2019: How Political Parties Are Raking In Billions — Daily Trust Investigation

2019: How political parties are raking in billions. Image source: Daily Trust

This is the best of times for political parties in Nigeria, as many of them are cashing in on the rush by candidates for nomination forms and other million-naira offerings.

Japan Evacuates Major Airport After Typhoon Wreaks Havoc

Typhoon Jebi sent a tanker crashing into the only access road to Kansai International Airport

Japan scrambled Wednesday to evacuate passengers trapped at a major airport when a tanker slammed into its only access bridge during the most powerful typhoon to hit the country for 25 years.

More than 200-kilometre-an-hour winds caused havoc in the seas around Japan, sending this ship crashing into a breakwater

Norway’s US$1 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund To Beef Up Scrutiny Of Sustainability, Ocean Pollution

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is the largest in the world. Image: Reuters/Nerijus Adomaitis

Norway's US$1 trillion sovereign wealth fund will demand that companies in which it invests follow stricter guidelines on global sustainability and strengthen efforts to combat plastic pollution of the oceans, it said on Wednesday.