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How did it all start? To his family’s horror, Alfred Nobel’s last will and testament in 1895 left most of his estate, the equivalent of £148m in today’s money, to a prize fund. Having amassed a fortune from artillery factories and the invention of dynamite and other explosives, the Swedish businessman had an eye on his legacy. |
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By Binoy Kampmark While the European family seems to be having its internal spats – populist sparks within threatening to light the powder keg – the marshals and deputies, for the most part, are attempting to contain the British contagion. Britain is still scheduled to leave on October 31 without a deal with the European Union. |
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In a better world, nine-year-old Oumou Tomboura would have already had several years of schooling behind her and be able to write, read and count. But in Mali, education is another casualty of conflict. When the new academic year began last week, Oumou sat not on a classroom bench but a mat outdoors.... |
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06 Oct 2019 - Sauti Sol artiste Savara has revealed what caused the much talked about fight between Bien Aime Baraza and Khaligraph on Friday night. The duo engaged in an exchange of blows during the rehearsals of Tusker Oktoberfest on Ngong Race Course A short clip of Khaligraph taunting Bien went.... |
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The 2018-2019 fiscal year just came to an end and all macroeconomic indicators point to a period of economic stagnation as political actions have clearly hijacked economic activities. While the economy is in a tailspin, with little to zero productivity and all commercial activities crippled over the.... |
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By Festus Adedayo. Rwanda does not hide the fact that she is a coquette. From the moment you land at the Rwanda International Airport, Kigali, the irresistible mermaid which Rwanda lets loose on you, begins to openly seduce you, making salacious passes and daring you to resist her bewitching beauty. |
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It’s been ten years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert. In 2013, the world found out why: Parkinson’s disease had rendered her unable to sing, ending a musical career that had left an indelible mark on the classic-rock era and earned her ten Grammy Awards. |
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By Comfort Obi. I don’t know what these three people – Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, a Jewish High Priest, Immanuel Shalom, and an Abuja-based Chattered Accountant, Tochukwu Uchendu – are thinking about now. But in their shoes, I will be full of regrets. I will be walking the wall in anger, and l will be screaming blue murder. |
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How do you make a sprawling list of 100 tunes seem criminally short? Try to squeeze the greatest country songs of all time into that space. As we considered a century's worth of story-driven songcraft, we did our darndest to make sure all of the greats were recognized. And when we say "of all time," we mean all time. |
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How do you make a sprawling list of 100 tunes seem criminally short? Try to squeeze the greatest country songs of all time into that space. As we considered a century's worth of story-driven songcraft, we did our darndest to make sure all of the greats were recognized. And when we say "of all time," we mean all time. |
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For the first 26 years of her life, Megan Phelps-Roper belonged to America’s most notorious hate group, the Westboro Baptist Church, a community of religious zealots founded in the 1950s by her grandfather Fred Phelps. Westboro celebrates terrorist attacks and gatecrashes military funerals with signs that read, ‘Pray For More Dead Soldiers’. |
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