Sentences with phrase «over allegations of corruption»

Magic circle firm called in to advise Monaco - based Unaoil over allegations of corruption and money laundering

Some localities want to leave as CalPERS wallows in unfunded liabilities and faces scrutiny over allegations of corruption and cronyism.

A 63 - year - old was arrested at an address in Surrey as former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was released on police bail after being quizzed for nine hours over allegations of corruption and the phone - hacking scandal that forced the closure of the 168 - year - old newspaper.

The Commission has been without a substantive Commission for almost a year, following the removal of the previous commissioner, Laurette Lamptey over allegations of corruption.

Turner, who is facing trial over allegations of corruption, has filed applications seeking bail and reversal of an interim order of forfeiture of his properties issued by the FHC in Port Harcourt.

«How can Ghanaians expect a Vice President, John Mahama, who was investigated by his boss, President John Atta Mills, over allegations of corruption, be expected to have the moral authority and desire to fight corruption when he is now the boss?

The lawyer, Charles Kwesi Bentum argues that the said video evidence lacks coherence, hence leaves doubts over the allegations of corruption leveled against the judges and magistrates.

Hip - life musician and sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), A-Plus, has failed to honour an invitation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for questioning over his allegations of corruption against some government officials.

The Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Maikanti Baru, over an allegation of corruption.

Not exact matches

Just last week, a court found that the allegations were a conspiracy plot from some of his fellow students and university faculty who were angered by how Khan outspoken had become over corruption at the university he attended.

World football's governing body confirmed the news on Friday morning as the spiral of allegations over corruption among the rulers of the game continues.

Ghanaians have shown dissatisfaction towards the Nana Addo led New Patriotic Party administration over allegations and evidence of massive corruption that has engulfed the government through a poll conducted by Multimedia's Joy FM.

He represented Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who was convicted on federal corruption charges; Jerome Valcke, the former FIFA secretary general who was fired over allegations of misconduct; and Michael Steinberg, a Wall Street hedge fund manager who appealed his 2013 conviction for insider trading and was vindicated when the charges were dropped in October 2015.

Over the years, Silver's decisive say on many of New York City's real estate projects was no secret — nor were the allegations of corruption and backroom deals.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton quietly reinstated two NYPD bosses who had been stripped of their guns and badges over corruption allegations in a secret deal to get them to retire.

The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva got a reprieve on Thursday as a Federal High Court, Abuja, gave him clean bill over allegations bordering on corruption.

These five measures, as outlined by the NPP flagbearer, include providing the requisite leadership to tackle corruption; the scrupulous enforcement of the teachings of the Public Procurement Act (Act 663); the establishment by Act of Parliament of an Office of Independent Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute certain categories of cases and allegations of corruption; the devotion of more resources to enhance the capacity of anti-corruption agencies; and supporting all moves to give Parliament greater oversight capability over the activities of the Executive.

At the heart of the turf war is a tussle over the control of campaign cash as allegations of corruption and undermining continue to fly in the party.

He denied allegations that the EFCC raided the media company because the acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, was fighting the newspaper over a March publication accusing him of corruption.

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.

After days of intense pressure over phone hacking and corruption allegations, Rupert Murdoch has made a dramatic U-turn by withdrawing his bid to take full control of the broadcaster BSkyB.

«All the people that had been picked up at one time or the other over corruption allegations were members of the opposition, PDP,» he said.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton quietly reinstated two NYPD bosses who had been stripped of their guns and badges over corruption allegations — in a secret deal to get them to retire, The Post has learned.

Once a source of national leaders of both political parties, New York state has descended into a bizarre, riveting spectacle of corruption and political debasement, with its governor facing calls to resign as well as new charges of accepting illicit perks and lying under oath, the dean of its congressional delegation giving up his gavel over corruption charges and another House member announcing he won't run again amid allegations of sexual harassment.

Deputy Chief of Staff, Abu Jinapor, says he has no intentions of suing Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A-Plus over the corruption allegations made against him and his colleague, Francis Asenso Boakye.

Kate Brown, who was sworn into office in February, took the place of Governor John Kitzhaber who resigned over corruption allegations involving his fiancé.

British American Tobacco (BAT) has retained Slaughter and May as sole legal adviser on a formal investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over allegations of bribery and corruption, Legal Week understands.

Premier and deputy chief of staff to meet with investigators over byelection corruption allegations, Canadian Press

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.