Showing posts with label Leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leadership. Show all posts
Some Nigerians have called on Yale University in the United States to withdraw the Honorary Degree it bestowed on the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Okonjo-Iweala had been awarded Doctor of Humane Letters by the prestigious institution on May 15, 2015.
The institution, while presenting the award to Okonjo-Iweala, had said, “As a minister in your country, you made social and economic reforms your mission. As Nigeria’s coordinating minister of economic development and minister of finance, you have tackled corruption, created a vision and path to long-term economic stability, and worked to build a culture of transparency.”
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General Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly submitted 40 names of possible ministers in his government to the Department of State Services, the Directorate of Military Intelligence and the National Intelligence Agency for screening.
According to the unconfirmed report, the names pencilled for ministerial appointments include, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state; Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso of Kano state; and former Ekiti state governor and APC deputy national chairman, Engineer Segun Oni.
The list also contains names like, the former Osun state governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu, the former PDP national auditor, Chief Bode Mustapha, the son of General TY Danjuma, Isaiah Danjuma.
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Under dictator Kim Jong-Un's oppressive rule, North Koreans can be executed for more than 20 different crimes, many of them ambiguous, without a fair trial.

The list emerged in the wake of the brutal murder of the country's defence minister for falling asleep during military meetings and answering back to Kim.

Hyon Yong-Chol, 66, who was named head of North Korea's military in 2012, was reported to have been executed in front of hundreds of bloodthirsty officials at a military camp in the capital Pyongyang on April 30.

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It has emerged that some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders have repeatedly begged the former president Olusegun Obasanjo to help salvage the party, which the Senate President, David mark described as ‘dying.’
According to Premium Times, Obasanjo refused the party’s plea for him to return and help rebuild it ahead of future elections.
In February 2015, the former president publicly renounced his PDP membership at a forum in Abeokuta, Ogun state and directed that his membership card be torn right at the meeting.
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President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has said that incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan has nothing to fear from him.
Buhari added that despite the acrimony involved in the election campaigns, he would not hold a grudge against anyone.
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