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Abuja - The THISDAY Nigeria-at-50 Awards was characterized by the Who-is-Who in Nigeria including past Government officials, business moguls and International delegates. The immediate past United States President, George W. Bush; the Secretary of State to his government, Prof. Condoleezza Rice, both joined former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, in Abuja for the event.

Bush [...]

LOS ANGELES – The Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2009 at the “16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®”.
Attended by film and television’s leading actors, and held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, Sandra Bullock presented Betty White with Screen Actors Guild’s [...]

President Barack Obama has exercised his executive powers to order the immediate deployment of reserves to earthquake riding Haiti. Below is the statement;
 
ORDERING THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL
READY RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of [...]

MINNA - Maryam Babangida, has been buried in Minna, Nigeria.  Sypathisers led by prominent politicians and military bigwigs trooped in large numbers to the hill-top mansion of the former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, turning it into a pilgrimage site of sorts throughout yesterday.  
The scene was colourful and dramatic. All the three entrances to the [...]

Washington DC - US terror watch lists have been radically revised after a foiled attack on a US-bound jet, a White House spokesman said, as tough new airport screening measures swung into effect. No thanks to Farouk Mutallab who has dragged Nigeria’s name into the TW 14.
Officials had conducted a major review of all the [...]

WASHINGTON – The second blizzard in less than a week buried the most populous stretch of the East Coast under nearly a foot of snow Wednesday, breaking records for the snowiest winter and demoralizing millions of people still trying to dig out from the previous storm.

Conditions in the nation’s capital were so bad that even [...]

FESTAC TOWN, NIGERIA - The Association of Fast Food Confectioners of Nigeria AFFCON held it’s 2009 end of year party at the TFC events place banquet hall, Festac town. President of AFFCON and owner of TFC Mrs. Olayinka Pamela Adedayo welcomed association members from other parts of Nigeria including Abuja and Port Harcourt.

AFFCON has rendered several [...]

Nigerian President Umaru YarÁdua has spoken to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in a telephone interview from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia that indeed his health is improving and may return to office soon.
Confusion reigned in some quarters yesterday over a report on an American website purporting that President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua had died. Presidential Spokesman [...]

Reports have indicated that Dr. Umaru Mutallab had warned the United States six months ago that his son was becoming a danger.
 
Dr.Umaru Mutallab is the former chairman of First Bank, current Chairman of Nigeria’s first Islamic Bank; Jaiz International Plc and father of alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab who tried to blow up Northwest Airlines [...]

WASHINGTON DC - (Message from President Obama) Although it’s Christmas Eve, I wanted to share some exciting news: The Senate just passed a historic health reform bill.
In all the back and forth, it’s easy to lose sight of what this incredible breakthrough really means. But consider this: This Christmas, there are millions of Americans without [...]