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  • Kerry in Ethiopia for Security Talks

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Kerry's visit is expected to include talks on African and Western efforts to fight Islamist extremists in Mali and northern Nigeria. During recent talks with Nigeria's foreign minister, Kerry reaffirmed U.S. support for Nigeria's fight ...

  • When the Senate dissolved party lines for emergency rule

    BY HENRY UMORU The Senate read the mood of the nation correctly when it threw its weight behind the imposition of state of emergency in the troubled states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Following the nationwide broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan where he declared the state of emergency and in line with the Senate Standing Orders 2011 as amended, the lawmakers called for a session to ...

  • Emergency Rule How Reps tinkered with proclamation

    By OKEY NDIRIBE Fresh facts have emerged on why President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in three north-eastern states got unanimous endorsement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. It was learnt that security reports concerning the situation in the states had become alarming. A particular report indicated that Boko Haram militants had threatened that they ...

  • Kerry pressures Nigeria on human rights during first visit to sub-Saharan Africa

    US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) attends the 50th African Union Aniversary Summit in Addis Ababa on May 25, 2013, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. Today's 54-member AU is the successor of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established amid the heady days as independence from colonial rule swept the continent in 1963. ...

  • Boko Haram camps destroyed by Nigerian army

    The Nigerian army said Friday it had destroyed a number of camps used by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeast of the ...

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Blood & Wine

"Blood & Wine" is director Bob Rafelson's fifth collaboration with actor Jack Nicholson, and it is certainly one of the least. A slowly-plotted, mostly uninvolving modern-day Miami film noir, it is also the third (slightly belated) installment in what Rafelson terms an "informal trilogy" that also includes "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) and "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972). On the surface, "Blood & ... ...

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  • Old Yoruba Kingdom Who are the Yoruba people

    By Femi Fani-Kayode In his 2,000 page book entitled, ''Ile-Ife-The Source of Yoruba Civilisation'', Prince Adelegan Adegbolawrote the following about the Yoruba people: "The Yoruba are the progeny of great kingship, efficient kingdom-builders and astute rulers. They have been enjoying for centuries a well-organized pattern of society, a pattern which persists, in spite ...

  • Post-election violence Why FG is yet to compensate victims – Jonathan

    By CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA – THE Federal Government on Sunday cited rising security challenge across the northern part of the country as the prime reason why it hasn’t completed the payment of compensation to the victims of post-election violence in the country. But as the delay continues, the Anglican Church has called for the inclusion of religious bodies and civil society groups in ...

  • London Killing – More Question Than Answers Were Nigerian suspects under ‘Peter-Powers’ type of hypnosis

    By Femi Fani-Kayode Some things just don't add up when it comes to the Woolwich killings. There are certainly more questions than answers. Let us examine the facts. An off-duty British soldier by the name of Lee Rigby was walking down the street in the charming and peaceful London suburb of Woolwich. All of a sudden, and out of the blue, he was randomly selected and run over by a car which ...

  • Nigeria Military destroyed insurgents hospital fuel depots

    The Nigerian army says it destroyed camps used by Islamist militants to coordinate attacks against communities in northeastern regions of the country. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade said the camps were well-equipped, with hospital facilities and dormitories, the BBC reported Friday. Olukolade displayed photos at a news conference he said showed a destroyed fuel depot and what appeared to be ...

  • Jonathan not involved in NGF election – Presidency

    The Presidency has denied any involvement by President Goodluck Jonathan in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum election held yesterday that returned Governor Rotimi Amaechi as its chairman. In a statement, by Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), rejected media reports portraying the President as an interested party and the main loser in the forum’s ...

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