Sentences with phrase «with army chief»

With a «heavy heart,» Vice President Bawumia was at the Arakan Officers» Mess at Burma Camp in Accra together with some army chiefs and government officials to console the family of the late soldier yesterday.

The BNP has had a busy week, with army chiefs making an unprecedented attack on the party for using military imagery to sell its political message.

Not exact matches

The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.

The People's Liberation Army Daily on Wednesday published its list of attendees for the upcoming 19th party congress in Beijing on October 18, with two notable exclusions: Fang Fenghui, who was recently replaced as the chief at the Joint Staff Department in China's military and is currently under investigation for corruption, and General Zhang Yang, the director of the political work department, who also sits on the military commission.

During the Civil War, President Lincoln rewarded Grant with a promotion to lieutenant general and made him general - in - chief of the armies.

The 9th Dialogue was held in Singapore last week (4 - 6 June, 2010) with defence officials from 28 countries attending, including the US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, the Deputy Chief of the Peoples» Liberation Army (PLA) of China, the National Security Adviser of India...

The four - member Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, met with Pakistan's army ruler Pervaiz Musharraf, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, and other political leaders and government officials as they assessed the political situation in the country.

«This weeklong course was used to train and develop Soldiers» abilities to identify and mitigate different risks involved in their positions and enhance Soldiers» knowledge in a wide variety of Army programs, supervisory functions, equipment readiness, self - awareness and dealing with the stressors of dining facility operations,» said Sgt. Maj. Keysa Chambers, chief culinary management noncommissioned officer.

Compare the president with the chief of staff of the Army.

Namaan is not only a high - ranking member of the enemy Aramites but also the chief commander of his king's army — the army that brought down King Ahab with a well - placed arrow.

Jahangir for a time took strong steps to check his pervasive influence but, faced with an uprising by one of his army chiefs who was an adherent of Shaikh Ahmad, came to terms with him.

The Navy and Air Force had no objection to the letter, but the Army chief of chaplains, himself a Catholic, was worried that the line about not complying with the law was close to a call for civil disobedience.

(2) Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him (3) and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold I am against you, 0 Gog... (4) and I will bring you forth, and all your army... all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords; (5) Persia, Cush, and Put are with them,... (6) Gomer and all his hordes; Beth - togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north... many peoples are with you.

According to Dr. Robert Redfield, chief of the Retrovirology Laboratory at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 50 percent of male homosexuals in San Francisco are now infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, up from 7 percent in the early 1980s.

Militarily Ukraine is also in a very weak position, with a conscript army that could itself fragment into Ukrainian and Russian components if pushed into military action, and a command echelon that seems to be prepared (given the sacking of the army chiefs by both Yanukovych and the new acting president Turchynov) to prefer caution and neutrality rather than be an instrument for splitting the country any further than it already is.

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has revealed how he sacked his domestic driver over confrontation with officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps...

He added that it is in line with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai's Barracks Investment Initiative Program (BIIP) to take care of the welfare of the troops and in way boost the morale of troops fighting against insurgency in the North East Nigeria by empowering their families and wards.

The panel set up by Chief of Army Staff, Lt.General Tukur Buratai, to investigate alleged military connivance with herdsmen in Taraba State submitted its report yesterday...

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, was also exposed as owning properties abroad worth obviously more than he would otherwise have been able to afford with his salaries.

Clive Francis, who plays the dictatorial army chief, Major Rice, is spectacularly unnerving — his thinly veiled racism adds to the atmosphere in his confrontations with the black people of the unnamed country.

The Chief of Army Staff, Major General William Azu Ayamdo, who visited the crime scene on Tuesday, said GAF was already in close collaboration with other security agencies to thoroughly investigate and ensure justice for Captain Mahama.

In line with the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai's disposition to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar had in the early hours of Monday 15 May 2017, led some security chiefs on a visit to the conflicted villages of Cross River and Ebonyi States with the aim of resolving the crisis.

The counsel to the Nigerian Army and the Chief of Army staff who are the first and the second respondents respectively in the suit, Hussein Oyebanji pointedly told the presiding Judge, Justice Saleh Shuaibu that he was not familiar with the case.

Another soldier, Cpl Famoroti Femi, of the 119 Task Force battalion, in his trench at the unit's temporary harbour in Kangarwa, on Thursday July 6, 2016 wrote a short letter to his fellow countrymen, urging them to support President Buhari's drive to end insurgency and to cooperate with the Chief of Army Staff to defeat the insurgents.

But when counsel to the Nigerian Army and the Chief of Army staff Staff was invited by the presiding judge to identify and argue the motion of objection earlier filed, Barrister Hussein Oyebanji told the judge that he was not conversant with the case.

