Tag Archives: Nation

Ukraine declares air raid alerts across the nation amid Russian missile strikes

By | 06/02/2023

Air raid alerts were declared across all of Ukraine early on Friday in the wake of Russian missile launches, official websites showed, and authorities in Kyiv reported two separate waves of attacks. An office building damaged during Russian missile strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (via REUTERS) Russia has launched around 20… Read More »

5 things to watch on Fox Nation this June

By | 06/01/2023

Fox Nation is helping subscribers jumpstart their June with exclusive new content! This summer, everyone’s favorite mafia flicks are coming to Fox Nation, where subscribers can stream mob classics like Scarface, Casino, Carlito’s Way, and more, alongside new episodes of Fox Nation favorites “Duck Family Treasure,” and “Who Can Forget?”  5 THINGS YOU SHOULD WATCH… Read More »

Something’s Rotten In The State Of Denmark: Nordic Noir Nation Has Seen A Commissioning Freeze Nightmare Morph Into A Streaming Levy Struggle

By | 06/01/2023

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” or so the Shakespeare line goes. Since the start of 2022, the infamous Hamlet phrase feels apt when one considers the state of the country’s renowned TV and film industry, a sector that originated such Nordic noir classics as The Killing and Borgen. As the writers strike… Read More »

Munstead Wood, prototype of classic English garden, saved for nation

By | 06/01/2023

A garden created by the pioneering horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll that was the prototype of the modern English garden has been saved for the nation by the National Trust. Munstead Wood near Godalming, Surrey, Jekyll’s home and garden until her death in 1932, was acquired by the trust through a private sale with support from the… Read More »

“You’re shy”: Wizkid teases Jada P to give a speech at Afro Nation, video trends

By | 05/31/2023

Nigerian music icon Wizkid buzzed the internet lately along with his baby mama and manager Jada Pollock A video making the rounds online showed the moment the singer wanted his woman to give a closing remark after his performance at Afronation Miami The viral clip got netizens talking as they gushed about the brewing relationship… Read More »

Suspected Yoruba nation agitators hijack FRCN station in Ibadan, police arrest five

By | 05/29/2023

Some suspected Yoruba Nation agitators, yesterday, hijacked broadcast activities on Amuludun 99.1 FM station in Moniya, Ibadan. The post Suspected Yoruba nation agitators hijack FRCN station in Ibadan, police arrest five appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. Follow Us on Google News

A Notorious Guide to Britain – Welcome to our weird and wonderful nation

By | 05/29/2023

Bus drives through the abandoned village of Imber (Image: PA) Ghost villageImber, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire Four years into the Second World War, the residents of this remote Wiltshire village were given just days to evacuate their homes so it could be used by American troops practising for the D-Day invasion of Normandy in June 1944.… Read More »

Police arrests two more Yoruba Nation agitators in Lagos, recovers charms

By | 05/29/2023

Police operatives in Lagos on Sunday arrested two Yoruba Nation agitators in the Alausa area of the state and recovered charms from the men. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest in a statement, said the agitators stormed a police station in the early hours of Sunday. Police operatives… Read More »

Akintoye condemns Yoruba Nation group that hijacked radio station, says they’re criminals

By | 05/29/2023

Banji Akintoye, the founder and leader of the Yoruba group, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, has condemned the invasion of a radio station in Ibadan by a Yoruba separatist group. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Akintoye’s Assistant Director of Programmes, Olatunde Amusat, and made available to journalists on Sunday in Ibadan. The… Read More »

Lagos police announce arrest of Yoruba Nation agitators

By | 05/29/2023

The police command in Lagos State has arrested two Yoruba Nation agitators in the Alausa area of the state and recovered charms and weapons from them, an official said.The spokesperson for the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday, said that the agitators stormed a police station in the early… Read More »

Five Yoruba Nation agitators arrested after hijacking radio station in Ibadan

By | 05/29/2023

Oyo State Police Command has arrested five suspected Oodua Nation Agitators who hijacked Amuludun 99.1 FM in Moniya area of Ibadan, the state capital.   The radio station, owned by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), was hijacked by the separatists around 6 am on Sunday, May 28, 2023.    The suspects invaded the… Read More »

Police arrests 5 Yoruba Nation agitators over illegal broadcast, hijack of radio station in Oyo

By | 05/28/2023

Police operatives in Oyo State have arrested five Yoruba Nation agitators who allegedly hijacked Amuludun FM radio station in Ibadan with the intention to declare the South-West’s liberation from Nigeria. The agitators had in the early hours of Sunday stormed the radio station, seized the workers’ mobile phones, and went on air to proclaim the… Read More »

A day before Tinubu’s inauguration, Yoruba Nation agitators reportedly hijack radio station

