Sentences with phrase «minister over allegations»

Dennis Skinner tackled the deputy prime minister over allegations surrounding News International and a former police horse.

Charles Kennedy today grilled the prime minister over allegations that British airports are being used by the CIA.

The suit comes after the Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame, in a 16 - page response to CHRAJ's enquiry in a petition brought by the Ashanti Regional NDC organizer, Yaw Brogya Gyamfi, defended the Finance Minister over allegations that he may have been involved in a conflict of interest situation in the $ 2.25 billion domestic bond issued by government.

Not exact matches

Greece's parliament voted early Thursday following a marathon 20 - hour session to investigate 10 senior politicians, including two former prime ministers, over allegations they were involved in a pharmaceutical bribery scandal.

Parliament is back and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is feeling the heat over allegations stemming from his affair with a staffer.

Last Sunday, the trade minister made the front page of the Mail on Sunday over allegations that he once made his secretary buy not one but two sex toys in Soho.

The case centred on the illegal and unlawful retirement of Shuaib over an allegation of criticizing a former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala in an opinion article on lopsided appointment in the public service.

David Ruffley, previously a Shadow Minister for Police Reform, said Assistant Commissioner John Yates was «not competent» in his role over phone hacking allegations.

As the debate was under way in the Commons the prime minister moved to shore up his position amid anger in the party over allegations that Lord Feldman, the Tory co-chairman, described grassroots activists as «mad swivel - eyed loons».

Livingstone Wechie has recanted two years after launching a smear campaign against former Governor of Rivers state and now Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi over allegations...

Senior MPs believe prime minister has shown decisive leadership in forcing out her deputy over porn allegations

Foreign Affairs Minister and Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya West Constituency, Hanna Tetteh, is livid over what she calls unsubstantiated allegations and sometimes «vicious personal attacks», targeted at the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei.

Prime Minister David Cameron has said he accepts Baroness Warsi needs to provide answers over allegations about her expenses.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

The APC argued that since allegations over which Fayemi was being invited for investigation were the same allegations over which the minister instituted a libel suit against Fayose's aides, the lawmakers should utilise the matter before the court to establish their case.

Bala as he is popularly called was dragged to Court on Wednesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegations bordering on abuse of office while he served as FCT Minister.

The allegation that Tory donors were able to effectively buy access to the prime minister have intensified the debate over how we fund politics in Britain.

In 2015, Mr Kenyatta did act, he suspended and eventually removed five ministers and other high ranking officials over corruption allegations but this bold initiative which improved Kenya's standing in the latest Transparency International was misinterpreted by the opposition and its allies.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante - Apeatu must immediately invite the Northern regional chairman of the NPP Bugri Naabu over allegations that Gender Minister Otiko Djaba has a hand in the murder of Adams Mahama.

Meanwhile there's been a fresh allegation from one of Carl Sargeant's close political friends about how the former minister was treated over several years.

The other is that Andy Coulson, the former Editor of the News of the World, who subsequently went on to work as Prime Minister David Cameron's Chief Press Secretary, has been forced to resign over phone hacking allegations.

Former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife are to stand trial over allegations she took speeding points for him so he could avoid prosecution.

The order was a counter to that of the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, who had suspended Yussuf over allegations of misconduct.

The deputy prime minister then admitted allegations of sexual harassment led to Rennard's resignation from the party, despite assuring press outlets over the weekend that the decision was taken on health grounds.

Bala Mohammed, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, was on Wednesday, May 10, remanded in the Kuje Maximum Prison over allegations of fraud.

Labour's shadow cabinet office minister has written to the country's top civil servant asking «a number of important questions» over the arrest of the Prime Minister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuseminister has written to the country's top civil servant asking «a number of important questions» over the arrest of the Prime Minister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuseMinister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuse images.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has written to the shadow Cabinet Office minister to say «there has been no contact from officials» with former No 10 policy adviser Patrick Rock since his arrest over allegations linked to child abuse images.

Also alleged to have been asked to resign are Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari over various allegations of corruption, DAILY POST exclusively gathered.

As further allegations surfaced in the wake of Johnson's death, Shapps resigned as a minister in November over his appointment of Clarke; he denied wrongdoing but said «responsibility should rest somewhere».

The Attorney - General and Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah - Oppong, has said she will demand of the Supreme Court an order for the former Attorney - General, Martin Amidu, to apologize for «false allegations» he made against President John Mahama and the government, in respect of government's decision not to orally examine Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, over the unpaid 51 million Ghana Cedis...

International Development Minister Grant Shapps is reportedly to resign from his post following complaints over his handling of allegations of bullying within the Conservative Party's youth wing.

He was also reported to have been among the senior advisers who told the Prime Minister that Sir Michael Fallon would have to resign over sleaze allegations.

This was after Mr. Bugri Naabu disrupted a meeting between the Minister and some women in the Northern Region, over allegations that the Minister was ganging up against some of the President's MMDCE nominees.

Prior to his death, former Labour minister Carl Sargeant was sacked amid allegations over his personal conduct.

Meanwhile, when asked what the commission had done in punishing some of its staff found guilty of electoral offences, the INEC chairman said over a hundred of its staff, both serving and retired had been invited by the EFCC in connection with the allegation of financial misappropriation levelled against the former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison - Maduekwe.

President Akuffo Addo subsequently wrote to the Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten, demanding answers from him over the allegations.

Concerns had been raised especially by the Minority about the transparency of the $ 2.25 billion domestic bond with some noting that the apparent secrecy over the deal fueled the allegations of conflict of interest against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta.

Ed Miliband has been «pushed by commentators who want to insist he is a puppet of the unions» over his response to the Falkirk allegations, the shadow public health minister has said.

Monaco's justice minister resigns over art fraud case links Monaco's minister for justice Philippe Narmino has resigned (#, The Times) over allegations, published in French newspaper Le Monde (#, French language article), that he was recruited by Dmitry Rybolovlev to influence a billion - dollar art fraud case.

Prime Minister Theresa May today said she will not allow an «industry of vexatious allegations» against UK troops over claims of abuse in Iraq.

The Commission itself was mired in scandal in late 2013 when competition commissioner Shan Ramburuth resigned over allegations of improper use of official IT services, following long - running tensions with the economic development minister, Ebrahim Patel.

The allegations led to a heated exchange, conducted in the British news media, involving allegations of hard feelings over an old romance and of the deliberate outing by the prime minister's office, No. 10 Downing Street, of the former employee as gay.

Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday hit out at Rahul Gandhi over his allegation that the government «invented» a story on «data theft» by the Congress to divert attention from the death of 39 Indians in Iraq, saying it showed his «hollowness».

Allegations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official mobile app was sending personal user data to a third party without consent caused an online uproar over the weekend.