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Nigeria: Religion Tears Delegates Apart
Independent (Lagos), 28 May 2014
Tempers flared on Tuesday at the floor of the conference plenary when delegates, mostly of the Muslim and Christian divide debated on contentious recommendations generated by the… Read more »
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Nigeria: No More Government-Sponsored Pilgrimages
Independent (Lagos), 28 May 2014
The National Conference on Tuesday resolved that in order to distance government from involvement in religious matters, henceforth, no government, at any level, should use public… Read more »
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Nigeria: Delegates in Near Fisticuffs Over Pilgrimage
Leadership, 28 May 2014
Deliberations by the delegates at the ongoing National Conference turned rowdy yesterday over a proposal to scrap the pilgrims' welfare commissions or boards in order to allow… Read more »
Nigeria Govt Won't Pay for Religious Pilgrimages
The national conference has resolved that in order to distance government from involvement in religious matters, no government, at any level, should use public funds in sponsorship of any religious programme, and especially pilgrimages for any category of citizens, including government functionaries.
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The Chairman of the National Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, has announced that the federal government has approved the extension of the ongoing National Conference by four ... Read more »
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President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that he has no personal agenda for convening the National Conference - this as he declared open the 492-member national dialogue ... Read more »
