Sentences with phrase «bid of president»

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said two former Nigerian leaders, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, are opposing the reelection bid of President Muhammadu Buhari because of the current administration's resolve to tackle corruption.

It's a shame that the head of an independent agency will be playing partisan politics, in supporting re-election bid of the president openly by wearing his lapel.

The Chiefs and Elders of the Komenda Traditional Council, have endorsed the second term bid of President John Dramani Mahama.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South Constituency has pledged to garner 70,000 votes to back the second term bid of President John Mahama.

The Arewa Youth Assembly, on Monday, declared that it will «widely» mobilize support for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of 2019.

Several adverts in the Daily Guide, a newspaper owned by Mr. Freddie Blay acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, promoting the re-election bid of President John Mahama in the forthcoming general elections have not been taken lightly by sections of the party, leading to unabated queries over his loyalty to the cause of the party.

Speaking to Kasapa FM's Maame Broni in an exclusive interview, Nana Oye disclosed that she is now an active member of the ruling party and ready to campaign for the second term bid of the President.

On his part The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South Constituency has pledged to garner 70,000 votes to back the second term bid of President John Mahama.

Mugabe, who claims he is doing the bidding of President John Mahama for his re-election, took the Okyenhene to the cleaners.

Not exact matches

The 2008 election showed just how powerful social media could be in driving votes, and President Barak Obama's 2008 campaign was, and is, widely viewed as the first general - election campaign to focus on social media as its primary mode of marketing (Howard Dean's bid for the 2004 Democratic nomination also used social media heavily.)

As my colleague David Meyer reports, the purchase will likely require the scrutiny of the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS), which recently hit the headlines by stalling Broadcom's unsolicited bid for Qualcomm until President Donald Trump outright nixed that deal.

But Baron's account contradicts assertions by President Trump, who has repeatedly accused Bezos and the paper of doing Amazon's bidding — in addition to criticizing its political reporting — despite the fact that Amazon itself does not own any stake in the Post.

Spear, senior vice president of operations for Quadrem, a Plano, Texas - based online marketplace for buyers and suppliers of products and services used in the mining industry, was in Rustenburg in late 2003 to convince local businesses to subscribe to Quadrem's service, which would allow them to bid online for purchase requests from buyers around the world.

Tom Rogers, Target Media CEO and former NBC cable president, and Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business, discusses Comcast's rival bid for British broadcaster Sky and what it means in the future of the media landscape.

Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways CEO, discusses the president's latest round of travel bans, the blockade on Qatar and its failed bid for American Airlines.

A U.S. judge on Thursday granted the state of Hawaii's bid to exempt grandparents and other relatives from President Trump's travel ban.

The internet came of age when Bill Clinton was president — and Bill Clinton's wife just lost her bid for the White House.

That follows other reports that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz or media mogul Oprah Winfrey could consider making bids for president, all of them most likely on the Democratic side.

Between now and the next round of negotiations in Mexico City in November, don't be surprised to see President Trump take a chapter out of Nixon's playbook by using the «madman theory» to categorically launch an offensive attack against Canada and Mexico in an all - or - nothing bid for a «win - lose - lose» NAFTA.

And Zuckerberg could be part of a wave of tech executives seeking office in 2020: Y Combinator head Sam Altman is considering a gubernatorial bid in 2020 and Mark Cuban has flirted with the idea of running for president.

Jay Marine, vice president of Amazon Video Europe, declined to comment at the dinner event when asked if the firm had plans to operate a live TV channel or bid for sports rights.

Currently, the President - elect is an ongoing spat with the intelligence communities over claims by the FBI, Homeland Security, and others that Russia hacked the email of American politicians in a bid to meddle with the U.S. election.

«Whenever you want to use the Internet, whether you're banking online or bidding on an auction on eBay or whatever it is, it's working when you're ready to use it,» said Missy Young, executive vice president of co-location at Switch.

Last week, Clinton put an end to months of speculation by announcing her second bid for president.

«Absolutely I would vote for her, and she knows, and I would be able to call her a friend, we've known each other a very long time, long before President Clinton ran for the first time,» Norman told Tania Bryer, host of «CNBC Meets» in an interview held before Hilary Clinton announced her bid.

