She said: “I hold that with the defendants not resident in Lagos and the subject matter originating in Abuja, the High Court of Lagos State has no power to assume jurisdiction over this suit
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Adefope-Okojie said the applicants had averred in their affidavit that the cause of action was the Special National Convention of the PDP held on August 30 in Abuja
The election was shifted from Saturday to October 12, for technical reasons, by the Independent National Electoral Commission
Details as to why Dabwan had to go were scanty but the former Speaker, who presided over Wednesday’s proceedings, said in a letter he read to the lawmakers, that he was resigning “for peace to reign”
The foundation urged Nigerians to support the Presidential Advisory Committee chaired by Dr. Femi Okurounmu, inaugurated by Jonathan on Monday to achieve its objectives
He said that the group decided to join the PDM because it had a track record of democracy and a manifesto that was aimed at improving the welfare of Nigerians
The governor categorically warned troublemakers to stay clear of the state and allow the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct the exercise in a peaceful atmosphere
At a mega rally of the All Progressives Congress in Warri, Delta State on Monday for the APC candidate in the election, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, Oshiomhole said: “There would be threat, there would be intimidation, there would be blackmail, but what would live for ever is what we should be remembered for
Three of the aggrieved governors, who have now come to be
known as the G7, were absent at the meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja because they had gone on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia
He then called on Igbos in the diaspora to rally round the project as it was only through such effort that the demand for Igbo presidency could be given more impetus and assured of partnership with other Igbo groups
The governors, popularly known now as the G7, are at loggerheads with the President and the leadership of the PDP over the running of the party
When reminded that the leadership of the new PDP had requested that President Goodluck Jonathan postpones the meeting because most of the governors will be in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj, Gulak said he was not aware of such request
Chief John Nkwuda, the Chairman of the commission, who declared the results on Sunday, said the PDP won the chairmanship and counselorship seats in all the 13 local government areas of the state
Obidigbo told newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Sunday that INEC showed partiality by listing Chief Willie Obiano, who belonged to the faction led by Chief Victor Umeh as its recongised candidate for the election
“He neither applied for, nor obtained the requisite waiver by the National Executive Committee of the party before offering himself for election into the office of the National Chairman in 2012
This development has nullified the repeated claim by the leader of the party in the state and Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, that there is no division in the party in the state
For the New PDP, Amaechi has “scored yet another, first with the unveiling of Port Harcourt as the first city in Nigeria to become the UNESCO World Book Capital
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it is raising the alarm because, as the saying goes, all it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing
The governorship aspirant said rather than criticise President Goodluck Jonathan, those who genuinely want peace and progress in Nigeria should commend the President for taking this bold and courageous step to provide the much needed avenue for Nigerians to dialogue on the future of the country
The APC chieftain, however, said that if the proposed conference must succeed, it must be an all-inclusive one, adding that its agenda must also address fundamental issues, which would aid the nation-building process