Sentences with phrase «chieftains from»

Only six children were spared, specially hand - picked by the chieftains from among the prisoners.

The rally, which will take place in the Umuahia Towship stadium on School Road, is expected to have APC national chairman, Chief John Oyegun, the chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha and other APC chieftains from the South East and across the country in attendance.

Current Democrats like Assemblymen Robin Schimminger and Mickey Kearns still brandish a «C» behind their names, often to counter the perpetual GOP effort linking upstate Democrats to those crafty legislative chieftains from big, bad New York City.

More reactions from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains from across Nigeria have continued to trail the Supreme Court ruling that declared Ahmed Makarfi the authentic leader...

Baderinwa, a former Chief Press Secretary to former governor Bisi Akande, said he was unaware of any monthly or quarterly medical allowance for the APC chieftain from either the governor or the government.

Not exact matches

So we might have expected the Old Chieftain to make short work of Newfoundland and Labrador's recent gambit to extract $ 280 million from Ottawa in exchange for its co-operation in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union.

In all, Amazon has been raised either in passing or with some urgency on 75 calls hosted by corporate chieftains in the past several weeks, according to a Reuters analysis of call transcripts from components of the S&P 1500.

Mr. Kalanick's exit from the advisory council underscores the tricky calculus facing many Silicon Valley corporate chieftains who try to work with the new administration.

Led by cruel and despotic chieftains the Indians were described as spending the time left over from murder, plunder, and rapine in the barbaric worship of a vast array of demons, chief of whom was the devil himself.

Certain chieftains chased Palladius away from his mission.

What Old Testament scholarship has managed to show is the probability that Abraham and Jacob were two of the more important chieftains who led migrating tribes from upper Mesopotamia to Canaan, and that some of the stories now gathered in the sagas originated around these historical figures.

To adequately realize the merits of the idol gets to be considered the one great merit of the worshiper; and the sacrifices and servilities by which savage tribesmen have from time immemorial exhibited their faithfulness to chieftains are now outbid in favor of the deity.

We hear also of Muslims from India settling in several ports on the routes to China, winning the favor of the local chieftains by suitable gifts and the confidence of the common people by the distribution of amulets.

The APC chieftain stated this while fielding questions from journalists on the state of the party's preparation towards 2018 guber polls.

The APC chieftain described the decision as shocking and saddening in a statement released from his media office on Thursday.

«True to his fears, these APC chieftains that joined the party immediately after the presidential election of 2015 were the first people to accuse him of bombing the pipelines to divert public attention from themselves.

The very recent of it was the mentioning of Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the former Rivers state governor Peter Odili as beneficiaries of about N100 million each from the arms deal.

Some chieftains and youths of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have hinted that Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, will spearhead the ouster of Governor Nyesom Wike from Government House in 2019.

One of the protesters, Kaigama told journalists that the team from Abuja was acting a script in favour of the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan to shortchange other chieftains of the party ahead of 2019 elections.

Top chieftains of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from Osun and Oyo states met on Thursday to strategise on how to wrestle power in the two...

Brigadier General Lawal Jafaru Isa (rtd), a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has refunded N100m out of the N160m he collected from erstwhile National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki.

Speaking on the financial commitment of Aregbesola to Diekola's health, Baderinwa maintained that it was not out of place for the governor to assist the APC chieftain, disclosing that he (Diekola) had been benefiting from the governor's kindness since 2006.

Addressing major stakeholders in the state, including the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; members of the National and State Assemblies; Council Chairmen and members of the State Executive Council; as well as Peoples Democratic Party chieftains at the Government House, the governor explained: «On Sunday, April 24, 2016, by 7 pm, the night before this carnage took place, I got security information from Uzo - Uwani Local Government Transition Chairman, Hon. Cornell Onwubuya that such an incident was likely to take place in the state.

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has dissociated himself from a purported photograph of him canvassing for votes...

«PAAM wishes to condemn in clear terms the harassment being visited on party members by the governor who has been arm - twisting them across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state, forcing them to reject palliative Christmas gifts from other party chieftains while he, as a governor, has refused to help their cause.

A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from taking any disciplinary action against some chieftains of the party in South - West.