Angela Merkel's bid for a «Jamaica coalition» may hamper French President Emmanuel Macron's ambition for EU integration, Laurent Clavel, head of macroeconomic research at AXA IM, said.

THE recent visit of the President of China Jiang Zemin to Sydney was another positive step forward in Western Australia's bid to be the first supplier of liquefied natural gas to China.

Quite a few of our friends in the foreign policy expert community have ridden their opposition to Trump all the way into Clinton's camp, declaring they will vote for her bid for president.

«I think they feel in Seattle they're the scapegoat every time there's an issue in the community and traffic,» said Sam Bailey, vice president of economic development at the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, which is managing the area's bid for Amazon's second headquarters.

«We're all concerned about what could be gentrification or displacement, how do we deal with that,» said Aisha Glover, president and chief executive of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, which is involved in the New Jersey city's bid.

The news that the FBI raided the office of President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, and rising geopolitical tensions with Iran and Russia due to the Syrian conflict have kept the safe haven bid alive and well.

The move comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday blocking Broadcom's bid to gain control of Qualcomm because of national security concerns.

Pershing was buying from Feb. 25 through April 21; the only Form 4 filer that I found selling during that time was the executive vice president of HR, Scott Sherman, who sold 4,500 shares for $ 139.85 on the last day of Pershing Square's buying, right before Valeant announced its bid.

A former top CIA official who served as the agency's station chief in Moscow is sharply criticizing his former boss, John Brennan, accusing him of doing Vladimir Putin's «bidding» through his harsh attacks on President Trump.

A top Senate Democrat expressed fresh fears yesterday that President Donald Trump may have interfered with the U.S. government's review of AT&T's bid to buy Time Warner.

Back then, during his first bid for president, he faced opposition from candidates including Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist minister and favorite of evangelical voters who billed himself as the «Christian leader.»

Washington (CNN)- Facing a re-election bid and contending with a bitterly partisan Congress, President Obama spoke Wednesday at a White House Easter prayer breakfast about keeping faith in the face of doubt.

Earlier this week, Buzzfeed — continuing its bid for legitimacy — published a lengthy interview with President Barack Obama which covered a variety of intriguing topics.

Is that a backhanded way of calling President Obama a passionate socialist that nobody is making a bid deal of.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

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Figo is part of just a handful of challengers to the incumbent president Blatter after receiving the requisite five votes needed to put forward his bid for the role.

A week ago Army was looking forward to accepting a bowl bid for the first time, but then the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, President Johnson, reportedly voiced his now - famous view that football «hardly gives a picture of a peace - loving nation» (SCORECARD, Nov. 20).

According to the London Evening Standard, the Premier League champions and their London rivals are interested in the France international; however, the English duo may have been scared out of making a bid after Lyon president Jean - Michel Aulas revealed the price that the Ligue 1 outfit are demanding for their prized asset.

Spieth was denied his bid, with Slugger White, the tour's vice president of rules and competition, pledging further discussion even while acknowledging to GolfChannel.com that «the intent was there.

According to Marca, Los Blancos are aware of United's thinking in terms of being prepared to lose De Gea this summer, and it's claimed that club president Florentino Perez will have to table a bid of around $ 60m to prise him away from Old Trafford, although no deal has been reached as of yet.

Now the president has confirmed that Arsenal have made a bid for the 21 year - old and that the Emirates is his destination of choice if he moves to the Premier League.

The Lyon president Jean - Michel Aulas revealed last week that Arsenal had a made what he called a nice offer for their Frence international forward, but now it seems it was not nice enough because The Mirror reports that he is now talking about needing a bid of around # 57 million to consider selling.

As reported by Sky Sports at the time the president of Lyon Jean - Michel Aulas revealed the bid and it's value but also admitted that the decision about it lay with the player himself.

The club president Aziz Yildirim responded to Chinese bids during the transfer window by insisting that he was keen to keep hold of Nani, and while the player himself has also expressed his desire to stick around — at least until he wins the title with the Turkish giants — Martins appears to be looking to force a move.