Tag: National Conference
Oyebode among Ekiti delegates to confab
Governor Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti has sent names of the State’s delegates for the National…
National Conference: Time To Forge Ahead
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje Since the announcement of the proposed convocation of a national conference by President Jonathan Goodluck there…
Confab: Yoruba groups agree on agenda, delegates
The Yoruba Assembly on National Conference on Monday approved the final agenda to be presented by the ethnic bloc at…
Activists Remember Beko Kuti
Kazeem Ugbodaga Eight years after his demise, human rights activists in Nigeria have remembered the works of Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti…
Confab: Nigeria’s Ifa devotees want 3 seats
Adherents of African indigenous religions in Nigeria on Sunday protested over their exclusion from the proposed national conference scheduled to…
Confab: Yoruba group sidelines Tinubu, APC leaders
Former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said he did not…
National Conference: Making The Most Of An Imperfect Situation
By Daniel Onwe Over the years, there has been the clamour for a national conference or dialogue or discourse, whether…
Council rubber stamps Jonathan’s national confab, centenary fiesta
Nigeria’s Council of State has rubber stamped President Goodluck Jonathan’s N7billion talk shop, the proposed national conference and assured maximum…
Governor Elechi recants opposition to national dialogue
Gov. Martins Elechi of the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi on Friday restated his support for the proposed Federal Government’s…
Confab Holds Early Next Year —Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday that all necessary preparations are being made to ensure that the proposed national conference…
Jonathan Should Not Dump Our Report
Senator Femi Okurounmu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on National Dialogue, in this interview with AYORINDE OLUOKUN, speaks about the work of…
National conference ill timed,says Kwara Speaker
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Abdulrazak Atunwa, has advised Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan to suspend the…
Jonathan’s South-South Stealing Nigeria Blind
Alhaji Isa Lawal Kaita, a Second Republic governor of Kaduna State and founding member of the People’s Democratic Forum, gives…
Northern Nigeria ready for national confab, says Aliyu
The Governor of the central Nigerian state of Niger, Alhaji Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday said the North is ready for…
National Confab: Groups make submissions to advisory panel
The Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue will treat all memoranda submitted to it, the Chairman, Sen. Femi Okunronmu, has…