Sentences with phrase «of former governor of the state»

A group of Benue natives, has called for the unconditional release of the Former Governor of the State, Gabriel Suswam, from the detention of the DSS.

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday cried fowl over the plan by the Edo State Government to probe the administration of a former governor of the state, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, over an alleged $ 31m fraud.

In the political calculations, alignments and re-alignments of 2014 which brought back Aregbesola for a second term, Adeleke emerged a factor that was required to complete the rank of all former governors of the state to be on one side (that of Aregbesola) as against ambition of the then candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyiola Omisore.

Meanwhile, the Niger State government has officially announced the death of the former governor of the State, Engineer Abdulkadir Abdullahi Kure.

Former Military President and elder statesman General Ibrahim Babangida has condoled with the people of Niger State and the family of former governor of the state, Engr.

Others who were announced as Chairmen Sunday night in Ibadan, the state capital include, son of a former Governor of the state, Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao - Akala, Mr. Olamiju Alao - Akala, who won the chairmanship position in Ogbomoso North LGA with 9,026 votes.

97m for his LGA in the presence of a former Governor of the state, Isa Yuguda, his Chief of Staff, Yusuf Gumli, and a former member of the state House of Assembly; while Mohammed Gidado signed as a witness.

Not exact matches

The former mayor of Baltimore and a two - term governor of Maryland, O'Malley supports immigration reform, is pro-union, and has supported tax increases as well as increases to the minimum wage in his state.

The former secretary of state — and, as of Sunday, a presidential candidate for the second time — has been in the public eye since serving as the first lady of Arkansas, when her husband Bill Clinton was governor of the state.

She'll try to address it by rounding out her ticket with Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, a Harvard - educated former civil rights lawyer who's nonetheless got lunchbucket cred as the successful former governor of a Southern state.

Johnson, the former governor of a state that bordered Mexico, a U.S. trading partner that Trump regularly maligns, favors a more open immigration policy that would allow undocumented immigrants to get work visas to fill jobs that U.S. workers don't want.

Crist must first defeat former State Senator Nan Rich in an Aug. 26 primary before he can take on the governor, but he is already setting his sights on Scott, particularly on the issue of education.

Phil Murphy, a former banker with a double - digit lead in New Jersey's race for governor, has made a state - owned bank a centerpiece of his platform.

TALLAHASSEE — Senator Daphne Campbell (D - Miami), Chair of Caribbean Day, joined by former state representative and Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes, Hazelle Rogers, Co-Chair, and former Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll, Vice Chair, and other members of the Florida Legislature to celebrate Caribbean Day at the Capitol on February 1, 2018.

Three articles in recent weeks drew attention, by former Fed Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos and Portugal's Carlos Moedas (secretary of state to the prime minister), each in turn emphasising just how very complex and challenging the European makeover is and will be and choices on offer.

Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to former United States Congressman Blake Farenthold demanding that he cover all costs for the upcoming emergency special election for the 27th Congressional District of Texas.

Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who recently called Donald Trump a «phony» and a «fraud,» is reportedly going to discuss the possibility of becoming Trump's Secretary of State.

Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana and now president of Purdue University, has been so accused — but not at all credibly — because of some remarks he made a few years ago in an e-mail, while he was governor, about the tired old ideology pedlar Howard Zinn, whose widely used book, A People's History of the United States, Daniels called «disinformation.»

He endorsed former Texas Governor Rick Perry in 2011, prompting Americans United for the Separation of Church and State to ask the IRS for an investigation into the tax - exempt status of Jeffress» church.

Richard Lamm, the former governor of Colorado who has campaigned against excessive medical costs, recently cited the case of a patient in a Washington, D.C., hospital who has been in a comatose state since Lamm was a high school student.

Bill Kurtis, CBS correspondent and anchor of Cold Case Files, launches The Death Penalty on Trial with the statistics that convinced former Illinois governor George Ryan to declare a moratorium on executions in his state in 2000 and, three years later, to commute all death sentences.

Instead, the unheralded but uniquely talented songwriter has had to settle for the status of Texas Music icon (which ain't a bad thing to have to «settle» for, especially when it means that a former Texas Governor and President of the United States is a big fan and it gets you a gig playing at his 2004 Presidential Inauguration).

Last night President - elect Trump selected former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as the next Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture.

After the NCAA ended its short moratorium on championship events in North Carolina, 166 current and former college athletes sent the NCAA's Board of Governor's a letter, obtained by Outsports, asking them to pull events from the state.

Ronnie Quinn of West Warwick, R.I., son of former Rhode Island Governor Robert E. Quinn, taught his 17 - year - old nephew, Bruce Morin, to play golf, then had to battle for six hours to beat him for the state's amateur title before winning 1 up on the 36th hole.

A former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has revealed why the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has not merged...

Former Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons was the state's first incumbent governor to lose his party's primary in 2008; many believe his nasty divorce and allegations of infidelity may have had something to do with it.

