Sentences with phrase «sitting governor of the state»

The governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu is in fresh trouble as the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered him to vacate his office as a sitting governor of the state immediately over submission of false information during the governorship primary in December 2014.

WHEREAS, the Commission's February 25, 2010 letter expressly requests that I conduct a criminal investigation of a sitting Governor of the State, at a time when all holders of Statewide elected office, including myself, must make decisions with respect to the upcoming general election in November 2010;

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He also sits on the Board of Directors, and in May 2015 he made a donation of $ 133,000 to the foundation to make up for funding it had lost as a part of the austerity measures put in place by Governor Bruce Rauner to address the state's $ 1.5 billion budget deficit.

Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett said state parliament was unlikely to return to ratify the replacement before the March 11 election, But section 15 of the constitution says the government could allow the state governor to confirm Senator Culleton's replacement before the parliament sits again.

When Zephyr Teachout, then a little - known Fordham Law School professor, challenged Cuomo in a primary four years ago, one of the state's largest public workers unions, PEF, endorsed her, while NYSUT decided to sit out the governor's race entirely, declining to pick a favorite.

In our eyes, JCOPE will have little credibility until new laws are passed which prohibit the Committee from appointing an executive director, or senior managers, who have worked for a sitting governor, attorney general, comptroller, the legislature, or a firm which lobbies the state of New York.

Three (3 1/2) years of sitting in Albany the Governor are yet to address and resolved the most critical issues dealing with the People and State,» Mr. McMillan declared.

This was not the kind of language Democratic primary voters heard when Teachout shocked the Empire State by snagging about a third of the votes against a sitting governor.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 arraigned a former Plateau governor, David Jonah Jang, before Justice Daniel Longji of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on a 12 - count charge bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of N6.3 billion.

Albany has seen a parade of scandals over the past decade: Two sitting governors; three of the past four Senate Majority Leaders; the Speaker of the Assembly; a state Comptroller; -LSB-...]

Full disclosure: Among the people backing Fordham law professor and former Howard Dean internet director Zephyr Teachout's effort to challenge sitting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, according to the filings by her and her running mate Tim Wu with the state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 100).

They were both at Governor Cuomo's State of the State speech on January 21, sitting on stage, where Cuomo acknowledged his partners in the government triumvirate.

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday got the nod of the state High Court sitting in Abeokuta to proceed through the Truth Commission and inquiState Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday got the nod of the state High Court sitting in Abeokuta to proceed through the Truth Commission and inquistate High Court sitting in Abeokuta to proceed through the Truth Commission and inquire...

This morning, Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly, was arrested on corruption charges, hours after the Times broke the story — and barely half a day after Silver sat smiling onstage as Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState Assembly, was arrested on corruption charges, hours after the Times broke the story — and barely half a day after Silver sat smiling onstage as Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state govGovernor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state govgovernor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governstate government.

Capital correspondent Karen Dewitt sat down with former governor David Paterson, the first African - American to serve as governor of New York state, to talk about the event and its impact on his life.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as the substantive Governor of Abia State.

Appeal court sitting in Jos, Plateau state on Sa - turday upheld the victory of Governor Jonah David Jang in the April 2011 governorship election in the state...

THE battle to determine the standard - bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, on Thursday, shifted to the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, as Governor Timipre Sylva told the five - man panel, headed by Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, that the PDP had invoked its jurisdiction in order to stall hearing of the substantive matter at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

Abducting sitting governor, Impeaching officers with minority, Substituting list of party candidates with procured injunctions, Publicly ridiculing the president of the country by pronouncements, letters and fabrication Factionalisation of state or national structures Holding the party to judicial ransome.

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to respond to a motion seeking to stop the probe into the finances of Governor Ayodele Fayose's administration.

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has hailed the judgment of the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja which upheld his victory in the December 5, 2016 governorship election.

Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, the chairman of the Coroner's Inquest set up by the State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, to uncover the circumstances surrounding the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, has threatened to issue a bench warrant against the Divisional Police Officer DPO, of Dugbe Police station, Osogbo and the Officer in charge of Homicide, for shunning the sitting and refusal to testify before it.

As a result of the strike, the sitting that was to take place on Thursday was postponed for as long as it will take the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi to pay all outstanding allowances.

SYRACUSE (WSYR - TV)- After touring all the upgrades at the New York State Fair, Governor Andrew Cuomo sat down to enjoy an old favorite of his — a Gianelli sausage sandwich.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday condemned the sacking of Commissioners and Local Government chairmen in the 27 council areas of Imo State by the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, alleging that the action was because of the success of the sit - at - home order in the sState by the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, alleging that the action was because of the success of the sit - at - home order in the sstate Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, alleging that the action was because of the success of the sit - at - home order in the statestate.

