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…