Sentences with phrase «political associates»

Against the advice of virtually all his closest political associates, he insisted on rejecting offers from safe Labour seats in which he would have had no trouble being selected and elected.

«Following various consultations with political associates, family and friends I have decided to formally join the Accord party.

Judy Jacobs, who died on Sept. 13, 2016, at a Manhasset hospital after falling at her Woodbury home earlier in the day, family, friends and political associates said.

Mr. Obanikoro, in his speech, said he was happy to return to the fold of his age - long political associates after his long sojourn in the PDP.

For their part state Democrats hope to make DeLay the poster boy for political corruption, highlighting his indictment by a Texas grand jury on state money laundering charges, plus several scandals involving political associates and former staffers.

«Every chairman who comes on board always gives employment to all his or her family members, friends and political associates without recourse to the lay down rules.»

The issue was about whether Mahoney's political associates broke the law by trying to influence a race for a vacant county Legislature seat.

DeLay had been declared ineligible to run by Texas Republican Party Chairman Tina Benkiser after he retired from Congress on June 8, following an indictment by a Texas grand jury on state money laundering charges and amid scandals involving several political associates and former staffers.

The study comes amid new scrutiny of campaign giving, with U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara subpoenaing political associates of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and mayoral staff.

Pigeon's name has surfaced over the past few days in a investigation by the U. S. attorney's office in Manhattan into payments between a Town of Niagara company, GDP Consulting, run by a long time political associate of Pigeon, Gary Parenti and a Bronx firm, A-1 Multi Service, run by Pedro G. Espada, the son of the majority leader.

The former minister and adviser to Tony Blair offers his view in a private paper that circulated to political associates last week in which he urges them to dig in for the «long haul».

It is not meant for election propaganda but to educate Nigerians on the need to stand up for good governance and new Nigeria where national resources will be used to practically transform the nation rather than transform political associates for selfish gains.

In a letter apparently meant for only a few political associates, J.W. Arends of the Wisconsin Education Association Council argued that the Republican candidate for the open seat, Gordon R. Connor, was a «carpetbagger» who had moved to Wisconsin only a few months before.

Some officials at the agency are friends and political associates of Mr. Cuomo.

The prolonged cold war between President Muhammadu Buhari and his erstwhile close political associate and South - West political strongman, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may soon come to an end.

Jacobs, 77, who served on the county legislature since it was formed in 1996, died at a Manhasset hospital after falling earlier on Tuesday, family, friends and political associates said.

One of his last requests of his political associates was that his son get part of a Philadelphia track.

People are bothered about maintenance, are you considering what they do in some other advanced societies, like in Dubai where they concession some of these facilities instead of the African way where it is just left to some political associates to run and eventually they are run aground

ragedy struck on Monday evening in Oke - Ogun area of Oyo State, as Mr. Adeyemo Ojelade, the newly sworn - in Vice Chairman of Irepo Local Council Development Area, and one of his political associates, Mr. Adediwura, died in a motor accident.

Aregbesola's friends, political associates and sympathisers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were among the people that accompanied The Governor through the routes designated for the trek.

No charges will be brought following an extensive investigation of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his political associates, the U.S. attorney's office on Thursday announced.

, a community group in East New York run by Andre Mitchell, a political associate of the Barrons.

The firm sent out a press release yesterday announcing the arrival of Daniel Katz as general counsel and Austin Finan as a political associate.

«On the auspicious occasion of your 55th birthday anniversary, I join your family, political associates, friends and well - wishers to thank Almighty God for your life which has been marked by outstanding accomplishments and enduring fulfillment.

«Records in our disposal show that some of the beneficiaries of this ill - awarded contracts are brothers, sisters, in - laws and political associates of the Managing Director of NDDC MD, Mr. Nsima Ekere, as well as the cousins, brothers, friends and in - laws to the Executive Director — Projects, including their Aides and relations working in the MD's office who connived in this illegal adventure of fraud.

«We also urge the EFCC to investigate the Managing Director of NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, his brother Mr. Idorenyin Ekere, his sisters, his Aides, his political associates, Techsel Products Limited and Gasons Nigeria Limited.

The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Astorino undertook a «frantic» effort to win the backing of the party — the allegations include racketeering, conspiracy, wire and maul fraud — by coercing dozens of staff members, political associates, friends and family members to switch their party affiliation to the Independence Party.

He wondered why many of his friends and political associates, whom he helped one way or the other, had left him, noting that it was God's way of creating a vacuum for the youth to take charge.

Tension has gripped the land as we approach October 1st and the Nigerian people have expressed deep concern about what is unfolding yet all we are fed with on a daily basis are pictures of an ailing Buhari, posing like a fading and ageing Playboy model, holding court in London and granting audience to his friends, political associates, family members and loyalists.

The retired general who is a political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari and also the first member of the ruling APC to be fingered in the arms deal scandal returned N100m on Friday via a UBA account.

A former spokesperson to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has said that if President Muhammdu Buhari must resign, due to his ill health, the interest of his political associates who worked tirelessly to bring him into office must be accommodated.

Prof. Osinbajo said the President had in many instances exhibited attributes of a fair leader in his choice of political associates, people to work with and so on.

In a letter, which he personally signed and sent to one of his political associates, Malam Hassan S. Indabawa, dated August 22, 2017, Shekarau said soon after the 2015 general elections, there had been various calls by individuals and groups from many quarters urging his candidature to contest for the presidency in 2019.

Meanwhile, Alhaji Muhammadu Abdullahi Sugar, a political associate of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had accused Governor Nasiru El - Rufai of Kaduna State of using the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to fight the ex-VP.

Sule explained that Shekarau, who was the governor of Kano State had since communicated his political ambition to various elders, community leaders, opinion leaders, political associates and religious leaders regardless of their ethnic and party affiliations.

FBI agents scoured campaign funds and interviewed Maziarz's staff and his political associates.

Nearly a third were the governor's political associates, donors and friends, or their relatives, the records and interviews show.

FBI agents scoured campaign funds and interviewed Maziarz's staff, campaign treasurer and his political associates about hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign spending.

Perhaps Clegg is a «nice guy» but even the nicest can come under malign influence and after watching the Neil / Flanders demolition of Cable, we now just how malign and hypocritical Clegg's closest political associates are.

The New Labour architect offers his view in a private paper circulated to political associates.

Finan was a political associate at the Parkside Group, the preferred firm of the DSCC for the last campaign cycle.

«We're here to ask the Attorney General to see if state funds have been used to provide jobs and income to family, friends and political associates,» Mr. Levine said.

President Buhari felicitated with the family, friends and political associates of the former military officer, who served the country variously as a governor, minister and Senate President.

In the wake of that panel's demise, Cuomo defended his administration's advice to its commissioners that it should not pursue certain lines of investigation that involved the governor's donors or political associates.

A mammoth crowd thronged Okitipupa round - about, venue of the campaign to show support to Akeredolu and his political associates.

Until the recent crisis, the party had successfully managed the growing discontent within its leadership as insinuations were rife that some of Buhari's closest political associates had perfected a plan to destroy Tinubu politically.

On the steps of City Hall on Monday, state senate candidate Mark Levine called on Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to investigate his opponent in the 31st district for allegedly creating a nonprofit organization to employ friends, family and political associates.

«I and my political associates have condemned in strong terms an attempt to assassinate Senator Hunkuyi and Alh.