Confab: Our problem with‘new Constitution’, by Gov. Kwankwanso
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State insists a plan to extend the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan through the outcome of the National Conference is in the offing, but says it will not see the light of day. He also speaks, in this interview, on the plans of his party, the APC, for Nigeria in 2015
We ‘ll review plea bargain — Delegates
THE concept of plea bargain in the Nigerian Judicial system might be expunged from the criminal justice system or at best reviewed to adequately punish persons who run foul of the law.
CONFAB: North, South delegates disagree on Presidency, resource control
REGIONAL sentiments and emotions took centre stage, yesterday, during contributions on resource control by members of the National Conference Committee on Devolution of Powers.
C’ttee sessions begin at confab, summon Okonjo-Iweala, CBN gov, others
DELEGATES at the ongoing National Conference, yesterday, broke into committee sessions with the Public Finance and Revenue Committee summoning the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, top management staff of the ministry and the Acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Sarah Alade, and her team to appear before it today and Friday.
Ozekhome advocates establishment of S-Courts for states
HUMAN rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), yesterday, kicked against the existing judicial structure in the country where there is only one Supreme Court , saying the development was greatly contributing to the slow dispensation of justice.
There’re 500 illegal under ground petrol tunnels in Bama — Gyang
Former Comptroller-General of Customs and Gbong Gwom Jos, HRH Buba Jacob Gyang, yesterday, disclosed that there are over 500 petroleum tankers loading daily to Cameroon, just as he said the people bury them under the tunnels for onward transfer to Cameroon.
NNPC is a cult —Nwobodo
FORMER Governor of Old Anambra State and member National Conference Committee on Energy, Senator Jim Nwobodo, has painted a sorry situation of the power problem in the country, saying that many people do not want to come to Nigeria for any business because of the situation.
Cost of contesting elections prohibitive — Prof. Alkali
A member of the Committee on Political Parties and Electoral Matters, Prof. Muhammed Nur Alkali, has decried the prohibitive cost of contesting elections in Nigeria and called for urgent solutions
Publishers spoil delegates with complimentary copies of newspapers
DELEGATES may not have to buy newspapers, unless if their preferred choices are not among the complimentary copies brought daily to both National Judicial Institute, NJI and the NICON Hotel venues of the 20 committees.
Delegates can’t trace committees’ venues
SOME delegates could not easily trace the venues of their committees yesterday, as they kept walking from one committee room to the other, searching for where their committees were sitting.
Let’s fence our borders — Justice Bello
As delegates broke into committee sessions yesterday, a member of the Committee on Land Tenure and National Boundaries, Justice Balkisu Bello Aliyu, has suggested that the Federal Government should tackle prevailing security challenges in the country through building of perimeter fences across the nation’s borders.
