Former UN chiefs Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon lash out at state of global leadership
.....leaders needed to fix global ‘mess’, says Kofi Annan
Former UN chiefs Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon have lashed out at the state of global leadership in the age of Donald Trump, warning a nuclear...
World Bank to stop financing oil, gas projects from 2019
The World Bank will stop financing oil and gas exploration and extraction from 2019, it announced Tuesday at a climate summit seeking to boost the global economy’s shift to clean energy.
“The World Bank Group...
ICPC drags Access Bank Chief Executive, Herbert Wigwe, worker to court for corrupt practices
According to a report available to societynow; the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Mr. Herbert Wigwe and Mr. Neka Adogu were on Thursday arraigned before an Abuja High Court...
Ibadan council of Obas threatens to dethrone Olubadan!
….gives him 21-day ultimatum
The Ibadan council of obas on Monday issued a 21-day ultimatum to Saliu Adetunji, Olubadan of Ibadan, to conduct his activities according to provisions of the olubadan chieftaincy review or get...
North is not poor, not afraid of restructuring
The governor of Katsina, Malam Aminu Bello Masari, has said that northern Nigeria is not poor and should not be afraid of restructuring.
Masari, who addressed the retreat of Northern senators forum in Kastinsa on...
Jerusalem: Israel, Hezbollah war imminent in 2018
Former U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates on Tuesday warned that there might be an all-out war between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah in 2018 following the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s...
Tinubu replies Okorocha: APC will not promote automatic tickets like PDP
…….says only internal democracy can strengthen Party
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has reiterated his stance on internal democracy as opposed to the idea of giving automatic tickets to aspirants.
He...
National Convention: APC finally congratulates PDP
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has congratulated the new chairman, Uche Secondus, and other newly-elected officials of the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, going by the Premium Times reports.
The national chairman of APC, John...
Nigerian youth ‘support’ corruption, not ready to embrace corrupt-free society’ — Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nigeria youth are copying the wrong model of leadership, an act, he notes, may jeopardise their future.
Mr. Amaechi made the assertion in an interview with the News...
PDP National Chairmanship: Ogun PDP Chair, Sikirulai Ogundele Congratulates Uche Secondus, Akinwonmi
The newly sworn-in National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has been advised to be magnanimous in victory and work with other National Chairmanship aspirants who lost out at the...
