Sentences with phrase «nigerian president»

During his visit, then Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, essentially outlawing homosexuality in the country.

David Cameron will be hosting government delegates, businesses and civilians at the Lancaster House Summit, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

SZ: You also mentioned the challenge that former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathon had, when he stopped fuel subsidies in 2012.

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has indicted his participation.

Only one week prior to Binyavanga's letter, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan passed a flat - out anti-gay law, which makes same - sex relationships illegal, punishable with up to 14 years in prison.

Ironically, Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan did not seem to be shocked.

(Withnall, 2014) The Nigerian president claimed to be determined to end terrorism and bring the girls back while the army announced that they know the location of the girls and they aim to save them (Dixon, 2014).

«Africa loses an estimated $ 4 billion of soil nutrients yearly, severely eroding its ability to feed itself,» said Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo at the launch of the report in New York city, US, on Thursday.

President Mahama as the Chairman of ECOWAS is expected to meet Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan to find ways of ending the activities of Nigeria's Islamist group, Boko Haram.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the «loss of lives» in a statement issued Tuesday.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in areas worst hit by attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram.

Trump «assured the Nigerian President of US readiness to cut a new deal in helping Nigeria in terms of military weapons to combat terrorism».

Former Nigerian President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has reinforced the belief that the strength of Nigeria lies in its diversity.

Former petroleum minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison - mature, has blasted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for displaying lack of understanding of the constitutional powers of a Nigerian President in managing funds meant for security / intelligence agencies.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met with Donald Trump Monday, but the two did not discuss the U.S. President's infamous remark.

US President Donald Trump and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari arrive for a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 30, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in May 2013 in the three northern states where Boko Haram is most active — Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned twin bombings in the central city of Jos, in which at least 118 people were killed.

Boko Haram are said to have sent Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan the video two weeks ago, with interviews with some of the girls urging the authorities to help free them.

You are now a Nigerian president NOT a Northern, Daura or CPC President.

«Some noticeably problematic amendments are absent from this bill, such as allowing the oil minister to decide what to do with any surplus or allowing the Nigerian president to allocate oil blocks for exploration.

President - elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo - Ado, has entered into a crucial closed door meeting with the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Besides that, Nigerians have been so lucky to have a listening President, a competent and man of integrity President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigerian President.

«President Trump assured the Nigerian President of US readiness to cut a new deal in helping Nigeria in terms of military weapons to combat terrorism.

Recently, however, there have been media reports that he took a gift from late Nigerian President Sanni Abacha.

The delegation headed by Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace laureate and the current chairwoman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will include Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Sierra Leone leader Ernest Bai Koroma and former President John Mahama.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned an attack on a Catholic church which local officials say left 14 members of the congregation and two priests dead.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will be seeking a second term in office in elections due next year, his office has said.

Today, he has publicly declared that he did in fact receive $ 2 million from the Nigerian President.

Until we take the right, inevitable step of restructuring the country, the minimum expected of a Nigerian president is to ensure equity in federal appointments.

Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Friday night paid an unexpected visit to former Nigerian Vice-president, Atiku Abubakar.

He was the first Nigerian president that won an election in which the opponent did not protest or go to court.

Abubakar further said he wanted to become Nigerian president not for his selfish interest, but that he was determined at enthroning rule of law, internal democracy and progress in the country.

As part of its 10th anniversary and 2015 Convocation ceremony, the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, will confer honourary Doctorate Degree in Political Science on former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

Every Nigerian president can choose a state out of the 36 states of the federation and look for a convenient place for rest each time his body needs it.

Did Trump say he did not speak with Nigerian President?

You say that Buhari loves the Igbo yet his security forces and military have killed and locked up more Igbo leaders and youths and marginalized more Igbos at the Federal level more than ANY other Nigerian President or Head of State since the civil war.

At another time, while introducing our President to the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, he said:» Meet the Nigerian President, who is doing a very good job.»

He says he wants to be entered into the records as the Nigerian president who fought corruption to a standstill.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks after British Prime Minister Cameron opened the international anti-corruption summit Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks after British Prime Minister Cameron opened the international anti-corruption summit Photograph: POOL / Reuters Cameron called corruption «the cancer at the heart of so many of the problems we need to tackle in our world» and said tax - dodging holds back growth and undermines security by making poorer citizens more vulnerable to «poisonous ideology of extremists».

Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, who served as an electoral observer for the US - based National Democratic Institute (NDI), said a successful resolution to the process was of particular importance within the international community.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has given the military commanders until next month to end the conflict, but there are fears bomb attacks may continue.

A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said that the Nigerian President called his Sierra Leone counterpart on telephone from London on Tuesday to console him over the disaster.

Exhibiting poise, insight and respect, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has risen to the top of the list of politicians using social media effectively.

The suspension was announced on Tuesday by Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as President Laurent Gbagbo continued to ignore calls and pressure to step down following an election the UN says he lost.

According to Reuters, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed the measure on Monday.

The national assembly had passed the measure last May, but the Nigerian president reportedly had delayed signing it into law.

The main tasks of this diplomatic trip was the fight against the Islamic terrorism and the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Sea; [189] with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Renzi signed an agreement on enhancing co-operation between the Nigerian and Italian Polices.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believed the schoolgirls were still in his country and had not been moved to neighbouring Cameroon.

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Sunday for New York, to join other world leaders at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72).