In this regard, the defence spokesman said, «the Chief of Defence Staff held a Briefing session with the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air Staff, the Theatre Commander and Senior Principal Staff Officers of the military high command at the Military Command and Control Centre on 1st August 2017, on the reviewed strategic direction and operational plans, in compliance to the directive of the Acting President.

«The Chief of Army escaped unhurt and continued with his duties.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

In his response, the Chief of Army Staff assured the Governor that the Nigerian Army has been working in conjunction with other security agencies to rout out cattle rustlers and other criminals not only in the Zamfara State, but the entire North West geo - political zone where it was more prevalent.

The GOC enjoined troops to remain resolute in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists and insurgents in the North East in order to ensure total compliance with the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai's directive that remnants of Boko Haram terrorists are flushed out of Nigerian territory.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commiserated with the Malu family of Benue state over the passing of former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen....

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai and the Nigerian Army were conferred with awards of patriotism and excellence by THE NIGERIAN News Portal at The Dorchester, in the City of Westminster, London on Friday 25th August, 2017.

Pictured above: Former U.S. Secretary of the Army John McHugh looks at a map of the Adirondack Park with Adirondack Council Executive Director William Janeway, Adirondack Council Communications Director John Sheehan and Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Robert Taub, who served as McHugh's chief of staff in Congress, at a meeting in July.

Continuing it said, «The troops responsible for the safety and security of the Chief of Army Staff on hearing explosion and firing were left with no choice than to defend him and the convoy at all cost as well as open up the barricaded road for law abiding citizens.

The awards which were presented by John Milton, renowned American Journalist with specialty in photojournalism and Patrick Smith, Editor in Chief, African Confidential Magazine were received by Major General Chris Jemitola, Chief of Policy and Plans (Army), on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai and the Nigerian Army.

Tukur Buratai, chief of army sta ff, says violent herdsmen ravaging some parts of the country may have links with Boko Haram insurgents.

Also, in actualizing the Chief of Army Staff's vision, which is to «To have a Professionally Responsive Nigerian Army in the Discharge of its Constitutional Roles», accentuates the call for the conduct of this exercise in conjunction with sister services and other security agencies.

A number of witnesses were to testify in favor of a marriage equality plank in the platform: Marc Solomon, national campaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall DemocChief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Democchief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Democrats.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family Lt. General Victor Malu (retired), as well as the government and people of Benue State on the death of, the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

While in Warri, the governor, held security meetings with security chiefs from the Army, Navy and Police among others at the Government House Annex.

Public scepticism has been re-enforced by the blockbuster accusation by General T.Y Danjuma, former Chief of Army Staff and Defence Minister that the Nigerian Military under Buhari are «colluding» with «armed bandits» (read Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen) to carry out ethnic cleansing across communities in central Nigeria!

«This directive was conveyed in a mandate by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to the 6 Division to collaborate with the DSS, the police and all other security agencies in Rivers State to hunt down and bring to book the perpetrators of that mayhem..

His statement in full, «The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to the unfortunate statement made by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, during the convocation ceremony of the Taraba State University on Saturday 24 March 2018 in which he categorically asserted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria was colluding with militias and other criminal elements and was unable to provide security for the citizens of Taraba State.

Welcoming participants, Chief of administration, Nigerian Army, Major General Idris Alkali noted that officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army were involved in several operations within and outside the country hence the need for personnel to improve on their professional competence and catch up with modern trends in theatres of operation.

In line with the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai's disposition to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar had in the early hours of Monday 15 May 2017, led some security chiefs -LSB-...]

CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF BAGS KWAMEH NKURMAH LEADERSHIP AWARD The Chief of Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSBCHIEF OF ARMY STAFF BAGS KWAMEH NKURMAH LEADERSHIP AWARD The Chief of Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSB-ARMY STAFF BAGS KWAMEH NKURMAH LEADERSHIP AWARD The Chief of Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSBChief of Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSB-Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSB-Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSB-...]

«It is worthy to note that the raid operation on the Boko Haram Terrorists enclave coincided with the Chief of Army Staff's operational visit to the Brigade Headquarters in Mubi.

Following last Sunday's attacks on troops locations in Gukak and Gajigana by Boko Haram terrorists» during which it was reported in the social media that soldiers deployed by the Nigerian Army to battle insurgency took to their heels when they could not with - stand the firepower of the group, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has warned his men that such behaviour must not be allowed to repeat itself in the North East.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai on Thursday decorated 20 newly promoted Major Generals and 22 Brigadier Generals at the Conference room of the Army headquarters with a disclosure that troops of the Nigerian Army have penetrated deeply inside Sambisa Forest in the final push to flush out Boko Haram terrorists from the -LSB-...]

Following his declaration last week that his command of the Nigerian Army and strategy to deal with the Boko Haram terrorism menace to be pursued by action rather than talking, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai has renamed the code name for the...