Sentences with word «erstwhile»

Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja has adjourned to November 15 and 16, 2017 the N1.35 billion fraud trial of erstwhile governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido.

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hit back at critics suggesting that the Special Prosecutor will prosecute only former appointees of erstwhile Mahama administration.

Palace on Wheels is designed to recreate the elegance and splendor of private salons used by erstwhile Maharajas of Rajasthan.

A concentration of great teaching hospitals (a dozen of them, when there were then only 24 in the entire kingdom) sat heavily on top of a system of primary care which was often appalling, with a high proportion of residents dependent for their immediate medical needs upon the services of lone practitioners operating from ill - equipped lock - up surgeries sited in erstwhile shops in run - down streets.

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.

The anti-graft agency alleged that the PDP spokesman had in November 2014, received N400million from erstwhile National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

Klein, interestingly enough, ran on no fewer than four ballot lines in 2012, gaining access to the GOP line thanks to some peace making with erstwhile opponent Bronx County Chairman Jay Savino, who is now facing federal corruption charges for an alleged scheme to put fellow IDC Sen. Malcolm Smith on the Republican mayoral ballot through bribery.

The criminal referral came as relations between erstwhile colleagues Cuomo and de Blasio deteriorated in very public fashion.

Though few aspects of the investigation have become public, it has already upended politics in the Long Island county and led to public denunciations among erstwhile Democratic allies.

Postdocs moving to companies can retain their links with erstwhile academic colleagues, to strengthen academic - industrial collaborations.

(Actually, the latest poll found that while a majority of NYC voters don't think de Blasio deserves re-election, he's still trouncing all of his potential rivals, and the one who comes closest to beating him is a fellow Democrat — and erstwhile primary opponent — former NYC Council Speaker Chris Quinn).

And a few weeks ago, it announced a $ 2.4 billion acquisition of erstwhile rival Kate Spade, a deal that added an exclamation point to Coach's comeback story.

With great big blobs of oil washing up on the shore, it is almost comical — no, it is comical — to see some of BP's erstwhile friends in academia and other centers of high - minded thought running for cover.

The truth is still out there, like an unsold lawn chair at a garage sale, in this just plain lousy second big - screen outing for erstwhile FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

In the first place, I talked about corruption during the time of erstwhile President Obasanjo and Yar» Adua.

To be sure, there also was some cheering on the earnings front, as erstwhile social networking stalwart Facebook (FB) performed better - than - expected on the profit line.

Spy MMO The Agency had been dropped as part of the shrink, with teams refocused on erstwhile brands EverQuest and PlanetSide.

Erstwhile Director of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, Patrick Lumumba on Tuesday declared that the African continent has been unable to fare well in most facets of human...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday presented another witness, Alhaji Suraju Ahmadu, in the ongoing trial of Alhaji Sule Lamido, erstwhile governor of Jigawa State, who is being prosecuted by the Commission on a 27 - count charge bordering on abuse of office and money laundering before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Maitama, Abuja.

In his 1989 novel The Storyteller, Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist and erstwhile presidential candidate, describes the Machiguenga, a scattered and wandering Amazonian tribe, the various clans of which are unified by the activities of the mysterious «hablador,» or «talker.»

Presided over by erstwhile New York Times movie critic Janet Maslin, the game night was an unusual booking for the Burns Film Center, which is more inclined to host filmmaker chats with the likes of Werner Herzog and Jonathan Demme.

Liverpool secured the result of the weekend when they triumph 4 - 1 away at erstwhile league leaders Manchester City.

Mermel, who backed erstwhile gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio after Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy failed to get on the ballot at the convention, hosted a breakfast fundraiser for Paladino (his first in Manhattan) this past Wednesday.

A closed - off lawyer is finally forced to confront her traumatic family history — with the help of her longtime friend and erstwhile lover who means more to her than she is willing to admit

Designed to recreate the romance of a bygone era, Palace on Wheels is designed to replicate the elegance and opulence of the personal carriages of erstwhile Maharajas.

The state Democratic Party is rather gleefully piling on the beleaguered campaign of GOP gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio in the wake of his loss earlier today of a group of erstwhile supporters in Niagara County to his primary opponent, Carl Paladino.

Erstwhile Special Assistant to then President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Pastor Reno Omokri, has left a soul - searching message for the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry,...

Erstwhile Deputy Director, Coordination and Implementation of the APC Presidential Campaign Office in 2015, Mallam Mohammed Lawal, has dismissed reports that there was friction between President...

The decrepit Polo Grounds, erstwhile home of the Giants, had undergone $ 350,000 in renovations for that season, which is to say the place was painted white.

The designing of each coach is also influenced by the private carriages used by erstwhile maharajas for traveling from one destination to other.

My dad was a bartender; my mother was a maid,» and a polished defense when erstwhile front - runner Jeb Bush criticized Marco Rubio in the last GOP presidential debate over his attendance record, helped nudge the Florida senator ahead of many of his rivals.

The former Queens senator and erstwhile amigo received $ 9,600 — the maximum allowable contribution — on March 9 from GDP Consulting, a Niagara Falls - based consulting company at the center of a federal tax and money laundering probe connected to Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr..

Cuomo's erstwhile Republican allies have not embraced the idea, to say the least, and Cuomo said he is «pessimistic today that public finance will pass, but it's not over.»

At the beginning of the 2016 - 2017 school year, Austin schools reportedly poured $ 850,000 into a marketing campaign aimed at attracting erstwhile families back to the district.

Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar can not defeat President Muhammadu...

But thanks to the Conservative - Lib Dem measure to raise fees to # 9000 per year, many erstwhile Liberal Democrat voters feel betrayed by the policy reversal, and students most of all.

As fate would have it, his then - season ending injury happened at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium against erstwhile employers Eupen, with whom he'd burst onto the scene so memorably the season before.

Erstwhile Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has been questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged...

Massey has contributed $ 7,000 to Stringer over the past three election cycles, giving 2,000 to Stringer's Borough President reelection campaign in June, 2007, $ 2,500 to Stringer's erstwhile mayoral campaign (Stringer later switched to running to for comptroller) in November 2011 and $ 2,500 to Stringer's comptroller reelection campaign (his current race) in November 2014.

Oogway's choice is especially egregious in the face of the danger faced by the community: Shifu's erstwhile top student and son - figure, the Luciferian snow leopard Tai Lung (Ian McShane), is said to be planning to escape from prison and attack the valley.

Even more shocking has been the bullying lynch mob assembled this year by alarmists to prevent the University of Western Australia, erstwhile employers of the serially debunked conspiracy theorist Stephan Lewandowsky, giving a job to the economist Bjorn Lomborg.

When Apple introduced its second - generation iPad earlier this year, then - CEO Steve Jobs used the word «flummoxed» to describe his company's erstwhile competitors in the tablet market.

The series features animated interviews with former bandmates, friends and other erstwhile associates, who share uncensored anecdotes about these artists, brought to life with animated reenactments and woven together with live - action archival performance footage and photos.

As ComRes chairman Andrew Hawkins told Reuters when the gay marriage debate was in full swing: «There is good evidence that many UKIP voters are erstwhile Conservatives on the rebound: large proportions are negative about David Cameron and George Osborne on the economy, and about Mr Cameron's handling of gay marriage.»