Sentences with phrase «elder statesman said»

When asked if Afenifere leaders had forgiven Tinubu, whom they had always accused of leading the rebellion against the group, the elder statesman said, «He has not offended me, if you are referring to me as a person.»

The Ondo state born elder statesman said this was contained in a formal letter to the PDP, asking Anenih to confirm those conditions and to see that all the organs of the PDP agreed to that.

In an open letter to President Buhari, the elder statesman said: «It is unfortunate that the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has come to lie and deceive the Federal Government and indeed, Nigerians.

The party's elder statesman said he particularly hoped to attract young people «to our cause» with the Conservatives «in disarray and in retreat» and a «complacent» Labour's economic policy set to be «found out».

Not exact matches

After his corker of a convention speech, NDP elder statesman Stephen Lewis said members need something intellectual to chew on after the type of «vacuity of policy» that left - wing parties occasionally find themselves in.

Now a lot has changed since then, but if you are going to base the favorite on the Week 2 Results — you'd say that the elder statesmen — the 15s are the ones to beat here.

The elder statesman of the nationalist party described homosexuality as a «biological cul - de-sac», said the public consultation on gay marriage as «a fraud» and argued its implementation would be the first step to «state fascism».

Elder statesman and former governor of Old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari makes him sad because nothing has worked under his...

But a Second Republic lawmaker and northern elder statesman, Dr. Junaid Muhammed, said the endorsement of Atiku by Alhassan showed lack of discipline and the decadence within the executive arm of the Federal Government.

A source at that anti-graft agency quoted the former BoT Chairman of the PDP as saying, in the letter, that the N260 million was a refund of the N400 million he disbursed, on the instruction of Jonathan to elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai; the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae; and the leader of the Accord Party, Alhaji Rashidi Ladoja, among others, for «special political assignments» ahead of the 2015 polls.

The elder statesman was reacting to a statement credited to Obasanjo saying Nigeria does not need to be restructured.

Babangida, in a statement signed by his media aide, Malam Mahmud Abdullahi, said «We lost Ekwueme at a time the invaluable role of elder statesmen like him is needed for national cohesion».

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his Ekiti state counterparts, Mr Ayodele Fayose on Friday said Nigeria has lost a quintessential seasoned elder statesman with the death of the former Governor of the defunct Western States of Nigeria, Late Major General Robert Adeyinka Adebayo (Rtd).

Elder Statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari's desperation for power would not allow him to listen to voice of reason at this critical...

Reacting to the development, elder statesman, Dr. Junaid Mohammed said: «Those involved in SDP are the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Peoples Salvation Party (PSP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and some elements of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He said that although the army would not want to join issues with the elder statesman, certain facts needed to be clearly stated in the interest of the Taraba people and Nigerians in general.

The Defence minister in a statement signed by Col Tukur Gusau, entitled «Re-Armed Forces Collude with Bandits to Kill People», said, «A recent comment by one of the nation's elder statesman alleging that the Nigerian Military collude with bandits to kill people and therefore calling on them to rise and defend themselves outside constitutional provisions; this is highly uncalled for and is an invitation to anarchy and should be disregarded by well - meaning Nigerians.

APC in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Tuesday by its Director of Media, Research and Strategy, Dr. AbdulAzeez Olatunde said that it would have been more interesting to have Senator Ladoja among the gubernatorial candidates for the 2019 election, noting that the path towed by the former governor not to contest was also an honourable one being an elder statesman.

Respected chieftain of the Yoruba socio - political group, Afenifere and elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has said that former president; Chief Olusegun did not keep to the...

Nwobodo, who observed the congress as an elder statesman, said: «Our party faithful in Enugu South Local Government Area had displayed comportment and commitment to the party; in spite of the heavy rain, most of them turned up.

Enamored of everything the elder statesman has to say, Philip soon accepts the generous offer to stay at Zimmerman's upstate summer house so he can peacefully write, outside the noise of New York City (amusingly, Philip had no such issues before, but parroting his mentor, the young writer is soon incapable of spending time creatively in Manhattan).

«Think of, like «The Color of Money,»» he told the site, before saying that the film marks his move into elder statesmen roles.

«This is a guy who was enfant terrible when he went into office at age 36, and now he's the elder statesman and the only adult in the room,» said his biographer Chuck McFadden.

That Anselm Kiefer is one of the great elder statesmen of contemporary art goes without saying.

Now an elder statesman of both landscape and figurative painting it can be said unequivocally that he is part of the canon of West Coast painting.

«Ned has been a driving force behind the CCACC from the very beginning and now, as an elder statesman, he continues to put in enormous amounts of time every week,» says Chan.