It would be recalled that the PDP Chieftain alongside his company were docked on charges bordering on receiving N2.1 billion from the office of the former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki for former President Jonathan's media campaign.

Tony Momoh, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari would get 50 percent of votes from the South East,...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Lagos State, Chief Lanre Rasaq has said the clamour for a third force is not in the...

The APC chieftain, who is a member of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, said Tinubu had benefitted hugely from the Buhari government, adding that there was no cause for disagreement between the ex-Lagos State governor and the President.

He said that the commission recovered N300m, N82.5 m and N60m from chieftains of the party in Ebonyi, Abia and Enugu States respectively.

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Emma Bazim Chinye has decamped from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State.

On reports that former Military Administrator of Kaduna State and a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Gen. Lawal Jafaru Isa (rtd) refunded some amount of money, the source added: «He admitted collecting money from ONSA and he has refunded 60 per cent of the sum credited to him.

According to the APC chieftain,» The Governor in his own right, from the level of his exposure, is doing his best.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, chieftains of of the Peoples Democratic Party from Lagos and Ogun States have called for the immediate expulsion of the representative of Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, from the party.

According to a statement by his Media Officer, Tunde Rahman, the APC chieftain said it was speculated in the said report that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, might withdraw from politics in 2019 and return to full church work.

Meanwhile, the party chieftains that staged a walkout from the exercise had yet to react to the outcome of the exercise as their whereabouts were not known.

«A day to the election, we used the military to block all routes in the local governments and prevented APC chieftains, including former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi from coming into Ekiti.

But members of the Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress and some of its chieftains say Atiku's withdrawal from the party would not affect its fortunes.

Mr. Magu said that on the part of Brigadier General Jafaru Isa, a chieftain of the APC, he has returned the sum of N100million out of the N170million he collected from Dasuki noting that his release by the EFCC is to enable him source for and return the remaining N70million.

The Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has alleged that some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are purchasing the voter's cards from Independent National Electoral...

Isle of Skye From Chieftain to King Themenplttchen.

The sense of period is very convincing exceptâ $» perverselyâ $» in its resurrection of two stock characters of the distant past: the mystically avuncular old Negro (Clarence Muse) with his pipe and fringe of white hair, and the relentlessly villainous Arab (Dogmi Larbi, The Man Who Would Be Kingâ $ ™ s blowhard chieftain Ootah) â $» this one actually steals the kidâ $ ™ s life preserver when the ship is sinking; he also steals sugar from the horse!

Bibi Andersson plays a woman Garner rescues from Apache captivity — only it's not quite that simple, as we discover that in a previous stint of captivity, she bore the son of an Apache chieftain.

And so T'Challa settles into his new role — after surviving a ritual challenge from a local chieftain — and prepares to rule his kingdom.

As power - hungry orc warlock Gul» dan (Daniel Wu) leads an advance party through a Dark Portal from the depleted lands of Draenor to fertile Azeroth, clan chieftain and new father Durotan (Toby Kebbell) begins to wonder whether Gul» dan and his destructive «Fel» magic might in fact be the cause of all the Orcs» woes, rather than their salvation.

Moana (Clements, Hall, Musker & Williams) Story: A chieftain's daughter sails the ocean to right an ancient wrong and save her people Review: The episodic plot is ungainly and repetitive but the rest, from animal sidekick, to magical animation, to the heroine's self awakening and theme song («How Far I'll Go») sure is dazzling.

On the opposing side we have Durotan (Toby Kebbel), the noble Chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan who is battling to save his people and his family from extinction; Orgrim (Rob Kazinsky), Durotan's right hand and a brave warrior destined to wield the Doomhammer, a weapon of orc legend; Blackhand (Clancy Brown), known as «The Destroyer,» one of orc - kind's most fearsome and titanic warchiefs; and Gul» dan (Daniel Wu), a supreme orc ruler, fuelled by a dark magic that even he can not control.

But from her new seat of power, the former kindergarten teacher last year helped beat back a private - school - voucher proposal offered by her party's chieftain, Gov. John G. Rowland.

Thinking this might be his way of getting rid of them, the farmer, based on council from the local chieftain, proposed what he thought an impossible task: they must clear a path through the lava field to his brother's homestead and, as repayment, the hefty Norwegian could marry his daughter.