By | 05/28/2023

A day before the inauguration of Nigeria’s new president, Bola Tinubu, separatists hijacked a federal station in Ibadan, Oyo State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The five separatists, agitating for an independent Yoruba Nation, hijacked Amuludun FM station in the Oyo State capital, the police told NAN. The police arrested the suspects and… Read More »

Yoruba Nation agitators invade police station in Lagos with charms and cutlasses, assault officers

By | 05/28/2023

Police have arrested two of the suspected Oodua Nation Agitators who invaded the Alausa Division of the Lagos State Police Command.    The spokesperson of the command, SP David Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the agitators invaded the station with various charms and cutlasses around 5:30am on Sunday, May 28, 2023. … Read More »

Read full text of President Buhari?s farewell address to the Nation

By | 05/28/2023

President Buhari this morning addressed the nation in a farewell broadcast as he prepares to handover power to President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, May 29. FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.   My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria.   2. I address you today,… Read More »

Buhari’s toothache and a nation in its death throes, By Chido Onumah 

By | 05/27/2023

President Muhammadu Buhari General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) will leave office on 29 May after eight uneventful years. We hope it is the last time we hear from a man who rode to power eight years ago promising to end insecurity, strengthen the economy and fight corruption, none of which he achieved. Thankfully, he has vowed… Read More »

Beasts of no Nation young star sparks reactions with exquisite fashion style

By | 05/27/2023

Ghanaian actor Abraham Attah flaunted his casual style in recent photos he posted on his verified Instagram feed He was seen looking handsome in a jacket, jeans and white sneakers as his long dreadlocks hung over his shoulders Many people admired how he was growing into a handsome young man and showered praises on him… Read More »

The US Treasury may have to break the law to keep the world’s richest nation solvent

By | 05/23/2023

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing on the Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. May 12, 2022. Congress is putting US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a tough spot. Sooner rather than later, unless the Biden administration… Read More »

‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Review: Scorsese, De Niro, DiCaprio Take On Powerful And Dark Epic Of Love, Deception, Murder And Greed Set Against The Osage Nation – Cannes Film Festival

By | 05/21/2023

At 80, Martin Scorsese has finally made a Western, and it packs a wallop. The much anticipated Killers of the Flower Moon had its world premiere on Saturday night at the Cannes Film Festival, an epic set in the Osage Nation of Oklahoma largely in the early 1920s and telling a harrowing and highly complex… Read More »

$120 Million Ghost Ship That A Caribbean Nation Is Desperate To Unload

By | 05/19/2023

It’s been more than a year since the Russian superyacht Alfa Nero — all 267 feet and 2,500 gross tons of it — was abandoned in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua. Cross the gangway and this $120 million floating palace still looks shipshape, even with just a skeleton crew. Red, white and gray Alfa Nero polo shirts… Read More »

Disturbing trend as inflation ruins nation

By | 05/19/2023

Amid soaring inflation and widespread poverty, Iran finds itself grappling with a distressing phenomenon — people resorting to extreme measures to alleviate their debt burdens, including the sale of body parts. Extensive analysis of messages Telegram reveals a distressing trend, where impoverished individuals advertise various organs for sale. The sellers say overwhelming debts and the… Read More »

Boro Day:  Ijaw Nation Has Made Progress, Says Diri – THISDAYLIVE

By | 05/18/2023

Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State said the Ijaw Nation has made significant progress in human and infrastructural development after the demise of its hero, Major Isaac Adaka Boro, 55 years ago. Governor Diri made the assertion during the 2023 Boro Day public lecture and dinner held in Yenagoa. The governor, who… Read More »

Fox News Plugs Its Wares And Hollywood Appeal Of Fox Nation To Upfront Buyers, But Glides Past Profit Center Of Prime-Time Opinion Shows

By | 05/16/2023

Fox News Media waved its banner during the Fox upfront Monday afternoon in New York, plugging a wide array of platforms but notably gliding past its main profit center in prime time. Opinion shows like the one hosted by the recently ejected Tucker Carlson got only a glancing mention during the 7-minute segment. Carlson’s stunning… Read More »

Full transcript of “Face the Nation” on May 14, 2023

By | 05/15/2023

On this “Face the Nation” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, Republican presidential candidateRep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas  El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser  Laredo, Texas, Mayor Victor TrevinoRep. Lauren Underwood, Democrat of IllinoisNational Economic Council Director Lael Brainard    Click here to browse full transcripts of “Face the Nation.”  MARGARET BRENNAN:… Read More »

Transcript: Rep. Lauren Underwood on “Face the Nation,” May 14, 2023

By | 05/14/2023

The following is the transcript of an interview with Lauren Underwood, Democrat of Illinois, that aired on “Face the Nation” on May 14, 2023. MARGARET BRENNAN: Here in the U.S. maternal mortality is at a 60-year high with minority women facing a disproportionately higher rate. Democratic Congresswoman Lauren Underwood joins us from Naperville, Illinois. Good… Read More »