhomele Elections in Nigeria in 2015 will not hold if the National Conference does not make “substantial conclusions” before…
APC Members Slump In Abeokuta
Some members of the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday slumped at the June 12 Cultural…
On Religious Bodies And Taxation
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Despite initial misgivings concerning the real intentions of the promoters of on-going National Confab at Abuja, the…
Clark Asks FG To Revoke Tompolo, Dokubo’s Contracts
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to revoke the multi-billion naira…
Nigeria’ll Cease To Exist By 2015, Says Biafra Group
The new leader of the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, has delared that Nigeria will…
Confab Adjourns As Kutigi Loses Wife
Proceedings at the ongoing National Conference was adjourned after less than an hour sitting on Wednesday following the death of…
Tenure Extension: Confab Boss Disowns Delegate’s Demand
The Chairman of the 2014 National Conference, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, and other Principal Officers have dissociated themselves from comments…
Beyond The Making Of A Constitution
By Akido Agenro With the National Constitutional Conference under the leadership of Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi that was inaugurated 17…
Afenifere Threatens Secession
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the National Conference enters its plenary session Monday, the Afenifere has demanded for a regional autonomy to…
Woeful Funding Of Science And Tech
The Nigerian Supervising Minister of Science and Technology, Omobola Johnson, stunned the National Conference Committee on Science, Technology and Development,…
National Confab, Revenue Allocation And Lagos Special Status
By Tayo Ogunbiyi & Tope Ojo Before a selected group of Nigerians came together in Abuja to discuss salient issues…
The Agony Of A Tumbling Nation
By Abimbola Emdin-Umeh One cannot but agree with renowned Pastor and activist, Tunde Bakare, when he declared at the wake…
National Confab: Face security issues, says Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has called on delegates at the national conference to concentrate on matters that will improve…
Don’t Return If You Fail Us, Igbo Youths Warn Confab Delegates
Eromosele Ebhomele The youth arm of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo, a popular Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has asked delegates to the on-going National…
There’ll Be More Bomb Blasts
Founder, Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos, Primate Ayodele speaks with Oluwole Adeboye, on the state of the…
Bakare To Senate: Doctor National Confab Report, Bury Yourselves
Eromosele Ebhomele Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, and a delegate at the ongoing National Conference, Pastor Tunde Bakare,…
National Confab: Delegates Reject Monetisation Of Lunch
Delegates at the National Conference on Thursday in Abuja rejected that their lunch be monetised and the money paid to…
Where Is Chief Francis Arthur Nzeribe?
By Kanayo Esinulo Nigeria’s most celebrated maverick politician is not in Abuja for the National Conference that kicked off two…
A National Conference That Excludes The Nation’s Youth
By Toyosi Akerele Enough is enough. To say that I am depressed by the composition of the list for the…