Sentences with phrase «meeting emir»
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He is due to meet with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani next week, followed by a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.
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Each of the governors took time to plead with Ganduje while they pledged to ensure the Emir showed remorse at the follow up meeting in Kaduna.
The three Northern Governors at the Abuja meeting were said to have strongly urged Ganduje to forgive the Emir in the interest of stability in Kano, which they said is the heartbeat of Northern Nigeria and also to protect and preserve the image of Northern Nigeria and of the ruling APC.
During the first meeting in Abuja, Ganduje opened up to his colleagues on what he described as the Emir's «clear disrespect for his office as Governor of Kano State.»
At the Kaduna meeting, it was learnt that Emir Sanusi accepted his «faults» after the five governors reminded him that he was an appointee of the governor and his palace was being funded with public funds approved by the Governor.
The meeting held at the Government House in Kaduna and was first attended by the Emir and the Governors before they were joined by some senior officials from the Kano State Government and the Emirate Council.
Ganduje's top associates advocated that Emir Sanusi should be deposed but that the five Northern Governors who met with Ganduje managed to persuade him to drop the idea after the Emir apologised for his conduct.
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According to him, «Following series of reports and complaints by herdsmen and Miyetti Allah leaders on rustling and kidnappings, the Emir of Yauri summoned a meeting with some groups where they promised to assist the government in fishing out the hoodlums.
Emir Sanusi had earlier gone to meet with the Oba of Lagos at his Iga Iduganran Palace on Saturday alongside a retinue of his palace staff.
The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has decried the absence of government officials at a meeting with investors in Washington DC, USA.
He has been to Cross River State, a few days ago; he hosted the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to a very private meeting at the Villa.
The State of Qatar's Emir and patron of this year's 70th International Air Transport Association Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al - Thani today inaugurated the much - awaited global aviation conference in the capital Doha.