Sentences with phrase «held meeting with the president»

He said the EFCC already has the support of all relevant bodies and organizations, but above all, he said, he held meeting with the president before arriving for the meeting with the media, and the message from Mr. Buhari was nothing but total support to the agency.

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa today.

Not exact matches

Presidents Kim Dae - jung and Roh Moo - hyun held meetings with North Korea in 2000 and 2007, respectively.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a meeting on trade held by U.S. President Donald Trump with governors and members of Congress at the White House on April 12, 2018 in Washington, DC.

I'm scheduled to have a 9 a.m. breakfast meeting with Gary Morrow, the new vice president of store operations for Crumbs Holdings LLC.

Meanwhile Stateside, the Federal Reserve will continue its two - day policy meeting, with investors largely expecting the Central Bank to hold interest rates steady, and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

The meeting, Papadopoulos wrote, would be «for August or September in the UK (London) with me and my national chairman, and maybe one other foreign policy adviser and you, members of president putin's office and the mfa to hold a day of consultations and to meet one another.»

The very first meeting that the President - elect held with a world leader, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is prompting further criticism — even alarm.

President Trump told reporters on Monday that he had pitched the idea of holding the proposed summit with North Korea at the Peace House on the border between North and South Korea, as preparations for the meeting advance.

After more than a day of criticism from the students, the White House said the president would hold a «listening session» with unspecified students Wednesday and meet Thursday with state and local security officials.

Ahead of a meeting between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump, expected to be held by early June, North Korea expressed a serious intent to make its first summit with the United States a success, with Washington urging Pyongyang to give up all its nuclear weapons.

It is expected that over the weekend several meetings will be held, including with the president of the European Commission, JeanClaude Juncker.

The madcap meeting with Trump on guns, which was meant to add clarity and more urgency to the debate, instead saw the president undermining the importance of «due process,» calling for «comprehensive» gun control, and even humoring the idea of an assault weapons ban — all somewhat unexpected positions for a GOP president to hold.

President Donald Trump is questioning whether a potential meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be held in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas.

This was one of the few glimmers of hope held up by many of the Palestinians I met with at the turn of the year in the West Bank: «Who would have thought in Martin Luther King's day that you would now have a black president?

Now, Tom explains, instead of meeting Bill Clinton jogging on the pathways or holding court with natives in the cafe, he's been running into vacationers searching for signs of our current president as if they might those of a movie star.

The issue became a topic of discussion during a meeting last Thursday that President Donald Trump held with cabinet officials and Republican members of Congress to discuss agricultural trade.

The club will hold a board meeting at 1 pm, and a press conference has been called with president Josep Bartomeu expected to reveal the identity of the club's next coach.

It was revealed on Wednesday that Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba had held a secret meeting with Paris Saint - Germain president Nasser Al Khelaifi regarding a move to the Parc des Princes — but Juve Director General and Sports Department CEO Beppe Moratta is unfazed by the reports.

Lyon President Jean Michel Aulas has held a meeting with Chelsea to negotiate the possible transfer of striker Bertrand Traore, Get French Football News has revealed.

They've held a number of events in both New York and Washington (with more to come in Miami), and Bartomeu even got to meet former president Barack Obama on Wednesday.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, is set to hold a crucial meeting with the President and executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja to resolve the strike action currently being embarked upon by the union.

Mr Brown has held meetings with French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Ban Ki - moon, the UN secretary general, to discuss the situation.

Mr Cameron will meet with president Thein Sein, whose leadership he praised for allowing the release of political prisoners, the holding of by - elections and the legalisation of previously outlawed political parties, on the trip.

The e-mail slams Republican leaders for holding a «closed - door meeting with Wall Street executives» and then coming out en masse against the president's plan, adding:

The prime minister was speaking on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he met with British troops in the Helmand province and held talks with president Hamid Karzai in the capital, Kabul.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday held a closed door meeting with some prominent politicians from the south - eastern part of the country.

He indicated that he would continue to seek the advice of the country's former surviving Presidents and hold periodic meetings with them to draw on their valuable experiences and wisdom to shape his government.

President - elect Donald Trump is busy filling his cabinet and holding high - profile meetings at Trump Tower with all manner of visitors — including former football stars and rappers recovering from mental health breakdowns.

The President is later expected to hold meetings with the leadership of transport unions in the region and visit the Kumasi Central Market.

Meetings were held in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Heraschenko, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mykola Kuzio, and the Ukrainian OSCE PA Delegation led by Artur Gerasymov.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and the 6th President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with the 12th President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama on 16 April 2013 to hold discussions with President John Dramani Mahama on strengthening the Non-Aligned Movement and also co — chair a bilateral meeting between the two countries Ghana and Iran at the Ghanaian presidential palace Flagstaff House.

The President who is expected to return on Thursday March 23, 2017 will also hold meetings with the Ghanaian community in Geneva.

Adams, a former NYPD captain, will have a private meeting with Asian and black business leaders Tuesday before holding a press conference with ex-city Comptroller John Liu and Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Roy Hastick at his Borough Hall office.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has held a meeting with Service Chiefs in the country.

He added that the Nigerian leader will hold a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump of the United States of America, along with other world leaders.

According to a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special adviser on Media and Publicity, President Buhari will join other world leaders at the welcoming reception to be hosted by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and also hold a bilateral meeting with the UN scribe.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday held a meeting with ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo to get suggestions from him on how to curtail the campaign of the Boko Haram...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held a press conference met with his US counterpart, Donald Trump at the White House.

Moreover, President Akufo - Addo is expected to hold meetings with British Foreign Secretary, Rt..

Ahmad wrote: «President Muhammadu Buhari will today, pay a working visit to Jos, Plateau State, during his visit he will commission some projects, unveil the Plateau Roadmap to Peace, a model 5 - year Peace plan for the state and hold a town hall meeting with the community leaders.»

Trump made the statement on Monday at the White House while holding a joint conference with President Muhammadu Buhari after their bilateral meeting.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, during a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, spoke on kidnapped Dapchi and Chibok girls being held by Boko...

A statement by the Presidency said, «President Buhari will join other world leaders at the welcoming reception to be hosted by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and also hold a bilateral meeting with the UN scribe.

While in Paris, President Mahama will hold bilateral talks with French President Francois Hollande, launch at the UNESCO, an exhibition on Nature Conservation in Ghana, with a focus on the Mole National Park and meet with French Investors.

When the leaders of the American Federation of Teachers — whose president Randi Weingarten hopes to become Secretary of Education — endorsed Clinton without holding local meetings to consult the members, hundreds of angry teachers rebelled and signed up with Labor for Bernie.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter King said Senate Republicans should meet with and hold confirmation hearings on President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland — and then reject him in committee or in a floor vote.

In its communiqué after the meeting, it said, «At a meeting held today, Thursday November 09, 2017, in Cantonments, Accra with HE John Dramani Mahama, former President of the Republic of Ghana, we the ten (10) regional chairpersons of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have:

Accompanied by First Lady, Lordina Dramani Mahama, President Mahama will hold private bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, meet with the Chairman and MD of India's EXIM Bank and address an investment and entrepreneurial forum.

Election periods are strategic times electorate get to hold politicians to ransom, with the politicians having full knowledge as to what is in stall for them if these needs are not met and President Mahama is definitely having his share of the heat.