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…