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In this retro series, Naij.com examines the life of four prominent Nigerians who played significant roles in the Independence of Nigeria from Britain and the lessons to be leant. Nigeria was granted independence on October 1, 1960 but the journey to achieving the right to self-government started seven years before when Anthony Enahoro moved the […]

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Abigail Johnson has cemented her position at the top of fund giant Fidelity Investments.

She is succeeding her father Ed C. "Ned" Johnson, 86, as chairman of the fund firm, according to an internal memo seen by Business Insider. She will add the chairman role to her existing role as chief executive. 

"This expansion of responsibilities is a natural progression of Abby’s 28-year career at Fidelity, in which she has taken on increasingly more challenging and complex roles," the memo... Читать дальше...

The fourth Thursday of November is now celebrated as Thanksgiving in the United States every year but the origin of the holiday goes back almost 400 years. The first Thanksgiving on record was celebrated in November 1621 when the newly arrived colonists (or Pilgrims) and the Wampanoag Indians gathered at Plymouth for an autumn harvest celebration where festivities went on for three days, according to primary accounts reported by Time magazine.

The European Parliament has voted on Thursday in favor of a non-binding resolution on freezing Turkey's EU accession talks.

The Age's draft expert Emma Quayle predicts who your team will select in the first round of Friday's draft.

– Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in Nigeria have gone underground – This is due to the clampdown on them by the Department of State Security (DSS) – The black market is the preferred method of changing foreign currencies for most Nigerians A report by Bloomberg has detailed how the once omnipresent money-changers on the teeming […]

“On August 7, 1941, in Calcutta, a man died. His mortal remains perished, but he left behind him a heritage, which no fire could consume. It was a heritage of words and music and poetry, of ideas and of ideals and it has the power to move us today and in the days to come. We, who owe him so much, salute his memory…” This is how the famous film director and author Satyajit Ray described the great humanist, poet, writer and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who is being celebrated this year to mark the 155th anniversary of his birth. Читать дальше...

Members of the European Parliament during a voting session in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday.

American surveillance drones have been flying over the Tunisia-Libya border to tackle threats by the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said late Tuesday. He said that the drones will use his country’s military bases for Tunisia’s benefit. In a local television interview, Essebsi said that the U.S. drones were unarmed and they were flying over the border on Tunisia's request. It remained unclear that whether the aircraft flew across Libyan territory.

Dat de Vlaamse Louis Talpe (35) verdienstelijk kan acteren is in Nederland en Belgie niet onopgemerkt gebleven. Maar nu blijkt dat de voormalig Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden-acteur stemmen kan imiteren als de beste. In de Vlaamse editie van De Slimste Mens is vanavond te zien hoe hij oud-voetballer Jan Mulder perfect nadoet.

European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete said that Nord Stream-2 does not enhance the security of supplies to the European Union because the supplier and the gas source are the same, so there is no logic in duplication of capacities from the commercial viewpoint.

A day after leading India to a thumping 246-run win over England in the second Test match at Visakhapatnam, Kohli hailed McGregor as a legend in a Twitter post.

"DEAŞ'a ait 14 hedefe yönelik hava harekatı gerçekleştirildi, bir karargah binası ve 7 savunma mevzisi imha edildi"Devamı için tıklayınız

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos warned Ankara against attempts to reconsider the 1923 Lausanne Treaty, under which Turkey ceded parts of Eastern Thrace and certain Aegean islands to Greece, a source familiar with the matter told RIA Novosti Thursday.

– Komai na tafiya dai-dai, shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buhari zai gabatar da kasafin kudin 2017 mako mai zuwa – Ranar da aka shirya gabatarwa shine ranar Alhamis, 1 ga watan Disamba – Shugaban majalisar dattawa na yan tsiraru, Sanata Godswill Akpabio ne ya bayyana hakan Wani rahoto daga jaridar Thisday ya bayyana cewa akwai yihuwar […]

A nearly two-year-old leopard was beaten to death on Thursday by villagers near Gurugram, an official said.

Please put down the turkey baster.

You wait too long to buy a turkey.

If you're buying a frozen, conventional turkey (like Butterball) from the supermarket, buy it 1-2 weeks in advance and store it in your freezer.

If you're buying a fresh turkey (conventional OR free-range organic) from the supermarket, you can't pick it up too far ahead of time, because it'll go bad. But you can and should call the supermarket... Читать дальше...

Colin Kaepernick is comfortable being in the spotlight, but he does not go along with the notion that he’s the reason NFL ratings are down since he began sitting or kneeling for the national anthem to protest racial inequality and police brutality. During a conference call with Miami reporters, Kaepernick was asked about polls that…

Many reasons surely exist for the unlikely but impressive five-game winning streak authored by the Miami Dolphins. One factor arises from a two-word phrase that may not be as punchy as a T-shirt slogan but could be much more effective. “The Strain.” First-year coach Adam Gase explained to reporters on Wednesday what it means and…

Pakistan has signed a deal with Turkey to supply 52 Super Mushshak basic trainer aircraft, a minister said.

Thanksgiving is here, and I’ll admit I’m a little worried. Emotions are still running hot over the election, and it might get pretty tense around the table among my older relatives who voted for Donald Trump and the younger generation…

The Smart Metropolia is an event for inspiration and exchanging ideas on global cities, metropolitan areas and challenges we face. It started on November, 23rd in Gdansk with a brilliant lecture from professor Saskia Sassen from Colombia University. She inspired us to think about issues of critical importance for every city in the world: Why have urban spaces become so strategic? How growing importance of metropolitan areas affect societies and economy?

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SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The cast of the popular web series "The Sound of Your Heart" will hold a fan meeting in Seoul next month dressed up in their character's clothes, the show's producers said Thursday. Lee Kwang-soo, Jung So-min and three ot