Tag: National Conference
Confab monetises lunch to observe Ramadan
Delegates attending the ongoing National Conference are to have their lunch monetised following the Muslim period of Ramadan. The decision,…
Lawmaker lauds Confab on state police
A member of the House of Representatives, Prince Yomi Ogunnusi, representing Ijaye/Ojokoro Constituency in Lagos State, on Friday hailed the…
Confab adopts holistic federal system of government
The National Conference on Thursday 26 June said it has accepted a recommendation that Nigeria should adopt a true federal…
Defect and resign political office – Confab
The National Conference on Thursday adopted recommendations of its Committee on Politics and Governance barring political office holders from defecting…
Confab rejects reduction of voting age to 17
The National Conference on Thursday rejected the move to reduce voting age to 17 as well as inclusion of the…
Confab moves against government funding of political parties
The National Conference on Thursday approved the recommendation that government at all levels should not fund political parties, emphasising that…
Boko Haram plans to attack 50 communities
Drama ensued at the ongoing National Conference on Wednesday 25 June when information about plans by Boko Haram to burn…
Drama as Confab hold closed-sessions, shuts out journalists
Twice on Wednesday, and for the first time since the National Conference was inaugurated on March 17, delegates to the…
Confab’s death penalty for rapists won’t work
A human rights activist, Adenike Ibitara, on Wednesday said National Conference’s recommendation of death penalty for persons guilty of rape…
Confab: Over 2,000 Nigerians in prisons abroad
The National Conference Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters said on Tuesday that no fewer than 2,048 Nigerians are…
Confab adopts Diaspora voting, establishment of Commission
The National Conference on Tuesday adopted the report of its Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters for Diaspora voting…
Nigeria Police the best in world – Gambari
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, has described officers of the Nigeria Police Force as the…
Confab: Delegates want new Nigerian constitution
Some delegates to the National Conference on Monday called for the outcome of the conference to be subjected to a…
Confab: Absentee delegates to lose sitting allowance
Delegates who failed to show up for plenary sessions of the ongoing National Conference without any cogent reason will as…
Confab restricts public office holders to local hospitals
The National Conference on Wednesday in Abuja recommended the restriction of government sponsorship of public officers for foreign medical care…
Confab: Delegate worries over recommendation implementation
Delegates to the National Conference have recommended measures that would revamp the transportation system in the county for sustainable development,…
Confab kicks against immunity clause for President, govs
The National Conference in Abuja has recommended the removal of the immunity clause for the president, governors and in all…
Confab adopts Agricultural Committee’s Report
The National Conference in Abuja on Wednesday adopted the amended report of its Agriculture and Water Resources Committee’s Report. One…
Confab: Ighure, Dokpesi make case for journalists
Delegates representing the media at the National Conference on Thursday in Abuja called for the protection of journalists and media…
Aturu, others against religious organisations paying taxes
Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Thursday kicked against the payment of taxes by religious organisations in the country. Delegates…
Confab suspends religious, land tenure recommendations
The leadership of the National Conference has temporarily suspended some “contentious” recommendations contained in the reports of some of its…
Confab delegates disagree on pilgrims welfare boards
Delegates at the National Conference disagreed with a clause in the recommendations of it’s Standing Committee on Religion on Tuesday.…
Nigeria needs $30bn for gas production – Senate
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas Resources, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu says 30 billion dollars is required for the development of…
Confab: Delegates create website for public contributions
National Conference delegates under ‘Nigerians in Diaspora’ said they had created an online platform for Nigerians to contribute their opinions…
Confab adopts Land Tenure and Boundary Committee report
The National Conference on Thursday adopted some recommendations of the Land Tenure and National Boundary Committee report. The conference voted…
Breaking News: Confab gets four-week extension
Justice Idris Kutigi, the Chairman of National Conference announced on Thursday morning that the Federal Government has agreed to extend…
Confab disowns delegate over 2015 polls shift
The Chairman of the 2014 National Conference, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, and other Principal Officers have dissociated themselves from comments…
Confab: 14 C’tees submit reports, 6 outstanding
The National Conference resumed plenary on Monday to receive reports of the 20 Standing Committees assigned to handle “critical national…
Nigerians want Confab recommendations subjected to referendum – NOI Poll
An opinion poll conducted by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Polls popularly known as NOIPolls, has revealed that 79 per cent of respondents…
80 % of Uwais-led Panel’s recommendations implemented – Jega
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that nearly 80 per cent of the recommendations…