Sentences with phrase «said allegations made against»

The Nigerian Army on Friday said allegations made against it that troops were colluding with herdsmen to kill innocent citizens of North Central States particularly Taraba, by retired Gen. TheophilusYakubu Danjuma and refused to protect the people were untrue.

Not exact matches

«DKE does not tolerate sexual misconduct and has not been made aware of any allegations of sexual misconduct against our Yale Chapter,» Lanpher said in an email to Business Insider.

But during an interview with NPR on Friday morning, Ryan struggled to explain the difference between the allegations of sexual misconduct made against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, which Ryan said are credible, and those made against President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election.

O'Reilly has shrugged off the controversy and he dismissed the allegations against him in a statement that said his fame makes him «vulnerable to lawsuits from individuals who want me to pay them to avoid negative publicity.»

On Tuesday night, after the abuse allegations against Porter were made public by the Daily Mail, Kelly said in a statement: «Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor, and I can't say enough good things about him.

In an emailed statement, Uber said that it takes the allegations made against Otto and Uber employees seriously and will review the matter carefully.

The former gymnast, who was a 15 - year - old homeschooler when she says Nassar started abusing her, became the first to publicly make allegations against the respected Michigan State University faculty member.

Sir Cliff Richard has said an allegation of a sexual nature made against him is «completely false».

Dowd said baseball asked Steinbrenner for substantiation of gambling allegations the Yankee owner made against Winfield, and Steinbrenner provided none.

For every allegation that is made, I have said I will consider the accusation seriously, we will investigate and if those allegations are substantial that requires that I take action against a Minister, I will do so.

«Lord Rennard is deeply shocked by and strongly disputes the allegations made against him in the Channel 4 News broadcast,» a statement issued on behalf of the peer, who is in Armenia overseeing elections, said.

Speaking to Class News, Mr George said: «Honourable Kennedy Agyapong is a stalwart of the party and there is no dispute in any body's mind about his place in the NPP, and so when he makes certain allegations against people around the president, and staffers in the Office of the President, it is of great importance that the Office of the President is seen to be above some of these unfortunate allegations.

State Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco said there should be an investigation into the sexual misconduct claim made against Klein, though he cautioned that the allegation could become a political vehicle in the fractured chamber.

A New York State judge ruled that a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who has said Trump made unwanted sexual advances could go forward, raising the possibility of a public airing of other allegations of sexual misconduct against the president.

George Landrith, spokesman for America Is Worth It, said in a statement that his super PAC is making an effort to expose allegations against the media as well as Schumer's record.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said on Sunday he would not rule out the possibility that payments were made to women other than porn star Stormy Daniels to get them to stay silent about allegations against Trump.

«To all, I want to say that I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me.»

«Carl Paladino has been asleep at the switch and ignored these serious allegations against one of his top aides yet he continues to rail against the system and make spurious allegations saying others are soft on crime,» Duffy said.

But Cuomo would not say whether he agrees with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on whether President Donald Trump should resign because of sexual harassment and assault allegations first made against him last year.

«Someone who may know [how to file an ethics complaint] is a person who has had allegations made against them for threatening to throw a reporter off the rotunda after the State of the Union address, for FEC filings,» he said.

«Someone who may know is a person who has had allegations made against them for threatening to throw a reporter off the rotunda after the State of the Union address, for FEC filings,» he said.

Julius Neequaye Kotey alias Logas, who is the Deputy Director of Communications for the Klottey Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, has said the allegations which have made headlines by way of a well - orchestrated media attacks against Madame Valerie, were not true.

In the absence of a campaign message, the NPP has resorted to making unfounded and spurious corruption allegations against President Mahama and his appointees a strategy many say would not yield them the desired result of coming back to power

The fallout from the allegations saw Mahama Ayariga charged with contempt of Parliament, and subsequently compelled to apologize for the bribery allegations he made against the committee, and the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, who he said had offered the bribe to have his nomination for the portfolio passed.

Alimikhena, who is also the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, said the IGP was summoned on October 16 to answer allegations made against him by Senator Isah Misau (APC - Bauchi).

