Sentences with phrase «by a faction led»

Members of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, in the All Progressives Congress, APC, have dismissed claims of marginalisation made by a faction led by...

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But the proffered legislation does something more remarkable: It incorporates provisions that outrage not only the so - called «moderate» Republicans in the Senate, but also infuriates a hard - line conservative faction led by Kentucky's Rand Paul.

And these problems were compounded by the parallel objectives of some of the other leading European factions.

The popular revival of interest in these so - called «Gnostic» writings was led by Dan Brown, whose 2003 religious thriller The Da Vinci Code (Doubleday) mixed fact and fiction together (and lo, «faction» was born).

This tendency was set back at the time of the colonial conquest of Libya in 1911, which the socialists bitterly and in some areas violently opposed, and there ensued the dominance for a time of a militantly revolutionary faction led by Benito Mussolini.

Former president Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, recognized by most international governments, has established the headquarters of the pro-Saudi faction in Aden, while the Houthi camp is led by his rival, Ali Abdullah Saleh, from the Yemeni capital, Sana'a.

The two factions compromised on a semi-presidential system with a weak president in an effort to reassure secularists concerned about being excluded from power by Ennahda - led parliamentary coalitions.

The Asante faction, the Popular Front Party (PFP), led by Victor Owusu went into the 1979 election already limping and damaged and lost the election as a result.

A faction of the party led by Soji Adagunodo had earlier opened another secretariat of the party at the Ota Efun area of the state capital last year.

The faction of the party led by former minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana has refused to renege in its plan to hold its own convention.

Mohsin al - Ahmar's First Armoured Brigade played a leading role in the campaign against Houthi rebels in the north from 2004, but Saleh took the opportunity to trim the General's authority by arming the Houthi faction so as to make the task more difficult.

Led by Councilman Eric Ulrich, the faction has tried to knock off Mr. Ragusa before, failing two years ago to install former Councilman Tom Ognibene as chairman.

Another faction of the party led by a former governor of the state, Chief Orji Kalu, held its congress which produced Chief Donatus Nwankpa as chairman at the Umuahia Township stadium.

The state Democratic Party, led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is offering carrots and sticks to two rival factions of Democrats in the state Senate in an effort to get them to reunite and potentially rule the chamber.

The mandate faction loyal to Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki is led by Balogun Fulani while the legacy group loyal to President Buhari is headed by Hon. Olayemi Olabanji.

«With a rogue faction lead by the notorious Haggerty brothers boycotting the meeting in favor of an unauthorized meeting in South Richmond Hill, technically Phil Ragusa won re-election with 100 percent of the vote.»

(«Unanimous» in this case means all of the people who were present, since those allied with the so - called «rogue faction» led by the «notorious Haggerty brothers» — the party's words, not mine, and it makes them sound like outlaws in a bad Western movie — et al attended the other meeting).

The poisoned atmosphere is the tribalism practiced by a faction in the NPP that sees Asantes and Akyems as more important than anybody else to lead the party.

«None of this was done in Rivers State, rather a faction of the party, led by the minister, proceeded with the exercise in disdain of rights and privileges of other members.

While the faction led by the state Chairman of the party, Alhaji Haddy Ametuo...

Most of the workers have chosen to remain at home while a few of them show up briefly at the party's temporary headquarters being used by a faction of the party led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi.

A northern faction, led by Mr. Ragusa, has held onto control of the party since 2007, despite challenges from a southern faction that includes Councilman Eric Ulrich.

A month ago, Ognibene's insurgent faction of the party — led by Bart Haggerty and the now - convicted John Haggerty — tried to hold a separate meeting from Ragusa's to elect Ognibene as chair, a move the judge wrote was meant to «create confusion» and to «disrupt the internal affairs of the Queens County Republican Party.»

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the faction, led by Danladi Wada, had its state secretariat demolished early Tuesday on the orders of Gov. Nasiru El - Rufa» i.

However, the Bashir Karaye - led faction, backed by the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, also conducted its congresses across the state.

Its better - known faction, led by Abubakar Shekau, has mainly based itself in the sprawling Sambisa forest, and been characterized by its use of women and children as suicide bombers targeting mosques and markets.

