Happy 94th Birthday to Sidney Poitier KBE. Born February 20, 1927, He is an actor, film director, and ambassador. In 1964, Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor (on his second nomination) becoming the first black male and Afro-Bahamian actor to win that award. In 1958, Poitier starred with Tony Curtis as chained-together escaped …
Making passport collection easy for Diaspora Nigerians
THE recent sacking of a security guard with the Nigerian Embassy in Germany for allegedly demanding sex from a Nigerian in order to help her renew a passport has again exposed the pains that Nigerians in the Diaspora go through to obtain a travel document. It is bad enough that Nigerians at home cannot easily …
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Mitch McConnell’s Trump impeachment speech
US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives at his office after speaking on the Senate floor in the US Capitol [Al Drago/Reuters] US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial: “January 6th [2021] was a disgrace. “American citizens attacked their own government. …
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History Will Find Trump Guilty By David Remnick
Donald Trump avoided conviction by a vote of 57–43, but the Democratic impeachment managers presented overwhelming evidence of his culpability.Photograph by Saul Loeb / Getty On January 18th, two days before relinquishing power and flying off to his tropical exile, Donald Trump did what tyrants love to do: he attempted to rewrite the history of …
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Trump tried to block her. Now Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is about to make history. By Danielle Paquette and David J. Lynch
Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (center) answers questions in Geneva in July, following her hearing before representatives of the World Trade Organization’s 164 member states, as part of her application to lead the WTO as director general. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images) After the head of the World Trade Organization stepped down in August, member countries …
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