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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has backed out from calls to implement the decisions reached at the 2014 National CONFAB, saying that it was an avenue where the nation's funds were  looted.According to the governor…

Leaders of the Middle Belt and ethnic minorities in the North Central, have thrown their weight behind the calls for restructuring the nation.In a meeting held yesterday in Abuja, under the aegis of the Middle Belt Leaders’…

The National  Conference Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government has voted for the scrapping of the Nigerian Senate, suggesting that Nigeria adopt a unicameral legislature in a modified Presidential system of…

The Professor Jerry Gana led National Conference Committee on Politics and Governance has recommended the removal of Section 305 from the 1999 Constitution.The controversial section grants political office holders immunity from…

Two delegates at the National Conference Dr. Junaid Mohammed on the platform of Northern Elders Forum and Ms. Anniko Briggs,  a South South delegate were in a near scuffle during a deliberation on resource control by members of the…

Pastor Tunde Bakare, convener of the Save Nigeria Group has called for a return to true Federalism in Nigeria, saying that the last time it was practiced in Nigeria was January 1966.His words: “Two earlier delegates have described…

Pastor Tunde Bakare has stated that he will not collect the N12 million allowance to be provided for delegates selected for the National Conference. Bakare, a delegate for Ogun State said he turned down the N12 million in order to…

Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare has said that the upcoming National Conference is an opportunity for Nigerians to right the social injustice and inequality in the country.Pastor Bakare who was nominated as a…

The Northern Elders Forum have described the upcoming National Conference as ill timed and a waste of precious resources.Speaking to newsmen in Bauchi, spokesman for the Forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi said, "Even if there must be…

The Niger State government has made some of its suggestions for discussion during the National Dialogue known. The suggestions were contained within a document presented to the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue during an…

Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi has said that a Sovereign National Conference is impossible unless President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly vacate their positions.He said, “anybody that…

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has aligned with key opposition figure, Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his stance on the CONFAB, officially called National Conversation being promoted by President Goodluck Jonathan.The CNPP…

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has suggested to the Federal Government that the National Assembly should suspend the constitutional amendment for the outcome of the national dialogue committee.This, the National president of…