For years, Oguebego, who has Chief Chris Uba as the leader of his group and Prince Kenneth Emeakayi, who led another faction of the party and supported by the national leadership of PDP, had been in and out of court, fighting for the control of the party machinery in Anambra.

«Senator Gillibrand believes it's vital to have Democratic control of the State Senate and it should be led by the Democratic Majority that wants to get things done for New Yorkers, not a breakaway faction.

The faction led by the governor however has the backing of the national headquarters of the party.

Anambra State was jolted Friday last week when the people received information concerning the judgment of the Supreme Court reinstating the faction led by Chief Ejike Oguebego as the authentic state executive of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

In the same development, the Senate and House of Representatives PDP caucus leaders, Godswill Akpabio and Leo Ogor said they were willing to give peace a chance if the Sheriff - led faction was ready to abide by the agreements reached with the Dickson's,

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has described as a circus show the uncovering of huge sums of money of various currencies and denominations on daily basis without any trace of the owners.

A group made up of about five men led by Mr. Obi Nwosu had, last week, opened a parallel secretariat for the party in Abuja, saying it would also announce members of the National Working Committee of the faction group in January 2018.

As of the time of hearing of the appeal on Wednesday, Nwofor, whose nine clients, led by Biyi Poroye are state officials of the Sheriff - led faction of the PDP in the South - West zone, had not filed his clients» respondents» brief as earlier ordered by the appeal panel on November 10.

After the controversy about the presidential succession had come to an end with the election of John Quincy Adams, the factions of the Democratic - Republican Party [1] re-aligned into «Bucktails» (led by U.S. Senator Martin Van Buren) and «Clintonians» (supporters of Gov. DeWitt Clinton).

What do you think about the loss of your faction led by Senator Ali Modu Sheriff at the Supreme Court?

However, it suffered a major setback at the courts recently when the other faction led by former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, was declared as the authentic executive of the party.

Shortly after Usani's suspension, a faction of the party led by the state Organising Secretary, Mr. Ekpe Ayang, held a meeting, where they declared the minister's suspension null and void.

Loeb's Facebook post was in response to a story in The New York Times earlier this week on the ongoing tension among Cuomo, mainline Democrats and a Democratic Senate faction led by Sen. Jeff Klein, of the Bronx, who broke ranks with the party to empower Republicans, who now control the Senate.

http://ghanapoliticsonline.com Speaking to The Informer on strict condition of anonymity, a key - member of the former President John Agyekum Kufuor - led Ashanti faction of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), who labeled as sickening, the activities of the group (LMVC), has asked Ghanaians to treat the threats on the EC by it convener, David Asante, with all the contempt it deserved.

According to Bernard Mikko, spokesman of the PDP faction led by Sheriff, the ex-governor is poised to «eliminate all forms of lawlessness and impunity,» perpetrated by some members of the party.

It's split into two factions, one led by Chairman Phil Ragusa (supporting Catsimatidis) and the other composed of a mix of people bitterly opposed to Ragusa, including Council Member Eric Ulrich and former council member Tom Ognibene, as well as the now infamous John Haggerty and his brother Bart.

This was due to ongoing litigation with the splinter faction led by John Blare.

The Eddy Olafeso - led faction of the party in the zone had appealed a November 8 ruling by the Federal High Court, Ado - Ekiti, which declared the Ogundipe - led executive as the authentic leadership of the party in the zone and forbade the Olafeso - led group from parading itself as members of the South West zonal exco and from participating in the forthcoming national convention as representatives of the zonal exco.

The faction led by the state APC Chairman, Mr Olayemi Olabanji, held their own congress aside from the main APC congress.

Analysts said the faction around the Lake Chad Basin represents the stronger branch of the group, loyal to Islamic State (IS) and led by Abu Musab al - Barnawi.

While another faction led by Abubaker Shekau is based further south in Nigeria's Sambisa forest.

Instead, they were part of a five - member faction of Democrats, led by Klein and known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), that governed in coalition with the Republicans.

The appellants led by Biyi Poroye are the state executives of the Sheriff faction of the party in the various states in the South - West zone, are backing Jimoh Ibrahim, who was only removed and replaced with Jegede as the party's governorship candidate in Ondo State by the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Wednesday.

He leads the smallest faction in the legislature, in an Assembly dominated by Democrats, and is little known outside of Albany.