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The Wehrmacht encountered a tank that outmatched its own. Heres What You Need to Know: Despite its power, the B1 could not shift the overwhelming tide of events. At five o’clock in the morning on May 16, 1940 a company of the 8th Panzer Regiment lay in an ambush position along a rubble-strewn street of the French town of Stonne. The day before, the unfortunate village had changed hands several times as French troops attempted to stem the tide of German armor headed toward the English channel...

Bicentenary of Napoleon’s death: Macron praises Bonapartist police-state rule On May 5, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte on May 5, 1821, in exile on the island of Saint Helena. Macron with French Army Chief of Staff General Pierre de Villiers in 2017 [Credit: Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File] Napoleon, his military genius and the sweep of his political life have been the topic of countless official speeches these two centuries...

The Supreme Court agrees that the Independent National Electoral Commission was right and acted within its powers when it deregistered 74 political parties last year, writes Chuks Okocha The main function of a political party is to spur members to contest elections. Apart from contesting election, political parties canvass various policies and programmes for the people as a pressure group. They play an important role in decision-making to help legislation and execution of policies. These politi...

Break up? It’s all hot air! By By Abdulrazaq Magaji For years, Nigerians were told IPOB was a peace-loving group that was bent on actualising its pipedream of dismembering Nigeria. With coordinated and targeted killings by alleged IPOB footmen in the South East and parts of the South South, we now know Nnamdi Kanu and his henchmen are up to some evil. If there was ever a time for those who thought the federal government was wrong in outlawing the group to reflect, this is it. The Nigerian Civ...

5 . 3 . 21 On April 21, twenty retired French generals publishedan open letter to President Emmanuel Macron and the French government. The letter, which appeared in Valeurs actuelles, calls for France’s leaders to return to honor and defend patriotism:  The hour is late, France is in peril, and many mortal dangers threaten her. Even though we are retired, we remain soldiers of France. In the present circumstances, we cannot remain indifferent to the fate of our beautiful country . . . today...

For Nigeria’s corrupt political elites, Dubai is the perfect place to stash their ill-gotten gains and enjoy luxury real estate worth millions. But unless authorities stop turning a blind eye, the long-term costs to Nigeria’s economy and Dubai’s reputation could be high. The mention of any individual, company, organization, or other entity in this paper does not imply the violation of any law or international agreement on their part and should not be construed as such. The views expressed...

The mystery of the tiny French village exterminated by the Nazis Oradour-sur-Glane was flattened by the Nazis in 1944; its inhabitants massacred. With help from survivors, a new book unravels the atrocity The silent village: Oradour-sur-Glane On the morning of June 10, 1944, the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane was – like the rest of France – hopeful. It was just days after the Allies had successfully stormed the beaches of Normandy – D-Day on June 6 – following four years under the...

The country needs massive investment in human resource development to propel productivity and national growth. The Omanhene of the Agogo Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region, Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong, who said this, noted that the rate at which technology was changing the world called for robust national strategies to develop a skilled workforce with the competencies to drive prosperity.    “It is said that a nation can never be greater than its people; and I believe that with huge inve...

Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caretaker Committee, Mai Mala Buni (left); Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu; Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje and others, during the Bola Tinubu colloquium in Kano. If the 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquium to celebrate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s 69th birthday was organised in the ancient and progressive city of Kano purposely to demonstrate the unity and oneness of Nigeria, it would appear that, that purpose was achieved bountifully given the huge succes...

Tunde Rahman If the 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquium to celebrate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s 69th birthday was organised in the ancient and progressive city of Kano purposely to demonstrate the unity and oneness of Nigeria, it would appear that, that purpose was achieved bountifully given the huge success of the conference. Not only was the colloquium immensely successful with a rich collection of important dignitaries and first-class panelists in attendance and the high quality of ideas and recommenda...