He said the government is only making frantic efforts to cause public disaffection towards the previous NDC administration by smearing former state officials with allegations of corruption and initiating legal action against them for same.

«The party considers your wilful and deliberate refusal to make yourself available to answer to the allegations against you as sufficient confirmation that the said allegations against you are true.

«Hogwash» and «tommyrot» were apt descriptions of the allegations made against Everett, McDermott said.

Speaking during the first public hearing of the ad - hoc committee, Mr. Owusu, who was speaking as the first witness revealed that, when he initially raised the matter for discussion, Mr. Ablakwa trivialized the issue, saying the Minority made the allegation to equalize Mr. Agyarko's corruption allegations leveled against former President Mahama during his vetting.

Writer Kate Maltby, who accused Conservative MP Damian Green of sexual harassment, Labour party activist Ava Etemadzadeh, who accused Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins, and former special adviser to Nick Clegg Bridget Harris, who made allegations against Lib Dem peer Lord Rennard, said they had little faith their political parties would put their houses in order, and accused them of ignoring the issue for decades.

A former adviser to Nick Clegg, who was one of four party activists to make allegations against Lord Rennard, has said the row has now developed into a question of whether women matter to the Liberal Democrats.

Speaking on his internet videocast «Goodnight with George Galloway», the Respect MP said one of the women who is making allegations against Assange was «already in the sex game» because she had slept with the Wikileaks founder earlier that evening.

In the case of the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, Citi News sources say out of the 27 allegations made against her, only six of them were deemed valid, for which she would have to answer before the committee.

Rapp went on to say that the recent allegations of sexual misconduct and assault that have been made against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein ultimately prompted him to come forward.

«In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,» he said.

In the statement, Marcellino said he is «disappointed and outraged» by the allegations made against his fellow Republicans.

«It is the nature of the work of the intelligence services that they can not defend themselves against many of the allegations that have been made,» the prime minister said.

«The paper said former President Goodluck Jonathan made the allegation in a new book, «Against The Run of Play», written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi.

Responding to BBC figures on the number of allegations made against teachers by parents and pupils in the last year, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

A call for a probe, by the National Women's Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Otiko Djaba, into sex - for - job allegations made against Mrs. Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, shows that Ms. Djaba does not respect women in Ghana, Convener of a pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) group, Powerful Youth of NDC, Set Otchere, has said.

In his own case, he replied the query and denied some of the allegations made against him and basically said that he is not responsible for some of those things for which he was accused of, consequent upon which the National Caretaker Committee also took a decision to refer his case to the National Disciplinary Committee for further necessary action,» he said.

Alaka had made weighty allegations against the police then saying he was merely a victim of a set up.

«I categorically refute the allegations of corruption made against me in relation to the award of the contract for the production of national identification cards by Mr. Kennedy Agyapong,» the Owusu - Ekuful said in a statement.

Meanwhile Kashamu in his reply to the query denied some of the allegations against him, saying «The issuance of the query is contemptuous of the order of the court made on the 5th of September 2017 by the Federal High Court, Abuja.»

He said, «Nigerians may also recall the several allegations of corruption made against prominent APC members that the anti-graft agency has not attended to.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he is «pursuing every legal path» in regards to the phony sexual harassment allegations made against him.

«If somebody comes in to a police station and makes an allegation clearly of the most trivial character they nevertheless have to record it, to investigate it, go through a process of dealing with it which may involve going round and confronting the person against whom the trivial allegation has been made,» he said.

Adeyeye, a former minister of state for works, said that «if President Buhari retains these ministers in the face of the serious allegations against them, he will show that the entire judicial corruption saga is nothing more than a deliberate attempt to blackmail the judiciary in order to subjugate it and make it a rubber stamp institution of the administration.»

Mr Gittins said his inquest will not consider the truth of allegations made against Mr Sargeant or making adjudications on «who is right or wrong».

But in a statement, Ms Abrahams said: «I refute the allegations that have been made against me in the strongest possible terms.