There's a possibility that some Democratic lawmakers will be so upset at lack of a session and subsequent vote on a raise that they'll sit out the governor's State of the State speech in January.

A High Court sitting in Zaria, Kaduna State on Tuesday, granted an order of interim injunction, restraining governor Nasiru Ahmed El - Rufai of Kaduna State from taking...

But lately New York's black leaders — including such supposed friends as former state comptroller Carl McCall and Reverend Al Sharpton — have been flirting conspicuously with Cuomo, raising the chances of something unprecedented: that a sitting governor might not receive enough support at this spring's party convention to gain a spot on the fall ballot.

In a statement, Seneca President Gates said the obligation of compensating local communities lies with the state, and he's looking forward to sitting down with the Governor to talk one - on - one.

The kingpin of a gang of suspected fraudsters accused of cloning the phone number of the Osun state Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola to dupe him of N18m has been arrested and dragged before a Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo.

High Court of Justice sitting in Kafanchan, Kaduna State has granted an interim injunction restraining Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El - Rufai from removing District heads...

In the run - up to the 2015 election, the sitting governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, started the guessing game about Buhari's health and death.

I recently sat down with Daren Jaime, host of Bronxnet Television's Perspectives for an interview about my retirement from the State Assembly and Governor Cuomo's proposed Executive Budget.

(EFCC Press release) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 arraigned the immediate past Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, and the 2015 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Umar Nasko, before Justice Aliyu Maiyaki of the Federal High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State on a 6 - count charge of fraud to the tune of N3bilState, Babangida Aliyu, and the 2015 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Umar Nasko, before Justice Aliyu Maiyaki of the Federal High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State on a 6 - count charge of fraud to the tune of N3bilstate, Umar Nasko, before Justice Aliyu Maiyaki of the Federal High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State on a 6 - count charge of fraud to the tune of N3bilState on a 6 - count charge of fraud to the tune of N3billion.

«State police agencies do not and will not engage in such activity, and we are troubled that one local sheriff in the state has decided to participate,» said Alphonso David, the chief counsel to Governor Cuomo, whose office sits six miles south of State police agencies do not and will not engage in such activity, and we are troubled that one local sheriff in the state has decided to participate,» said Alphonso David, the chief counsel to Governor Cuomo, whose office sits six miles south of state has decided to participate,» said Alphonso David, the chief counsel to Governor Cuomo, whose office sits six miles south of Troy.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti has nullified the election of Mr. Oyetunde Ojo, the ACN candidate and an in - law to the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the strength of the suit instituted by the National Reformation Party, NTP, alleging that INEC omitted both the name and logo of the party from the electoral papers

According to Omotosho, «is it not curious and, indeed, funny that a sitting governor that was defeated in all the local government areas of Ekiti State in a free and fair election is crying, eight months after and after his case had been dismissed at the election petitions tribunal.»

The impeachment proceedings against Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may not be over soon as a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has retrained the...

As I sat listening to Governor Cuomo's State of the State address, I was struck by the more positive tone he took toward public education.

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Sule Lamido's Son, Aminu Loses Appeal The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday, dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34 year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him...

The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Kaduna, has declared former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner...

Justice Hussein Baba - Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, October 19, 2017 struck out an application by a former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, his son, Sagir Attahiru and their family company, Dalhatu Investment Limited, seeking to separate their trial from that of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd).

Also during the interview, which was the governor's first extended TV sit down since this issue blew up into a national debate, Paterson insisted there had been a meeting between himself and the mosque's developers but it was postponed due to the fact that the imam is out of the country on a State Department - sponsored trip.

The former new PDP included five sitting Governors of Sokoto, Kano, Kwara, Adamawa and Rivers States and former Governors of Kebbi, Gombe, Osun, former Vice President of Nigeria, former acting National Chairman of PDP, sitting Speaker of the House of Representatives, many serving members of the National Assembly and many renowned politicians and PDP Elders.

«We are worried that a sitting governor who has refused to make life comfortable for the people of the state, will shamelessly prevent good gesture by other party members in ameliorating the problems of the citizens of the state, and the PDP members in particular.

With Hillary Clinton set to be nominated as Barack Obama's Secretary of State, New York Governor David Paterson has a tough decision to make - which New Yorker will sit in the U.S. Senate in Clinton's place for the next... Read More

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has asked the Court of Appeal to upturn a judgment of an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, which barred...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure on Friday nullified the impeachment of Alhaji Ali Olanusi as the deputy governor of Ondo State.

Someone asked me why I am supporting devolution of power when I know that I am contesting to be governor in my state and I told him that I am not contesting to sit over the local government money.