(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A top UN official, Nicholas Haysom, said South Sudan had made history with the appointment of two women to senior leadership positions within its Transitional National Legislature. Haysom, UN Special Representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), said this while briefing Security Council virtually at UN headquarters, New […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau The wolf cries have been made, plus assaults and abuses at one another; torrent allegations have been made, as well as the counters and now, the last of the two weeks tirades have been heard, issues involved dead, shrouded, buried and rested forever! Certainly, the rest is […]
The call for restructuring of Nigeria into true federalism with the different geo-political zones serving as federating units received further boosts on Wednesday as different delegates across different states harped on it. Presided over by the Conference Chairman, retired Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi the session was a continuation of the debate and comments on the […]
The Deputy Chairman of the National Conference; Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi has denied reports that a plate of lunch for delegates costs N60, 000. He said the plate of food serve by the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja to each delegated cost only about N4, 000, which he stressed was certainly not enough. Akinyemi said this, following an observation […]
Debate, comments and opinions on the Presidential speech as a footpath to issues and decisions continued on Tuesday at the on-going National Conference holding at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja. Moderated by the Conference Deputy Chairman, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, most of the delegates described the President’s speech on March 17 at the inauguration of […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), has expressed disappointment with president Goodluck Jonathan, for not including their members in the ongoing National conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Besides, the body, made up of mostly octogenarians, threatened that if all entreaties being employed by them to actualize their demands fail, they […]
Jacob Oyewale, Abuja Majority of delegates at the on-going national conference in Abuja have commended the leadership of the conference for adopting 70 percent voting formula at the plenary on Monday. The voting formula to be adopted incase consensus fail led to disaffection between the North and south delegates last week. The northern delegates favor […]
Kayode Adelowokan The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has warned the Lamido of Adamawa, His Royal Highness, Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha, to watch his utterances over threat to secede from the present Nigeria if the country disintegrates. The Lamido of Adamawa who is one of the thirteen persons and number […]
Otunba Gani Adams, national coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), said if a delegate in the conference will get N12m then the delegates should justify the money they are to be paid through quality contributions and final reports that will eventually emanate from the conference. Adams also spoke on various issues like resource control […]
A delegate at the ongoing National Conference in Nigeria, retired police AIG Hamma Misau has died at the National Hospital in Abuja. Mallam Misau died on Thursday night of an undisclosed illness at the age of 67. Mallam Misau became famous after a photo of him taking a nap at the conference was shared on […]
The north, south divide apparently characterising debates at the ongoing Constitutional Conference is set to douse all expectations on the outcome, unless urgent steps were taken to halt the trend. There are facts that the north had resolved to stick to three-quarter majority as a voting procedure for decision taking. Newspot Nigeria can reveal that […]
By Oyewale Oyelola President Goodluck Jonathan earlier this week declared open National Conference in Abuja with aim of discussing challenges facing Nigeria and recommend solutions to the problems. 490 delegates across strata of Nigeria society will be discussing Nigeria challenges except issue relating to the country’s unity for tentative period of three months. Some Nigerians […]
By Muhammad Ajah Coming from the most neglected, dejected, suppressed, denied, relegated, mocked, downtrodden and unwanted minorities of the Nigerian nation, I should have been convinced by a reluctant conscience that this effort of writing a memo to a Nigerian National Dialogue Conference (NNDC) would be a trash. Maybe, as irrelevant as I and my […]
Below is the full list of delegates to the proposed national confab: DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ELDER STATESMEN S/N DELEGATES 1. Dr. Tunji Braithwaite 2. Chief Ayo Adebanjo 3. Chief Richard Akinjide 4. Chief Olu Falae 5. Erelu Olusola Obada 6. Chief Afe Babalola, SAN 7. General Ike Nwachukwu 8. Iyom Josephine Anenih 9. […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Honourable Justice Legbo Kutigi (rtd) as the Chairman of the National Conference while Prof Bolaji Akinyemi will serve as the Vice Chairman. Dr (Mrs) Nanadi Azenge is appointed as the Secretary of the Conference. A statement issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to support their representatives at the forthcoming National Dialogue. Sultan Abubakar who stated this during a visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos, at his palace in Jos on Saturday, said people like the Gbong Gwom Jos with his wealth of experience will […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Lagos based constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, on Thursday appealed to the Igbo nation to see reasons with him and former vice president, Alex Ekwueme, on why the they can not attend the forthcoming national conference, scheduled to take place in Abuja. The elder statesman, who tendered unreserved apologies to Igbos on […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi Since President Goodluck Jonathan announced the plan to convene a National Dialogue during his last Independence Anniversary address, many Nigerians have been apprehensive on what is likely to be the outcome of the exercise that has been engulfed with so-much controversy due to a crisis of leadership and trust. While receiving the […]
