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The meeting commenced at 9:10pm when Jonathan arrived at the venue.
Among those at the meeting were the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak; the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim; and Tukur

The governor stated this on Tuesday at the PDP stakeholders meeting in Minna, the Niger State capital, where he briefed members on what transpired at the party’s Special National Convention in Abuja

The 57 House of Representatives members, including the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon. Zakari Mohammed, said there were more members who could not sign the paper before it was released

A source, however, told The Eagle Online that it was possible the meeting was cancelled because some of the governors who have aligned with the PDP faction headed by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, have decided to boycott the meeting

Briefing Journalists after about a two-hour close door meeting, the committee Chairman, Senator Hope Uzodima, stated that the impasse had been resolved with all stakeholders, including Suntai’s wife, Hauwa

Forty-six of the attached properties, situated mostly in Lagos and Abuja, belong to Attang while Kigo, whose properties had earlier been attached, had another of his plot of land at Gudu district attached

Nokia, which will continue as a maker of networking equipment and holder of patents, was once the world’s dominant handset manufacturer, but was long since overtaken by Apple and Samsung

Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, the spokesman of the Joint Task Force on Operation Restore Order, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, that the army was disturbed about the situation

The gunmen were also reported to have injured several persons during the attack

He said: “I have always considered vandalism of national assets and infrastructure as a moral equivalent of war

Enabulele said that the “ongoing destruction of the fabric of professionalism and hierarchical order in Nigerian public hospitals and the health sector” gave rise to the ultimatum

In a letter to the group on Monday, the 22 senators congratulated the faction that broke away from the party on Saturday during the controversial Special National Convention of the PDP in Abuja

Rising from its National Executive Council meeting, held between August 25 and September 1, 2013, in Abuja, the President of the NMA, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, said the association was willing to offer its support in line with the provisions of the constitution

The Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon. Tanko Maikarfi, who presided over the session, pointed out that the sitting was convened in order to adopt the resolution of the last executive session

But checks by The Eagle Online on Monday evening with the secretariat of the National Political Summit Group has it that Nwabueze and other leaders of the Summit planners – Project Nigeria and the National Consensus Group – were already in Uyo

Justice S. Safari is to hear the case of the faction, which broke out from the main party after a disagreement at the Special National Convention of the PDP in Abuja on Saturday

Sanomi alleged that the officer ignored all lawful directives to see the state Commissioner of Police and the Inspector-General of Police since July 10 over his role in the fracas at the state House of Assembly

Gulak said: “I was surprised because Atiku is supposed to know more than another person that there is no party like PDP

While appealing to its members and supporters to remain peaceful, the
APC warned against any attempt to provoke the people who went out
peacefully to elect their councillors and chairman on Saturday

The Special Convention of the party was held at the Eagle Square in
Abuja on Sunday where 17 new national officers were elected while a
faction of the party under the leadership of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and seven governors also met at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre where it elected another set of officers