But SERAP in a statement today by its deputy director Timothy Adewale said, «Rather than using their executive and legislative powers to promote good governance and abolish laws granting double emoluments and large severance benefits to former governors, the Abia State government is denigrating the judiciary and displaying contempt for the rule of law.»

A former deputy governor of Osun state and a key chieftain of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Iyiola Omisore, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of blackmail over allegation of fraud being leveled against him.

The court also mandated INEC to recognise the National Caretaker Committee of the PDP headed by Sen. Ahmed Markarfi, former Governor of Kaduna State in all matters pertaining the conduct of Primary Elections for Political Offices and the submission of the PDP List of Candidates for any elections to be conducted by INEC pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.

As far as I know, the governor isn't doing anything to assist any of the other candidates running in the three other Assembly specials taking place around the state tomorrow or the contest down in Brooklyn to fill the seat of former Sen. Carl Kruger.

Duffy, a former mayor of Rochester, said his job as the chairman of the governor's regional economic councils was that of a «convener» who nonetheless was able to establish contacts with the state's business community.

Among the early birds at the office were Makarfi and members of his team; former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana; a former governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke; Plateau State ex-governor, Jonah Jang; a former aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani - Kayode; PDP Board of Trustees member, Prof. Ahmed Alkali; and a former Chairman, DAAR Communication, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, among others.

The judgment of the appellate court, which restored the leadership of Sheriff, has been used by the former governor of Borno State to gain access to the party's national secretariat.

Former state Sen. Terry Gipson has taken another step toward running for governor, forming a campaign committee to explore a statewide run next year, according to a filing posted Friday at the state Board of Elections.

Among those in attendance also were: Governors of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom; Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Darius Ishaku (Taraba); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta); former governors of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam; Ramalan Yero (Kaduna); Jonah Jang (Plateau); Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); former senate president, David Mark; former PDP national chairman, Ahmadu Ali, and a host oGovernors of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom; Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Darius Ishaku (Taraba); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta); former governors of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam; Ramalan Yero (Kaduna); Jonah Jang (Plateau); Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); former senate president, David Mark; former PDP national chairman, Ahmadu Ali, and a host ogovernors of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam; Ramalan Yero (Kaduna); Jonah Jang (Plateau); Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); former senate president, David Mark; former PDP national chairman, Ahmadu Ali, and a host of others.

A former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, says he never received a gift of a plot of land from the incumbent Governor, Abiola governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, says he never received a gift of a plot of land from the incumbent Governor, Abiola Governor, Abiola Ajimobi.

In a swift reaction, however, Ladoja in statement made available to journalists on Sunday by his Media Assistant, Mr. Lanre Latinwo, said that the land in question was once maintained by Ladoja and he (Ajimobi) voluntarily gave the former governor free of charge when the state housing corporation intended to revolve the allocation.

In a similar vein, the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, also extended his condolences to the family of Audu in Kogi over the death of the former governor who died at the age of 68 onGovernor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, also extended his condolences to the family of Audu in Kogi over the death of the former governor who died at the age of 68 ongovernor who died at the age of 68 on Sunday.

Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Abuja Federal High Court has granted bail to former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam.

And a # 1.65 m townhouse in Kensington is shown as belonging to a BVI company whose sole shareholder is Folorunsho Coker, former head of the number plate production authority of the state of Lagos and currently business adviser to the governor of Lagos.

From his roles in the Patricia Etteh saga culminating in the now notorious and ignoble image of Dino in his torn attire on the floor of the House; to his alleged threat to beat up a woman, a fellow senator and wife of former Lagos State Governor, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to the controversial paternity issue with a known Nollywood actress; to his ostentatious display of personal wealth such as his expensive automobiles, to his certificate scandal and many more, what is it that Dino represents that should be the envy of the right - thinking?

The stakeholders were pleased with the presence of former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, who was making a presence at a national PDP stakeholders meeting for the first time in about eight years.

Lawyer to the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has drawn the attention of the Chairman of the Ekiti State Judicial Commission of Inquiry, Justice Silas Bamidele Oyewole (rtd), to the pendency of a suit instituted by the former Ekiti State Governor, challenging the legality and constitutionality of the commission, for his inability to appear before it.

While describing it as a political witch - hunt, The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, who spoke while briefing journalists in Benin, the state capital, said that the state government's move was a clear sign of political desperation and persecution of the former governor, rather than addressing the numerous challenges facing the state.

Present at the airport earlier today to receive him were former Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District, Jonah Jang; Senator Joshua Dariye and retired Lieutenant General Jeremiah Useni.

Paladino compared the situation to his 2010 campaign for governor, when former Rep. Rick Lazio was the preferred candidate of the party following the state convention.

The former Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, thus, stated that mismanagement by the government was rather to blame for the situation the country found itself.

The controversial conventions of the Peoples Democratic Party holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Abuja have produced a new caretaker committee headed by former Kaduna Governor Senator Ahmed Makarfi with Senator Ben Obi as his Interim Secretary.

The convention which held at Port Harcourt, Rivers State saw Ali Modu Sheriff being replaced by an interim party executive led by a former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi.