Sentences with phrase «including former heads of state»

The ceremony was held in front of Members of Ghana's Seventh Parliament and several others including former heads of state.

Onukaba struck friendship with many Nigerian dignitaries on this beat, including former head of state, Olusegun Obasanjo.

Not exact matches

Anderson is referring to Wednesday's firing of Penn State President Graham Spanier and head football coach Joe Paterno, days after former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with abusing eight boys, including in a Penn State locker room.

His athletic playing and coaching experience includes: Coached BAVC boys and girls club teams including 18s (boys and girls), 16s (boys and girls), 15s (girls), and 13s (girls) Current De La Salle Junior Varsity Coach Former Clayton Valley High Girls Varsity Head and Assistant Coach Former Las Lomas High Varsity Assistant Coach Former St. Francis CYO and Walnut Creek Youth Basketball Coach Former AA Rated Sand & Grass Doubles Division I Football and Basketball Player (University of Maine) All - State High School Football Player (Maine) Rich brings a broad perspective on youth athletics as a club director, coach, high school and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college athlete.

They were led by a team of accomplished coaches, including head coach Chris Carver who is former coach of three U.S. Olympic teams which won gold and bronze medals from Atlanta to Athens and has been named United States Synchronized Swimming Coach of the Year for an unprecedented 14 years.

Budding superstar Anthony Davis, who made the All - NBA First Team in his third season, is a major draw for any potential coach in New Orleans, the likes of which include current Golden State Warriors assistant Alvin Gentry and former New York Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy.

The Samson Siasia lead crew didn't include the former England International in the team that will be heading to the United States of America for camping ahead of the Olympics after failing to impress the technical crew on two occasions.

Buffalo businessman and Empire State Development Chairman Howard Zemsky is trying to pick up the pieces after nine criminal complaints were issued against two former Cuomo associates, including a top former aide, along with the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, who oversaw the contracts for the Buffalo Billion and other projects.

In May, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, who spearheaded many of the governor's economic development projects, will go on trial for charges that include bid - rigging of state contracts.

Previous recipients of the award include former head of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price; New York State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins; civil rights attorney Mayo Bartlett, co-founder of Safe Passage; and Biondi School Assistant Principal Al Grimes, a member of the first African - American college relay team to win the National Invitational Two Mile Event.

He points out that just a month ago, nine people — including a former top aide to Cuomo and the head of a key State University division — were charged with rigging over $ 750 million of state economic development contracts for personal State University division — were charged with rigging over $ 750 million of state economic development contracts for personal state economic development contracts for personal gain.

The event was well attended by eminent Nigerians including former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon; the National Security Adviser, Babagana Moguno; the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai.

Percoco, a Cuomo family retainer for decades, and seven others are under indictment — including Alain Kaloyeros, the now - disgraced former head of the multimillion - dollar State University Polytechnic Institute.

Magu spare - headed many high profile investigations against former governors including James Ibori of Delta State and Bukola Saraki of Kwara State.

The documents show how clients — including 72 current or former heads of state — were helped to launder money, dodge sanctions and evade tax.

After then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suffered a concussion when she fainted and hit her head in late 2012, one of closest aides, Philippe Reines, put together an unusual squad to help manage the messaging fallout, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former Republican Senate Leader Bill Frist.

The delegation headed by Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace laureate and the current chairwoman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will include Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Sierra Leone leader Ernest Bai Koroma and former President John Mahama.

Consequently, five new ministers, including Sir Ara Darzi — a consultant surgeon who became a health minister in the House of Lords, Sir Digby Jones — a former director general of the CBI who became minister of state for trade and investment and Sir Alan West — the former head of the Royal Navy who became a security minister at the Home Office.

The commission will have subpoena power and includes, among others, Robert Abrams, the former state attorney general; Cuomo aide Benjamin Lawsky, who heads up the Department of Financial Services; John Dyson, the former NYPA chairman; former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green; Cuomo ally and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice; and Rev. Floyd Flake, the politically powerful pastor of Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Queens.

Baldoni has followed and written about how the board of Penn State has struggled to overcome the 2011 sex abuse scandal involving former coach Jerry Sandusky; he said the school's leaders still haven't come to grips with what went wrong, including the error of allowing head coach Joe Paterno to remain in power for so long.

As well, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will hold private meetings with a number of former and current Heads of States including Paul Kagame of Rwanda, President of the ECOWAS Commission, Marcel de Souza and former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae.

In several African countries, former refugees have become heads of state and government, including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Africa to name but few.

The roundtable was convened by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, the ranking member of the committee, and also included remarks from Christiana Figueres, former head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, David O'Sullivan, the EU Ambassador to the United States, and Jonathan Elkind, former assistant secretary for international affairs at the U.S. Energy Department.

In the United States, a weakened Arctic blast moving south to collide with moist air from the Gulf of Mexico can mean less rain and snow in some areas, including the drought - stricken Southeast, said Michael MacCracken, a former federal climate scientist who now heads the nonprofit Climate Institute.